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Liverpool fans hail unsung heroes and Alisson heroics for helping them reach Champions League Final

Liverpool fans have hailed the heroes of last season after reaching the Champions League final with their 5-2 aggregate victory over Villarreal.

The Reds are still in with a shot of an unprecedented quadruple, one year after they suffered a miserable injury-riddled campaign where it looked like they might not even qualify for this season's Champions League.

With ten games to go, Liverpool were ten points off the top four, with centre-backs Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip and Joe Gomez all out for the season.

Liverpool reached their third Champions League final in five years after beating Villarreal
Fans have praised unsung heroes Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams who helped Liverpool qualify for the Champions League in a season where the Reds were riddled with defensive injuries

Jurgen Klopp had to look to his youngsters with Nat Phillips, who had spent the year prior in the second tier of German football and Rhys Williams, on the back of a stint with Kidderminster Harriers in the National League North, both called upon.