Merseyside miracle bewilders and beguiles

Jurgen Klopp swore, James Milner cried and Luis Suarez was left tearing his hair out after they and the rest of the soccer world struggled to process a mind-blowing night that will go down as one of the greatest comebacks the game has ever witnessed.

Trailing 3-0 from the first leg of this Champions League semifinal, Liverpool hauled itself back from the brink with a display of guile, guts and gusto to win 4-0 on Tuesday and send a disbelieving and distraught Barcelona crashing out.

The magical scenes at Anfield rekindled memories of Liverpool's 2005 Champions League final win over AC Milan, when the English side battled back from 3-0 down to lift the trophy. That was dubbed the 'Miracle of Istanbul'. This was the 'Miracle of Merseyside'.