Champions League: Liverpool grind Villarreal down in inevitable fashion as quadruple hopes remain alive

Villarreal defended with purposes, but Liverpool still found their way through, as they seemingly always do

If you were to slam your head against a brick wall for long enough, eventually it might just crumble. This is of course something best left to professionals at demolition jobs. Liverpool may yet have proven themselves to be that, not just in this competition but every one in which they played.

Certainly, there were moments when you felt that consistently testing the structural integrity of Unai Emery's battlements might leave Liverpool with a few sore heads (catch all the Champions League action on Paramount+). Though after given that an eventual breakthrough came, their fans certainly might have a few come Thursday morning as they celebrate another stride towards immortality for Jurgen Klopp's side.

There is no point acting like the quadruple is not an extremely live prospect a month and a day out from the Champions League final. Liverpool seem bound for Paris, having steadily but inevitably ground Villarreal into the Anfield turf.