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Liverpool v Sevilla: Route to the Europa League final

A general view of  St Jakob-Park Basel venue of the Europa League final 2016
Image: St Jakob-Park in Basel hosts the Europa League final

A look back at how Liverpool and Sevilla made their way to the Europa League final in Basel...

GROUP STAGE

Europa League: Bordeaux 1-1 Liverpool

A second-string side under Brendan Rodgers went ahead through Adam Lallana only to be pegged back by Jussie.

Champions League: Sevilla 3-0 Borussia Monchengladbach

Kevin Gameiro, Ever Banega and one-time Liverpool target Yevhen Konoplyanka all scored.

Europa League: Liverpool 1-1 Sion

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SIon's French manager Didier Tholot (R) reacts as Liverpool's Northern Irish manager Brendan Rodgers
Image: Brendan Rodgers oversaw Liverpool's early Europa League fixtures

Lallana scored for the second successive European game but Ebenezer Assifuah equalised in the 17th minute.

Champions League: Juventus 2-0 Sevilla

Alvaro Morata and Simone Zaza inflicted defeat on the visitors.

Europa League: Liverpool 1-1 Rubin Kazan

A third straight 1-1 draw against the 10-man Russians saw Emre Can equalise an early Marko Devic goal.

Champions League: Man City 2-1 Sevilla

Kevin De Bruyne celebrates scoring City's stoppage-time winner against Sevilla
Image: Kevin De Bruyne celebrates scoring City's stoppage-time winner against Sevilla

Kevin de Bruyne's 90th-minute winner, after Adil Rami's own goal had cancelled out Konoplyanka's opener inflicted a second successive defeat.

Europa League: Rubin Kazan 0-1 Liverpool

Jordon Ibe's goal gave Liverpool - and new manager Jurgen Klopp - their first European win of the season and put them on course for qualification.

Champions League: Sevilla 1-3 Man City 

Another defeat, with Benoit Tremoulinas' goal not enough against strikes from Raheem Sterling, Fernandinho and Wilfried Bony, pushed Sevilla towards Champions League exit.

Europa League: Liverpool 2-1 Bordeaux

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26:  James Milner of Liverpool holds off Andre Biyogo Poko of Bordeaux during the UEFA Europa League Group B match between Li
Image: James Milner in action against Bordeaux

A second successive win secured progress to the knockout stage with a match to spare courtesy of goals from James Milner and Christian Benteke.

Champions League: Borussia Monchengladbach 4-2 Sevilla

Late goals from Vitolo and Banega were not enough to prevent Sevilla exiting the Champions League.

Europa League: Sion 0-0 Liverpool

On a cold night and faced with a semi-frozen pitch in Switzerland with nothing at stake, a goalless draw was almost inevitable.

Champions League: Sevilla 1-0 Juventus

Fernando Llorente's goal against his former club booked Europa League qualification.

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Last 32: Augsburg 0-0 Liverpool

Tobias Werner and Simon Mignolet compete for the ball during the UEFA Europa League round of 32 first leg match between FC Augsburg and Liverpool
Image: Simon Mignolet makes a save against Augsburg

The furore over Klopp's first return to Germany ended in a low-key affair.

Last 32: Sevilla 3-0 Molde

Llorente (two) and Gameiro comfortably dispatched the Norwegians.

Last 32: Liverpool 1-0 Augsburg

An early Milner penalty was enough to progress.

Last 32: Molde 1-0 Sevilla

Sevilla avoided any upset as Eirik Hastad's goal was the best the hosts could manage.

Last 16: Liverpool 2-0 Man Utd

Daniel Sturridge scores from the penalty spot against Man United in the Europa League
Image: Daniel Sturridge scores from the penalty spot against Manchester United

Daniel Sturridge (penalty) and Roberto Firmino gave Liverpool the advantage over their arch-rivals.

Last 16: Basel 0-0 Sevilla

The late sending-off of Steven Nzonzi was the only setback in Switzerland.

Last 16: Man Utd 1-1 Liverpool

A brilliant goal from Philippe Coutinho left United needing three even after Anthony Martial's early penalty and effectively ended the game.

Last 16: Sevilla 3-0 Basel

Gameiro (two) and Rami put Sevilla into the quarter-finals.

Quarter-final: Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Liverpool

An impressive performance by Divock Origi was capped with an important away goal even if it was pegged back by Mats Hummels as Klopp faced the club he left in the summer.

Quarter-final: Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Sevilla

Thimothee Kolodzieczak and Vicente Iborra scored two important goals to take the initiative back to the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Quarter-final: Liverpool 4-3 Borussia Dortmund

Liverpool players celebrate their win over Borussia Dortmund
Image: Liverpool players celebrate their win over Borussia Dortmund

Dejan Lovren's added-time header sealed a dramatic comeback from 4-2 down on aggregate with 24 minutes remaining. Coutinho and Mamadou Sakho chipped in to add to Divock Origi's goal after Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Marco Reus had seemingly put the Germans through.

Quarter-final: Sevilla 1-2 Athletic Bilbao

Raul Garcia's 80th-minute away goal took the tie to penalties but the hosts prevailed 5-4 in the shoot-out.

Semi-final: Villarreal 1-0 Liverpool

Adrian Lopez's 90th-minute goal prompted wild celebrations by the home side, Klopp just said it was half-time.

Semi-final: Shakhtar Donetsk 2-2 Sevilla

Two more important away goals from Vitolo and Gameiro put the Spanish club in the driving seat for the second leg.

Semi-final: Liverpool 3-0 Villarreal

The visitors looked shell-shocked at a bouncing Anfield as Bruno's early own goal was followed by strikes from Sturridge and Lallana.

Sevilla FC Kevin Gameiro react s after he scored  a penalty against Shakhtar Donetsk  during the UEFA Europa League
Image: Kevin Gameiro scored two key goals against Shakhtar

Semi-final: Sevilla 3-1 Shakhtar Donetsk

Finely poised at 1-1 at half-time Gameiro's second of the night gave the hosts the momentum and Mariano finished the job.