Liverpool saw off Manchester City in a Champions League sequel that was even better than last week's original

Breathless, incident-filled 90 minutes leaves Jurgen Klopp dreaming of Kiev and Pep Guardiola asking what's gone wrong

Jurgen Klopp celebrated with the Liverpool fans at the final whistle as if they had won the European Cup.

And yet no-one can begrudge them one hell of a party, because this is the sort of victory which will make the Reds believe they can win it.

We never thought these two would be able to trump last week’s first leg. But the sequel was even better.

It was breathless and ­brilliant in equal measure as Manchester City gave everything - and somehow Liverpool triumphed to make the Champions League's semi-finals after an incredible white-knuckle ride.

For all of City’s hard-luck stories - and there will be a few - the brutal reality is that they have been absolutely destroyed over the course of two games.

Typically, it was Mohamed Salah with his 39th goal of the season who stepped up and scored the most important of all the six scored over the course of 180 pulsating and brilliant minutes.

That was the away goal which killed Pep Guardiola's men stone dead, extinguished all of their hope of a miraculous fightback because from that moment there was no way back.

Maybe it was Liverpool’s proud European history, their Champions League pedigree, which got them through the toughest moments when they were under siege at the Etihad.

It was heartbreaking for City because in the space of six days they have crashed out of the Champions League and blown the chance to clinch the Premier League title in the Manchester derby.

They will, of course, be crowned Premier League champions and that, together with the Carabao Cup, will be a glorious consolation but will offer very little comfort to Guardiola right now.

Guardiola was too busy smarting from being sent to the stands at half-time for ranting at Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz for wrongly disallowing Leroy Sane’s effort for offside.