By Opta Analyst | Created at 2024-11-20 22:39:48 | Updated at 2024-11-21 06:28:59
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Check out the best facts, stats and Opta data with our Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen stats page as Arne Slot’s men continue their fine start to the season.
Luis Díaz was the star of the show as Liverpool secured a hugely convincing 4-0 win over Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen to go top of the league phase of the Champions League.
Liverpool welcomed former midfielder Xabi Alonso back to Anfield in the opposite dugout following a summer in which many fans would have wanted the Spaniard appointed as their new manager, but they did little to make him feel at home.
After first half of few good chances, the hosts ran riot with four goals in the final half-hour of the game, as Díaz scored three times and Cody Gakpo grabbed one, too.
The result means the man Liverpool instead appointed to replace Jürgen Klopp, Arne Slot, has 14 wins and a draw from his first 16 games in charge of the club.
Liverpool now have four wins from four Champions League matches under Slot, scoring 10 goals and conceding just one.
Leverkusen, meanwhile, came into this game yet to go behind at any stage in any of their Champions League games this season, and having only conceded one goal. This was only their second loss in a European game under Alonso, following defeat to Atalanta in last season’s Europa League final.
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen stats from this Champions League meeting at Anfield.
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.
Liverpool vs Bayer Leverkusen: Post-Match Facts
- Luis Diaz is only the second Colombian player to score a hat-trick in the Champions League, after Faustino Asprilla for Newcastle vs Barcelona in September 1997.
- Liverpool have won all four of their Champions League games under Arne Slot. It’s only the second time that they have won all four opening games in a single season (also in 2021-22 under Jürgen Klopp when they won their first seven).
- Bayer Leverkusen have lost a Champions League match for the first time since vs Porto in October 2022. It’s also the first time they have conceded four or more goals in a UCL away match since September 2013 against Manchester United.
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