Liverpool overturn half-time Champions League deficit to glory
Jordan Henderson hammered a brilliant winner as Liverpool overturned a half-time deficit, having themselves been stunned by a two-goal blast from Milan shortly before the break
Sebastian Nkrumah Listowell 
Liverpool’s comeback in overturning a half-time deficit in this year’s Champions League in a group labelled as the group of death might not quite have been the miracle of the Reds clinching the title against AC Milan in the year 2005 but is worth it.
The group of death which includes AC Milan, Liverpool, FC Porto and Spanish Champions Atletico Madrid combine have 15 Champions League titles to their credit which is 7,6,2 and 0 respectively.
Though Atletico Madrid have never won the Champions League before, they have produced a very fine football in the finals coming shortly twice and handling over to Real Madrid in the occasions.
The Reds boss Jurgen Klopp said the group od death would indeed provide excitement ‘from the first minute to the last.
Jordan Henderson hammered a brilliant winner as Liverpool overturned a half-time deficit, having themselves been stunned by a two-goal blast from Milan shortly before the break.
This was AC Milan’s first Champions League appearance in seven years and their first-ever visit to Anfield.
Trent Alexander-Arnold fired the Reds in front and Mo Salah had a penalty saved before Milan turned the encounter on its head with strikes from Ante Rebic and Brahim Diaz.
But Salah netted an equalizer before Henderson’s peach and Liverpool had overcome their meltdown to secure a deserved win.
Liverpool boss Klopp decided to bench Virgil Van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Thiago Alcantara, with Joe Gomez and Divock Origi both handed their first starts of the season and he nearly paid for it.
At the end of the 90th minute, it was the Anfield men that proved to the football world why they never walk alone.
