American REACTS to “The Miracle at Anfield” 

Now that you watched the highlight, let me add some context to it to spice it up. At the time, Liverpool was known for their attacking trio called FSM (Firmino-Salah-Mane). However, in this game, Salah and Firmino were out due to injuries. Barca got Messi-Suarez-Coutinho in their attack and the last two players used to be the best at Liverpool 😂. Messi & Co were already on the wrong side of another epic UCL comeback in the year before and he promised their fan a Champion League this season. Despite the odds, Liverpool’s super sub Origi and Gini came to the rescue. Liverpool went on to win the final and started a very successful period of the club. Messi is my goat but my club won so I had a mixed feeling on that day.

If you like this one, you will love the '04/'05 Champions League Finale. Liverpool vs AC Milan was a bonkers game. like a Hollywood thriller.

I’ve been a Chelsea fan all my life, but you can bet your ass I watch Liverpool’s champions league games any chance I get. Atmosphere is always insane especially at anfield. So much respect for the club and their fans.

"It's impossible, but because it's you we have a chance", these are the words Klopp said to the players before the match started, just incredible, they didn't show the fourth goal properly, it was a corner and Trent pretended to walk away, then quickly turned and kicked the ball catching all the Barce players out, that's why Origi had so much space and time.

He he You'll love this one.. and get used to the erm "The Magic of Anfield" the history is filled with European nights at Anfield

The last goal was from a corner kick. The Barcelona players didn't expect it to be taken early. You see TAA (Trent Alexander-Arnold) quickly take it.

I was at this game. Unbelievable but not the first time Liverpool have done something like this

So what happened in that last goal was that the ref had blown his wistle allowing them to take the corner. Trent Alexander Arnold walked away as if he was going to switch with someone else to take it. Barcelona lost focus and walked away since they thought they had more time and Trent AA sprinted back and passed it before they could react. Even as a Manchester United fan (Rivals to liverpool) i still love that goal. They 100% had practiced that on the training ground and it worked in the best time possible. Also you should react to some defending video's like The Art of Defending for example.

The atmosphere on a European football night at Anfield is the stuff of legend. Often referred to as “the 12th man”, the Kop have been essential in many fantastic matches over the history of Liverpool.

on the 4th goal, TAA had the corner and noticed that all of the Barca defenders were looking towards the bench and Divock was totally uncovered so he went back and took the corner before they got ready. the real hero was the ballboy who as soon as TAA came to the corner immediately had a ball ready for him so he could take the corner kick immediately.

As a Barça fan, this one hurt. A lot. But I gotta give it to Liverpool, what they did was amazing 🤝🙌. If you're looking to do more videos on great comebacks I recommend Liverpool Vs Milan in the 2005 Champions League final and Barcelona Vs PSG in the 2017 Champions League round of 16.

One of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history

Just in case nobody else mentions it, Those werent offside because the players werent offside at the moment the ball leaves the foot of the passer.

Great, found your channel today and I'm a lifelong liverpool fan, no one does champions league nights like us

"It's impossible, but because it's you we have a chance."- Jurgen Klopps pre-match speech for this match. Klopp's man management is phenomenal.

Liverpool fan for 30 years and this game still gives me goosebumps , and trent took the corner quickly before they realised

This was top 2 greatest comebacks in history

The game that broke messi. If you dont know, messi stated that the champions league trophy is coming back to barca this season and was a one man mission the whole season beating everyone. This one game ruined everything as a barca fan lmao

The reason why origi (the goal scorer) was wide open is because Trent Alexander-Arnorld (number 66) walked away as if he was going to let someone else take the corner so everyone on Barcelona wanted to use that time to just make sure everyone is in the right place to defend. But then Trent noticed Origi wide open, and the rest is history….

10:10 that was one of the reasons Barcelona able to get 3-0 in 1st leg itself at their home , and no one expected this comeback makes it special

So, I'm a Liverpool supporter and I can tell you that this was the best game that I have ever watched. To knock out Messi's Barcelona without Salah and Firmino (arguably the two most important attackers at the time alongside Mane) was really impressive. When we scored the third goal I remember a shot of adrenaline running through my spine and I just burst into tears from all the emotions, the fans going crazy, the scenes. It still sends shivers every time I watch these highlights

One of the most electric games ever to watch this game still lives in Messi’s head to this day. Four words haunt him “ Corner taken quickly Origi!”

When you remember that this was when away goals were tiebreakers you can imagine the stress of watching this game live. Barca scoring only once already meant they would have to score at least five, and they have only 90 minutes to do it in since they couldn't tie anymore(3-3). It was always horrible to lose on away goals(PSV vs AC Milan in 2005 is still a scar), but man did it make every second of a game a small heart attack. And yes, CL games have world cup atmosphere since a champions league final is basically the biggest game of the year, excluding world cup years.

I will never ever forget that night, but what you never noticed is the quick thinking of the ball boy who placed the ball so fast on the corner flag, so proud to be a Liverpool fan for the last 50 years,YNWA

Listen to that crowd before the whistle is even blown. You'd never guess that they were 3 nil down. That's passion and belief, 100%

One of the best games in European football. The way Barcelona capitulated at Liverpool is just epic!

Watch the first leg.. Messi did a 35 yard free kick at the the age of 32 in 2019.. The commentators were saying he's a God of the game The God of the game

At the point that this happened. Barcelona was one of the best teams in the world. At their home pitch they wrecked Liverpool 3-0. After that game no one thought that maybe the best team in the world (Barcelona), could lose. It was impossible. Do not forget that this is a champions league semi final. The biggest stage in the world. When your team is down 3 goals it should no be possible to comeback. Also the second and third Liverpool goal was in a span of 2 minutes. This made it extraordinary. The last Liverpool goal, was a fast corner trick. No one watched the ball except Liverpool’s striker and corner taker. Therefore he took the corner quickly and out played the whole Barcelona defense. ❤

This is the start of realizing that football without origi is nothing.

Liverpool has made even more amazing comebacks like the ones with Dortmund and Milan. This stadium can perform miracles. That's why it's known like one of the best atmospheres in europe.

I’m so grateful that I was at that match. I managed to get a spare ticket because my brothers friends gf thought we had no chance of winning. I get goosebumps every time I think of it. The atmosphere was incredible

I'm in my late 50s and ben lucky enough to attend many amazing sporting events. I'm also a Liverpool fan and been to loads of finals. Nothing..... NOTHING compares to the atmosphere at Anfield the night we beat Barcelona 4-0. I live in SF and hadn't been home for over a year. I've been to Derbies and big games against Man U and others. The crowd that night was electric even before the game! The atmosphere was electric downtown and all the way to the ground. The pubs were buzzing! Simply the best sporting event I've ever experienced. Still gives me goosebumps. I missed Istanbul and maybe that was better? YNWA

Now you should watch the other side of this story; ''The Tragedy of FC Messi'' by Magical Messi. Liverpool's comeback was astounding, no doubt, but were helped tremendously by Barcelona themselves. From what you've heard, Barca were one of the best teams in recent history and played some of the best football ever seen. However in later years they suffered from corruption and a multitude of problems from within the club, which ultimately was the reason of Messi's departure after 20 yrs at the club. Barca are building themselves back slowly but surely now again though, but the video shows how much Messi carried an otherwise broken team, physically and especially mentally.

You gotta watch Liverpool's Comeback in the champions league final of 2005 where they beated AC Milan who were undoubtedly the definition of an all Star team in that era. It's called The Miracle Of Istanbul

The atmosphere at a Champions league game in the latter stages of the competition far outweighs a World Cup game.

How these extensive highlights cut off the 5 seconds before Trent’s corner is shocking

for me, the best game of the decade was Liverpool and Arsenal. This game ended 5-5 with penalties in the end. All the goals scored in that game were bangers.

I recommend you to watch last season champion. Full of comebacks (Bernabéu magic haha)

Anfield is one of the greatest stadiums because of their fans. It's a dream of mine to watch a game from the Kop (a famous stand at Anfield)

"i guess they call him Allison, not Becker." - well, as a south american, german last names are not something one would like to be associated with i would imagine.

The reason they call alisson by his first name most of the times, instead of “becker” is because brazilians are usually called by their first names. Same goes to neymar, antony, ronaldinho back in the days, etc

The fact that the other semi-final for the 2019 Champion's league had a similarly insane comeback (Tottenham vs Ajax) makes it another must-watch.

OFFSIDE RULE: Refers to player position 'at the point when the ball is kicked'. The receiving player can be onside at that point and then outrun his marking defender.

I'm so lucky to be able to witness both the Istanbul's and this one live.

I’ll never forget the look on Messi’s face after the score was tied. It was a look of sheer horror, history repeating, and he knew there was nothing he could do to stop what was inevitable.

in terms of craziness, both legs of last year's semi finals between Man City and Real Madrid are also up there if you want to check it out

I just love the fact that i was there to experience this and hopefully many more to come.

One of my favourite things about football is these kind of amazing comebacks happened all the time, at all levels. There have been some amazing comebacks in the lower leagues in England. A personal one, Aston Villa vs. Sheffield United in England 2nd tier, Sheffield United were 3-0 up. Then Villa scored in the 87th, 90th and 90+4 minutes to make it 3-3. And that point for the draw was important in securing a place in the promotion playoffs. Which they then won, and are still to this day a Premier League team. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f0oPwnSVJcY.html That one isn't all that big in the scheme of things, but it's memorable to me because I was there, behind the goal. And I broke my toe celebrating Aston Villa's equaliser lmao

The last goal is the infamous ‘Corner taken quickly, Origi!’. Basically it was a corner and the ball boys were instructed to get the ball to the players as quick as possible due to the fact that Barcelona had a habit of slowing down (moaning to the ref) after every decision. In that moment Trent Alexander Arnold got the ball ready and as he was doing it Shaqiri was walking towards him you could see that many Barca and Liverpool players weren’t paying attention. Origi on the other hand was watching Trent and when he realised Trent went for the quick corner he let instinct take over and kicked it perfectly into the top right corner. Amazing thinking and technique.

That game broke my heart 💔😟

From a Dutch NFL fan.....I know how you feel being the rarity who appreciates a "foreign" game. Both are awesome in their own ways. Just watched the biggest comeback in history last night. CL is definitely something to watch esp when the knockouts start.

Now you have watched this, watch the players and fans singing You'll never walk alone afterwards - it's so emotional

One little tip for the future if you continue to watch football. If you look to the top lefthand coner of your screen where it shows the 2 teams playing, the score and the time played, which ever teams name is on the left is the home team and on the right is the away team. Just so you know in the future if you didn't already know?

Origi, Wijnaldem, Coutinho, and yes, the little vampire will always have a place in our hearts.

What I like/find slightly humorous about this as a reaction, given the magnitude of this comeback, the odds against it and the media circus that heckled Klopp beyond belief for not ruling us out of the ties between the games (with the injuries we had), is the reaction was so neutral throughout. At no point was there a forced engagement with the video (like most reaction channels) and I can't tell given just how big this game was if that's you character or just that maybe it wasn't fully described to you. In the week between the two games Klopp said (paraphrasing) "once the Anfield crowd get going, who knows" when asked if we are already out and the Barca players and coaches were talking a LOT of shit about us not being on their level. There's a documentary/docu-series with Barca that takes you into their changies at half time and you've got players fighting, a couple of them crying and generally looking defeated despite still having a 2-goal lead, that's how impactful our fans were on that game that night, they'd lost before the contest started. And it's a shame the footage you watched didn't have the famous "Corner taken quickly, ORIGIIIIIIII" line in there for our 4th. Suggestion for a future reaction: 2005 Champions League final. Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan. Arguably the greatest football comeback given all the extra factors. We barely made it out of the group to get into the knockouts, then we should have lost when Gudjonssen missed a late open goal before getting to the final. Then, the final itself had our team which was lucky to be there and had lost stars such as Ballon D'Or holder Michael Owen going into that season coming up against what was basically an All-Star style XI of the some of the world's best footballers at the time: Cafu, Stam, Nesta, Maldini, Pirlo, Seedorf, Gattuso, Kaka, Shevchenko, Crespo (that was trying to pick out the world class players but ended up with 10 of their starting XI). AC Milan were 3-0 up at half time, from people I know family/friends etc who were there, our fans kind of went one of two ways: some left on the spot, others knuckled down and showed appreciation that we had somehow got to the final. And as they say, the rest... is history. 🎶We've won it five times, We've won it five times, in Istanbul, WE WON IT FIVE TIMES🎶

That edit did the last goal no justice, just search origi goal v Barcelona and see the genius of Trent, he puts the ball down and pretends to walk away to let someone else take it, the defenders switch off and he spins and just plays a superb ball, great finish by origi too

Salah injured wore a black T Shirt with “NEVER GIVE UP” in white letters on it. He’s our lucky star; Our Egyptian King 👑 We all bought one the following week I still have, and wear mine 🙂🙏🏼xx

Champions League is basically the World Cup for European football clubs.

I was at the top of the main stand for this one! What an atmosphere! I would have loved to have heard it from the pitch.

I do miss Origi, what a player AC Milan has! Barcelona at the time had Suarez and Coutinho and they were and are former Liverpool players too. I’m upset you didn’t get to her the commentators say on Alexander-Arnold’s corner to Origi for the fourth goal “CORNER TAKEN QUICKLY” I was looking forward to hearing that again.

As a Liverpool fan I believe this is one of the greatest feats I’m ever gonna see in my lifetime

10:11 sometimes they say liverpool have 12 men because of how electric the crowd is at Andfield

I was so excited to get home from work to see this reaction!! Thank you! You definitely should check out Allison. If it wasn't for our mediocre midfield play this season I believe he'd be setting world records. Best in the world. I'm kind of disappointed with this perspective. The fourth goal was a highschool-american football-style trick play. They acted like they were still setting up and took the kick early so no one was ready.

There is no better atmosphere than at Anfield its awesome and spine jangling

Feel like the context that needs to be added to this is that we had 3 or 4 of our regular starting XI injured going into a 2nd leg 3-0 down. Andy Robbo took a knock in the first half and 35 year old CM Milner played LB for the second half.

You'd said Messi was having a bad game but if you watch full length football matches regularly, those shots that he missed were actually very good attempts. They're only wide by a yard or so. Ofcourse a miss is a miss, but like I said if you watch games you'll see 5-10 off target shots that are miles wide/over.

The atmosphere was electric x

Was lucky enough to be there , In the Kop, that night . My auto cup ticket was block 203 for that season. One of the best football nights of my life. Then topped off to be at the final to see the trophy lifted !

Anfield stadium, Liverpool's ground is famous for its European nights. It's one of the most iconic and hated grounds in Europe, because as Pep Guardiola has said that if you concede one goal you suddenly feel as if you will concede another 3 or 4 goals.😖😭☹

Liverpool was one of the Clubs, that struggled the most with empty stadiums during the pandemic, since their style heavily relies on atmosphere on and off the pitch, so even the best clubs struggle in a packed and fired up anfield road stadium.

i don't know why it makes me so happy, but seeing an American oggle at our boys in red and the noise we make supporting them. the greatest club to ever grace the field!

The 4th goal wasn't shown properly - you need to see that. The ball boy quickly gave the ball to Trent and that allowed him to take the corner fast, passing to Origi for the winning goal. That ball boy plays for LFC youth team which is amazing.

Liverpool are probably the most famous team in the world when it comes to making comebacks. They embody the "never say die" attitude and it's brought them so much success.

I was at home watching this on TV... What a game!!! Trents corner though 😂😂😂

It’s great to see you reacting to this and getting into football but in future I would suggest researching the clips you are reacting to because it would of added so much information that is crucial to the story. For instance we were missing our best two forwards and were playing against two of our previous best forwards and the quick thinking of Trent was absolutely geniuse.

I worked in Cincinatti for a few years and was introduced to American football. I watched my beloved Bengels go an entire season without a win 🤣

Throughour the night Alexander arnold and someone else i cant remember kept alternating who took the corners. So when trent walked off the barca defence dropped their guard. Leading to thag last goal

7:59 Barcelona were definitely surprised by the fast corner. It's not something you see a lot even though we see fast throw ins and free kicks all the time.

I hope you watched the World Cup final, Now that was one epic match! Had everything

Anfeild is truly amazing atmosphere on European nights I say best in world

Liverpool actually have the 2 greatest comebacks in the sport!

Of all the points in this game, the highlight of the mosty important one was truncated at the start. You really needed to see the build up to the corner, and more importantly Trent's absolute guile.

It was unbelievable, the last goal was a bluff of some kind by Trent, he made barca team think he wasn't going to take the corner and as they all stopped paying attention he snapped back around and manoeuvred his foot to take it quickly, effectively and covertly to the point that it was only Trent (the corner taker) and Origi (the last goal scorer) who were even aware the ball was back in play. A game that was Ultimately aspirational and fair competition that really does represent the Liverpool spirit of freedom, hard work and teamwork. YNWA

5’9 Wjindaldum jumps over 6’4 Pique for that header, breathless

It’s only offside of the player is in an offside position when the pass is made, once the ball leaves the players foot the attacker can get in behind the last man

The best part of the whole comeback was the emotion in the celebration with the fans at the end of the game singing “you never walk alone” together

You will Never Walk Alone ❤️❤️❤️. Comeback kings of UCL. They even did it without Mo Salah (our best striker) on the pitch. Also please check out the Istanbul comeback by Liverpool in 2005 champions league final.

The World Cup wishes it had this kind of atmosphere. I remember I had an important in office meeting that day and I missed most of the game. I was getting updates on my phone and trying to contain my excitement during the meeting. I tried to get the meeting wrapped up as quickly as possible. When I left work it was 1-0 and then as I was leaving the building it was 2-0. While driving home it was then 3-0 and I got in front of my TV just in time for watch the 4th. What an amazing match, what a brilliant come back.

This game is famous for a few reasons: - Barcelona were leading 3-0 in the first leg - Mo Salah and Firmino were unavailable to injuries then needed a fringe frontline to do it whereas Barcas' best of Messi, Suarez and Coutinho are there. - Our Best Left Back Robertson had to be subbed off halfway to injury precaution for Milner who was the oldie of the group back then that started life as a Midfielder then play out of position as a left back. - If any point Barcelona scored we needed 5 to win. - Who would have thought Trent's quick thinking was gonna prove this massive as he was just about to walk away from the corner to make way for Shaqiri then he caught Origi totally unmarked then just went back to take the legendary quick corner. No one, not even Origi was prepared for that!

Luke: The real excitement and tear inducing moment by the Anfield faithful (and I am a Newcastle supporter) is the stadium singing their epic anthem "You'll Never Walk Alone" at the end of the game, with the entire Liverpool squad (Players, Coaches, Support Staff, Trainers) linking arms, swaying to the sound and singing it right back. I watched this game live on tv and it is among my top 10 sports moments in life!

The atmosphere is anfield. It's special

I was there! Best night of my life!! Even better than the final!

4:17 About the offside, if you pause the vídeo just when the point of view changes, that's the moment of the pass. If you are offside when the pass begins, you are offside, but in this case one defender is not in line with the rest and makes his possition legal, and he even makes it worse because he tries to go in position to late and leaves the stricker alone. You only need to be in legal position when your partner kicks the ball. A lot of teams play like this, whit fast strickers, very good passing midfielders and playing very defensive. Then they wait until they steal the ball to try and catch the rival unprepared to make the run to defend their goal.

Was at this game and I still get chills. YNWA

No one (including me) believed we could overcome that. No Mo Salah, No Bobby Firmino. Playing one of the best sides on the planet down by 3 goals. I saw it live and several times since. It still get's me in the feels every time. The greatest match I have ever watched. Up the Reds

The look on Messi's face- priceless. But you can see from 2-0 he knows the jig's up.

Oh man what a game i still remember it. I’m a Madrid fan so this was exquisite

one of the greatest corners ever taken... barcelona switched off when Trent looked like he was walkinga away from taking the corner..

Trent's corner needs further analysis because it was so sublime the many pieces that needed to come together to make it happen. Left Barca dumfounded

the most epic comeback is the 2005 champions league final