Retrieving a situation from a deficit in sport is always hard. The very nature of knockout football, and the Champions League specifically, is that starting from a losing position is infinitely tougher than starting from a leading position. Every statistic will tell you that it’s easier to have won your first leg if you want to progress into the next round.

Two teams who have plenty of recent history in coming back from a losing first leg to triumph against the odds in the second leg are Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, however. The North London outfit were 30 minutes from an inglorious exit against Ajax and 3-0 down in the tie only for Lucas Moura to spark wild celebrations in the away fans as they came back to win 3-2 on the night and go through to the Champions League final on away goals.

Liverpool know exactly how good it feels to win from behind in this competition too. Not only did they win the cup outright when they came back from 3-0 down at half-time in the 2005 final in Istanbul, but they lost the first leg of last season’s semi-final against Barcelona 3-0 before winning the return fixture at Anfield.

The questions begs asking, then: can these two British teams pull off the great escape yet again?