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The last game before everything changed - through the eyes of the people there

As the ball hits the net, 3,000 Atletico fans erupt and manager Diego Simeone celebrates before them.

But as the lights went out on Liverpool's Champions League defence so they did on football - Covid-19 shutting the game down for three months and leaving European grounds empty indefinitely.

A subsequent investigation found the game was one of two major sporting events that week, along with the Cheltenham Festival, that 'caused increased suffering and death'

Indeed, by the end of March 2020, Liverpool was a suspected coronavirus 'hotspot', with one of the highest suspected number of cases in the UK.