Roma’s late goals have left Liverpool disappointed with manner of victory, admits Jordan Henderson

The Reds were 5-0 up with 20 minutes to go but conceded two late on

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Jordan Henderson admits that he has mixed feelings after Liverpool’s bittersweet victory over Roma in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Anfield.

The Reds decimated their visitors with five unanswered goals from Mohamed Salah (twice), Roberto Firmino (twice) and Sadio Mane.

They looked as though they were safe to book their flights to Kiev before Roma scored twice in the last 10 minutes through Edin Dzeko and a penalty through Diego Perotti.

Henderson questioned the harshness of that penalty and admitted that the Liverpool dressing room will have an air of disappointment considering the advantage they could have had with 20 minutes of the game remaining.

Three goals was the deficit Roma overturned against Barcelona in the quarter-finals and the Italians are yet to concede a goal in the competition this season.

“We're disappointed with the two goals we've conceded,” he told BT Sport. “We've given them two goals and you can't do that in the Champions League.

“At the same time, we've played well and we've won the game. It will be difficult because they came back against Barcelona in the last round but we've got to be confident after our performance tonight.

“We didn't play football as much in the last 20 minutes but we still had chances to score. We gave them the Dzeko goal, which then triggered a few nerves. I thought the penalty was harsh.

“We know it will be tough going there so we've got to go in there and put in a performance.”