LIVERPOOL, England -- Don't be fooled by the narrow margin of the scoreline. Liverpool's 2-0 victory over Villarreal at Anfield was the most one-sided semifinal you are likely to see and could and should have been so much more for the six-time European champions.
But 2-0 might well be more than enough to keep alive Liverpool's dream of winning four major trophies in one season. Unai Emery's team still has 90 minutes in next Tuesday's second leg to salvage this tie and reach the Champions League final in Paris on May 28, but it would go against all logic and statistical evidence to believe that Liverpool will succumb to what seems an unthinkable Villarreal fightback.