Liverpool’s victory over Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals of 2019 is one that will never be forgotten by either set of players.

Having fallen to a 3-0 defeat at the Camp Nou in the first leg, the Reds had a mountain to climb at Anfield, and their task was made all the more difficult by the absences of the injured Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.

Jurgen Klopp’s side though defied the odds, with Divock Origi pulling a goal back during the first half before a quickfire Gini Wijnaldum double after the break brought the tie level. The best was yet to come for the hosts though.

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Having won a corner, and with their visitors looking elsewhere, Trent Alexander-Arnold quickly squared the ball to Origi to turn it home, and cause Anfield to erupt as Liverpool booked its place in the final in Madrid, where they would of course claim their sixth European crown after beating Tottenham.

Barcelona’s players, including the likes of Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez, were left visibly shellshocked by the events at Anfield, and even before the Reds completed their comeback in the second half, there were cracks beginning to show.

Behind-the-scenes footage from the away dressing room that night showed how Barca’s stars were left shaken by the Anfield onslaught at half-time, with fullback Jordi Alba even spotted crying. Almost six years on from that unforgettable night, Alba - who now plies his trade in the MLS with Inter Miami - has revealed what it was that brought him to tears.

“It’s because I wasn’t feeling well,” he told the Offsiders podcast. “There was a phase in the first half when I didn’t feel well. I read that I was crying… It was because I felt bad.”

Opening up on his and his teammates’ performance that night, Alba added: “The result was unfortunate, my game wasn’t good, but these things happen. I always say that you have to try to give everything, sometimes things don’t work out.

“That was a terrifying night, for me it was worse than the 2-8 [against Bayern Munich in 2020]. I had a very bad time because the tie was on track, even there we had many chances, but it turned out like that. For me it was the hardest night.

“I was bad, I’m not going to lie to you, but these are games that you don’t expect, that shock you. Apart from that, the first goal was a back pass that I gave with all the intention in the world but it didn’t work out well. These things have happened to me many times and they haven’t ended in a goal and nothing happened.

“The bad thing is that it happened to me that day. I never like to point the finger at one or two players, it’s everyone’s business, but that night I wasn’t good, I have no qualms about admitting it. It’s a bad night.”