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Liverpool unable to conjure another Anfield miracle as Real Madrid book Chelsea clash

Liverpool have been eliminated from the Champions League at the quarter-final stage following Wednesday's goalless draw with Real Madrid.

The Reds needed another Anfield miracle after losing 3-1 in the first-leg.

But the deficit proved to much to overcome against a well-organised Real deep block.

There were chances for Jurgen Klopp's side however, but they weren't able to capitalise.

Gini Wijnaldum and Mohamed Salah both spurned great opportunities to give Liverpool hope.

Real Madrid will now face Chelsea in the semi-final after the Blues beat Porto on Tuesday.

Speaking after the game, Reds veteran James Milner said his side were the better team on the day.

"The performance, intensity and desire was good," he told BT Sport. "But you can't not take the chances we had and that was the difference.

"The positive is we are creating the chances and the reaction we showed. We were obviously the better team. We did enough to win the game.

"We wanted to come out of the blocks and set that tempo. If we had played that first leg with the same intensity it would have been very different. Ultimately we weren't good enough over two games.

"The most important is if we perform with the desire and intensity hopefully we can get into those top four spots."

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