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James Milner equals Champions League assist record in Liverpool’s win against Manchester City

Tom Biggs

11:36 05/04/2018

Liverpool produced a memorable Champions League performance to stun Manchester City, as they won 3-0 at Anfield in the first leg of their quarter-final tie.

Mohamed Salah, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Sadio Mane all scored in the first half as Jurgen Klopp’s men blew away their Premier League rivals to give themselves a three-goal advantage ahead of the second leg.

Here we take a look at some of the key stats to come out of the clash.

 

– Jurgen Klopp has now defeated opposite number Pep Guardiola seven times (in 13 games).

Jurgen Klopp applauds the fans

– Liverpool have now scored 18 goals against English sides in the Champions League, the same amount they have netted against Spanish opposition.

– The Reds have kept six clean sheets in a Champions League season for the first time since 2006/07 (7).

– Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 11 Champions League matches (won five and drawn six) – their second-longest streak in the competition after 14 in a row from December 2004 to December 2005.

– James Milner has provided eight assists in the Champions League this season. Only Neymar (2016/17) and Wayne Rooney (2013/14) have provided the same amount.

– Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain became the first English player to score multiple goals in a single Champions League season for Liverpool since Steven Gerrard in 2014/15 (2).

– Mohamed Salah has scored seven Champions League goals this season. Among African players, only Samuel Eto’o has scored more in a single season – he netted eight for Inter in 2010/11.

All match facts and statistics are provided by Gracenote.

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