Roma director Monchi believes his side were frightened by Liverpool
Liverpool were leading by two goals at the half-time break thanks to Mohamed Salah’s brace before Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino (2) got in on the act.
However, Roma have a slither of hope ahead of the second leg thanks to Edin Dzeko and Diego Perotti’s late goals.
Monchi said: “I still have faith in my squad, albeit knowing it’ll be very, very difficult.
“Liverpool will know that Roma have already turned around a situation like this and will be ready for anything.
“I think we had a good attitude in the first 20 minutes, we did everything we had to do, but then we got a little frightened with the first Mane chance and dropped out of the game.
“If you do that against this Liverpool, you can’t get back into your stride.
“We were dead, but now we have a little bit of life and must use that the way we did against Barcelona.
“We must have faith and believe. I think the fans will be behind us, 90 minutes at the Olimpico for a side like Liverpool will be very difficult.”
Roma secured their place in the last four thanks to a stunning comeback victory against Barcelona in the quarter-finals.
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Monchi is hoping for another fightback and said: “It’s a difficult situation.
“We had a lot of faith going into this game, the result is not good, but until 10 minutes from the end it was worse. We were practically eliminated.
“Now we have a chance. It’s still difficult, but we have a chance and must use that the way we did against Barcelona.”