By Opta Analyst | Created at 2024-12-26 07:54:53 | Updated at 2024-12-29 17:55:32
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Liverpool kept their 100% winning start to the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League intact thanks to Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty. Relive the match and do your own analysis of the data on our Girona vs Liverpool stats page.
Liverpool made it six wins from six in the UEFA Champions League this season thanks to Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty.
Salah’s goal means that Liverpool boss Arne Slot has now guided his new side to 19 wins across his opening 22 games in charge – four more than any other Premier League club across all competitions in 2024-25.
An entertaining first half failed to produce a goal despite 17 shots between the two sides.
Bryan Gil, on loan at Girona from Tottenham, was arguably the biggest culprit for missing chances in the first half. The 23-year-old was put through clean on goal but slipped at the vital moment, before sending a weak shot into the arms of Alisson in the Liverpool goal.
The Brazilian, who was making his first start in over two months after returning from injury, later made a smart save from a long range Yáser Asprilla effort to keep the game goalless going into the break.
Liverpool were given the chance to open the scoring from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute, after Donny van de Beek was deemed to have fouled Luis Díaz following a VAR check. Salah didn’t pass up the chance, scoring his 16th goal of 2024-25 from the resulting penalty.
The rest of the match passed with little incident, as Liverpool held on to secure their sixth win in six Champions League matches this season – the only team with a 100% record in the league phase.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Girona vs Liverpool stats from their UEFA Champions League encounter at Estadi Municipal de Montilivi.
The match centre below includes team and player stats, expected goals data, passing networks, an Opta chalkboard and more. It gives you everything you need to do your own match analysis.
Underneath the match centre you can find the official Opta stats on the game as well.
Girona 0-1 Liverpool: Post-Match Facts
- Liverpool have won all six of their games in the UEFA Champions League this season; across both the UCL and European Cup, only between September 2021 and February 2022 have the Reds enjoyed a longer winning run across the competition (7 games).
- Girona have failed to score in four of their six UEFA Champions League matches this season (W1 L5), though their 1.02 non-penalty expected goals total is their third-highest in a game in the competition this season, behind only their matches vs Sturm Graz in November (1.67) and Feyenoord in October (1.52).
- In major European competitions, Liverpool have won five successive away games for the third time in their history after May 2022 (6 games) and September 1984 (5 games).
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