Pepe: 'Anfield will be rocking'

Steven Gerrard's first-half penalty was enough to seal the 1-0 victory for Kenny Dalglish's charges, and the Spanish stopper has now set his eyes on helping the Reds finish off the job on home turf.

"We are pleased, we are halfway through but we now have another hard job with the 90 minutes for the second leg," said Reina.

"Anfield is going to be rocking and that is guaranteed for any second leg of a semi-final.

"Our fans will be massively important and they are always with us. I've no doubt they will be with us in the second leg and it will be one of those magical nights at Anfield.

"Hopefully they can help us get through to the final.

"We have got to finish the job now after doing the most difficult part which is winning away from home at City.

"We knew it was going to be tough but we felt if we could start with a high tempo and take the game to them we could cause them some problems.

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"We started very well and could have scored before we got the penalty when Joe Hart made some great saves.

"I thought we handled them well in the second half because we know how much quality City have got, especially at home, but we got the result to keep us alive for the second leg.

"We now turn our attentions to an important league game against Stoke on Saturday and hopefully we can get back to back wins."

Meanwhile, midfielder Jordan Henderson insists Liverpool can take a lot of confidence from the display at the Etihad Stadium and felt the victory was thoroughly deserved.

Henderson said: "It was a good result and I thought in the first half we played some really good stuff.

"In the second half we tended to sit back a little bit to protect the lead but I thought we deserved the win.

"It is a massive achievement to win here and we are looking forward to the second leg now, but first we have some important league games."