Former Liverpool and Real Madrid star, Michael Owen, has predicted the outcome of the Champions League semi-final clash between the Reds and Barcelona.<\/p>\n
Owen, a former Newcastle United player, said Barcelona will struggle to cope with Liverpool\u2019s pace and power.<\/p>\n
The ex-England international thinks that Jurgen Klopp\u2019s men can come away from the Nou Camp with a draw.<\/p>\n
While Barcelona beat Manchester United 4-0 on aggregate in the quarter-final Jurgen Klopp\u2019s beat Porto 6-1 on aggregate with goals from Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Mohamed Salah.<\/p>\n
Owen told Daily Star that the front three of Liverpool can cause Barcelona some real problems in the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n
He said, \u201cBarcelona retained their La Liga title when they beat Levante at the Camp Nou on Saturday, but I feel they will struggle to cope with the pace and power of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah midweek.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect the Reds to get a draw from another entertaining tie.<\/p>\n
\u201cBarca are unbeaten in 31 home Champions League games but the Reds have never lost at the Camp Nou in four previous visits (W2 D2) and I expect Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side to maintain that sequence on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cLionel Messi has scored 24 goals in 32 Champions League games against Premier League opposition, but he has failed to score in his two previous games against Liverpool.<\/p>\n
\u201cMessi showed against Manchester United in the quarter-final 2nd leg that he remains at the very top of his game.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow Liverpool cope with the little magician might be the key to the tie.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Liverpool and Real Madrid star, Michael Owen, has predicted the outcome of the Champions League semi-final clash between the Reds and Barcelona. Owen, a former Newcastle United player, said Barcelona will struggle to cope with Liverpool\u2019s pace and power. The ex-England international thinks that Jurgen Klopp\u2019s men can come away from the Nou Camp […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":9325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[391,116,392,122],"class_list":["post-9323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-club","tag-football","tag-league","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n