Lovren caps stunning night at Anfield

In a blistering start which left their hosts shell-shocked, Dortmund looked to be sending Liverpool out of the competition with the sort of football on which they have made their name.

Liverpool lost possession on their left in Dortmund’s half and the German side countered.

Aubameyang’s volley from Gonzalo Castro’s cross was worthy of a goal but Simon Mignolet saved well, only for Mkhitaryan to fire home the rebound.

With the away goal cancelled out, Dortmund went for the jugular, with another swift counter-attack seeing a brilliant pass from Reus in behind Sakho superbly converted with ferocious power by Aubameyang.

If Dortmund’s start had been electrifying, Liverpool’s opening to the second half was not far off matching it.

Within three minutes of the resumption, Origi poked Emre Can’s through-ball past Roman Weidenfeller, and the newly-installed roof on the half-constructed new Main Stand nearly came off.

Within 10 minutes Reus had made it 3-1 to seemingly put the game beyond their hosts.

The Anfield crowd appeared deflated and only regained some life with the appearance of Daniel Sturridge and Joe Allen on the hour.

The changes were just the lift the team needed, and when Coutinho drilled home from the edge of the area hopes of achieving a Mission Impossible rose again.

Sakho’s stooping header 13 minutes from time made it even more likely as Dortmund tried to shut down the game.

It proved in vain as in the first of four added minutes a free-kick saw Sturridge backheel the ball to Milner who crossed for Lovren to head in.