[SIZE=7]LIVERPOOL VS REAL MADRID (1-3 FL)[/SIZE]
[ATTACH=full]359477[/ATTACH]
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[ATTACH=full]359478[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=full]359479[/ATTACH]
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[li]After winning their first three meetings with Real Madrid in European competition, Liverpool have lost each of their last four against the Spanish giants - against no side have they lost more (also 4 vs Benfica).[/li][li]This will be Real Madrid’s third visit to Anfield to face Liverpool in European competition - they lost 0-4 in March 2009 and won 3-0 in October 2014 (both in UEFA Champions League).[/li][li]Five of Liverpool’s 11 home defeats in the UEFA Champions League have come against Spanish opposition, while Real Madrid could become just the second side to win away against the Reds twice in the competition, after Barcelona.[/li][li]Real Madrid have scored in each of their last 23 UEFA Champions League knockout stage matches since a goalless draw with Manchester City in the 2015-16 semi-final (50 goals).[/li][li]Vinícius Júnior scored twice for Real Madrid in the first leg against Liverpool, as many goals as he’d netted in his first 17 appearances in the UEFA Champions League.[/li][li]Mohamed Salah has scored in each of his last four UEFA Champions League appearances - the only Liverpool player to score in five consecutive European Cup/Champions League games is Steven Gerrard, who did so in the 2007-08 campaign[/li][/ul]
[SIZE=7]DORTMUND VS CITY (1-2 FL)[/SIZE]
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[ATTACH=full]359481[/ATTACH]
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[li]On the seven previous occasions Borussia Dortmund have lost the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage match, they have been eliminated six times. The exception was against Benfica in 2016-17 at the Last 16 stage (0-1 first leg, 4-0 second leg).[/li][li]In major European competition, Man City have progressed from 13 of their 15 knockout stage ties when winning the first leg, falling against Juventus in the 1976-77 UEFA Cup and against Monaco in the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League.[/li][li]In UEFA Champions League history, the side winning the first leg of a knockout stage tie 2-1 at home has been eliminated (15) more often than they have progressed (12).[/li][li]Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland has only failed to score in three of his 15 appearances in the UEFA Champions League, and has found the net in all four of his appearances at Signal Iduna Park (seven goals in total).[/li][li]A goal for Man City’s Sergio Aguero will make him the outright highest goalscorer for a Premier League club in UEFA Champions League history (currently 36, level with Didier Drogba). The Argentinian has scored more goals in the competition against German sides (11) than he has vs sides from any other nation.[/li][/ul]
