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2021/22 UEFA Champions League
Semi-Final - Second-Leg
Villarreal CF v Liverpool FC
Estadio de la Cerámica
Villarreal, Spain
Tuesday, 3 May 2022
Kick-Off 20h00
Villarreal CF will battle it out with Liverpool FC in a
UEFA Champions League semi-final, first-leg match on May 3.
The Spanish side succumbed to a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool FC in the first-leg encounter at Anfield in England on April 27.
Villarreal are winless in their last two matches in this competition having registered one defeat and one draw which came against Germany's Bayern Munich.
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The Yellow Submarine will be banking on their home ground advantage as they look to overturn the deficit at the Estadio de la Cerámica and secure their spot in the Champions League final.
The Valencian outfit are unbeaten in their last two games at home in this tournament having recorded a win against Bayern and drawn with Italy's Juventus FC.
The last time Villarreal played at home in a Champions League semi-final tie was during the 2005/06 season as they faced Liverpool's English rivals, Arsenal FC.
The Yellow Submarine were held to a 0-0 draw by Arsenal at home in the second-leg clash having lost 1-0 in the first-leg encounter in England.
As a result, Arsenal won the tie 1-0 on aggregate, but they lost to Villarreal's Spanish rivals, FC Barcelona in the final.
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"We have the feeling that we were punished for our only errors," Villarreal defender Pau Torres said after their defeat to Liverpool.
"We wanted to use direct, vertical football to relieve the pressure on us – that was our plan. But we failed to connect with our front players. We were up against a very good, very strong opponent.
"Tell our fans that it will be different next week. We will be ourselves again. We showed against Bayern that this can be a totally different story," he added.
"We are still confident of winning. Villarreal still have a say in this tie."
Head-to-Head stats (Competitive Matches)
Matches - 3
Liverpool - 2
Villarreal - 1
Draws - 0
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