With Arne Slot to face PSV Eindhoven for the twenty seventh time in his profession, Liverpool are edging nearer to their best-ever run of ends in the Champions League.
Liverpool final performed PSV in 2008, once they received 3-1 due to objectives from Ryan Babel, Albert Riera and David N’Gog.
Slot, although, is much extra accustomed to the Dutch giants, having confronted them 26 occasions throughout his profession as a participant and supervisor.
Near Liverpool’s European greatest
Liverpool need to file their best-ever sequence of eight wins in a row within the Champions League period.
Their file variety of consecutive victories in Europe is 9, set from November 1983 to October 1984.
A defeat on the Philips Stadion could be Liverpool’s a centesimal in European competitors, together with single-match tie penalty shoot-outs.
Slot’s males are the one crew to have received all seven Champions League video games this season. They’re assured to complete first or second and can take a top-seeding place shifting ahead.
It signifies that ought to they go all the way in which, they might not meet the opposite top-two seed till the ultimate. One among Barcelona, Arsenal or Internazionale will end within the prime two.
Liverpool have conceded simply two objectives of their seven video games within the Champions League this season. Solely Inter (1) have conceded fewer within the competitors thus far.
A well-known foe for Arne Slot
Slot has confronted PSV coach Peter Bosz 4 occasions in his profession, successful as soon as virtually a 12 months in the past to the day within the Dutch Cup – a 1-0 victory with Quinten Timber scoring in Rotterdam.
Slot has confronted PSV Eindhoven as a coach on 9 events – the primary with AZ Alkmaar and the remainder with Feyenoord – and has an equal quantity of wins, attracts and defeats (three every). His groups have failed to attain solely as soon as.
Slot will take cost in opposition to PSV for the tenth time in his profession, essentially the most he has confronted a single membership together with Heerenveen.
On the Philips Stadion, Slot has received twice in 4 visits – successful 4-0 in every of his first two journeys, with AZ Alkmaar in 2019 and Feyenoord in September 2021. He drew his final go to, 2-2 in March 2024.
Slot confronted PSV as a participant 17 occasions, successful twice. He additionally scored two objectives, each coming in attracts.
This season’s scorers
PSV: Pepi 16, De Jong 13, Tillman 11, Til 10, Saibari 7, Bakayoko 7, Lang 6, Lozano 5, Perisic 4, Driouech 2, Flamingo 2, Schouten 2, Boscagli 1, Ledezma 1, Veerman 1, personal objectives 7
Liverpool: Salah 23, Gakpo 14, Diaz 12, Jota 8, Nunez 6, Szoboszlai 4, Jones 3, Mac Allister 3, Alexander-Arnold 2, Elliott 2, Konate 2, Van Dijk 2, Chiesa 1, Danns 1
* Stats courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea (@ged0407).