Benfica's struggle in the champions league, especially the quarter-finals, was indeed extraordinary.even though they had to lose in the first leg they managed to rise and provide quite offensive resistance to Liverpool when they traveled to Anfield stadium, the struggle of Nelson Verissimo's team deserves a thumbs up where they succeeded held Liverpool to a draw after trailing 3-1, although the quality of the two teams was very different but Benfica put on a very interesting match even though they had to be eliminated in the quarter-finals
Everyone agrees that it is cool to see these "smaller" clubs to actually have a saying in the title. I mean villareal, frankfurt, benfica, all these teams in both competitions actually providing that it is not all about money or power, sometimes you could be a smaller club and play with more heart and that makes viewers a bit more happy (unless you are a fan of the team they beat).
I still think that LFC will have zero problem beating Villareal, and there is a good chance they could meet City as well, no idea if that will happen or not, but if that happens, it is going to be the season for premier league. Meet in fa cup, fighting for league title very closely, and meet at ucl finals all in the same season, within like a month of each other give or take. That is a very crucial thing and shows how powerful EPL became compared to other leagues.