Matchday 7 is here
#UCL
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Thanks to victories over Lille and Benfica respectively, Liverpool and Barcelona have become the first two sides that have secured their place in Round of 16!
Arne Slot has won his first 7 matches in charge of Liverpool in the Champions League:
3-1 vs. AC Milan
2-0 vs. Bologna
1-0 vs. RB Leipzig
4-0 vs. Leverkusen
2-0 vs. Real Madrid
1-0 vs. Girona
2-1 vs. Lille
Borussia Dortmund in 2025:
3-2 vs. Leverkusen
4-2 vs. Holstein Kiel
2-0 vs. Frankfurt
2-1 vs. Bologna
Four games. Four defeats.
35 - Virgil Van Dijk has ended on the winning side in 35 of his 50 UEFA Champions League appearances for Liverpool; the joint-most by any player for the Reds through their first 50 games in the European Cup/Champions League (also 35 by Phil Neal). Standards.
7 - Liverpool boss Arne Slot is only the second manager in UEFA Champions League history to win each of his first seven games in charge of a club, after Hansi Flick with Bayern Munich (won first seven between 2019-2021). Dominant.
10 - Raphinha has been involved in more UEFA Champions League goals than any other player this season (10 – 8 goals, 2 assists), while his second goal this evening (95:08) was Barcelona’s latest winning goal on record (since 2003-04) in the competition. Relentless.
What a way to qualify.
Barcelona came back from 4-2 down against Benfica to win 5-4 and book their place alongside Liverpool in the last-16.
◉ 02’ Benfica 1-0 Barcelona
◉ 13’ Benfica 1-1 Barcelona
◉ 22’ Benfica 2-1 Barcelona
◉ 30’ Benfica 3-1 Barcelona
◉ 64’ Benfica 3-2 Barcelona
◉ 68’ Benfica 4-2 Barcelona
◉ 78’ Benfica 4-3 Barcelona
◉ 86’ Benfica 4-4 Barcelona
◉ 90+6’ Benfica 4-5 Barcelona
They become just the second team to win a Champions League match despite conceding 4+ goals, this being the first time they have won a Champions League match they were losing by two goals.
It was also the first time that they had won after trailing at half time away from home in the Champions League since September 2016 and the first time they had won six #UCL games in a row since 2015.
Liverpool under Arne Slot in the Champions League this season:
Seven wins in seven games
Only two goals conceded
Top of the table with a game to go
He’s only seven months in the job
BARCELONA AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR A TOP 8 PLACE IN THE BRAND NEW CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FORMAT!
A new era in Barcelona