Liverpool News: Jurgen Klopp reacts to the attempt to stop Lionel Messi in the Champions League semi-finals

Jurgen Klopp hopes to find a way to stop Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in the Champions League semifinal – although his first priority is to beat Cardiff this weekend.

The Merseysiders dominated Porto in the second leg of their quarter-final match by winning 4-1 in the evening (6-1 overall) with goals from Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Virgil van Dijk.

They will then face a Barcelona sword that would have pitted Manchester United against the sword at Camp Nou on Tuesday night, while Messi would score his ninth and tenth goals of a prolific European campaign.

The Argentinean is the best scorer of the competition this season, while he scored 33 goals in the Liga, and Klopp admits that it will be very difficult to choke Argentina.

"Thank God, I do not have to think about it tonight," joked the German about the challenge of facing Messi.

"And thank God, I still have a few nights to think about it, because I think everyone has tried it so far. [stopping Messi] and nobody can do it.

"We will try again. We are looking forward to doing so, but we have so much work to do before meeting Barcelona. So let's start by playing these games, then prepare ourselves in Barcelona and we'll see then.

"I have never played in Barcelona in a real game, so I can not wait to play it."

Liverpool is now looking for what would be a famous double, but will face a test trip outside facing Cardiff City's resurgence on Sunday, then meet Huddersfield before heading to Camp Nou. .