With the dust having just settled on one footballing miracle, minds have turned to the prospect of witnessing another one.

Having booked their passage to the Champions League final with a stunning fightback against Barcelona, Liverpool's focus has shifted to Sunday's thrilling climax to the Premier League title race.

Can lightning really strike twice? What Kopites would give for another pulsating day that defies logic.

Sitting a point behind Manchester City, Liverpool must beat Wolves at Anfield and pray that Brighton avoid defeat at home to Pep Guardiola's side in order to be crowned champions.

Likely? No. But then neither is coming back from 3-0 down to knock out Lionel Messi and co.

Unlike Tuesday night, Liverpool's destiny isn't in their own hands, but Virgil van Dijk insists there's still hope. Jurgen Klopp's men will approach the finale with the same mantra that served them so well against Barca – never give up.

“There’s still a game to go and Brighton away is not easy,” the Dutchman said.

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“But Wolves at home is certainly not easy either. We need to focus on ourselves. We need to try to get three points. If we do that then we did what we could do.

“We’ll see what’s going to happen in Brighton. If it happens, it happens, we have no influence on that. Anything is still possible.”

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Even if victory and getting to 97 points isn't enough to secure the Holy Grail, Van Dijk knows that there will be no hint of despondency inside Anfield.

This has been a remarkable campaign and it will end with a shot at European glory in Madrid on June 1.

The £75million man is convinced this is “just the start” for Klopp's side and they will be challenging for the biggest prizes on an annual basis.

“If it doesn’t happen then it’s not the end of the world,” he added.

“We’ve had a fantastic season, both of us. Man City have been outstanding as well. They've shown how difficult they can make it for any team in the world.

“If City win on Sunday and we win as well then they deserve their one point more than us. That’s just the fact.

“Hopefully we can get three points against a fantastic side then we’ll see what City can do. If they win then happy days for them. If they don’t then we’re going to celebrate again this Sunday.

“We have to keep our heads up high. We’ve had a fantastic season so far.

“To compete with City says a lot about how we’re progressing. It’s just the start. It’s not like next year we’re not going to try to do it again. It’s something we have to build on. I'm definitely a proud man anyway.

“We have a great age group. Between 20 and 27, 28, so hopefully we can do it altogether for the next couple of years at least and grow as a team and hopefully get a lot of success.”

Van Dijk was at his commanding best in Tuesday's 4-0 demolition of Barcelona.

The centre-back always had faith that Liverpool were capable of overturning that hefty three-goal deficit from the first leg.

“The scoreline over there was not how the game actually was,” he said.

“It sounds like they dominated us but it wasn’t like that. They scored an amazing free kick. They scored a second lucky one and the first one was a mistake, a miscommunication between me and (Joel) Matip.

“I’m just so proud of everyone. We did it and we totally deserved it and I think the most important thing is we believed from the start, from even when the game finished over there that we still could do it. Everyone was saying that we couldn’t but we showed it.

“Not many teams make it that difficult for Barcelona. How we pressed them, how we created chances against them and put them in difficult situations.

“You have to be brave, you have to take a lot of risks defensively and we did it. It's just fantastic for all the boys and everyone involved with Liverpool. I’m glad to go to my family and enjoy it with them. It’s been amazing.”

Van Dijk was quick to pay tribute to the players around him after Liverpool kept a precious clean sheet in the second leg.

It was a moment of ingenuity from Trent Alexander-Arnold that clinched the Reds' place in the final as the youngster's quickly taken corner was swept home by Divock Origi.

“I didn’t even see it!” Van Dijk smiled.

“Trent is a fantastic full-back. If you look at (Andy) Robertson as well, they’re outstanding. I’m very happy to play with those guys.

“If you look at Matip too, unbelievable. Everyone stepped up and showed that we definitely want to go to the final and hopefully we can finish it off there.

“The only thing we can do is try to win both: the Wolves game and the final. We have been outstanding this season and if something happens everyone can be very proud and happy.

“We’re going to do everything possible to win it and we will definitely be disappointed if we don't but it’s not the end of the world.

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"Different teams in the world have a real urgency to win the Champions League and if they don’t it’s a real failure to their season. I don’t think we should think of it as a failure if we don’t win the Champions League.

"It’s not like we had a terrible season or we failed this season. It’s just the start and hopefully we can do this every year."