Liverpool are intending to arrive at their 10th European Cup last to the detriment of a Villarreal group who are expecting to play in their first.
While this is Liverpool's third Uefa Champions League elimination round in five seasons, Villarreal's just past appearance came 16 a long time back - and finished in disgrace against English adversaries - albeit noteworthy away outcomes at Juventus and Bayern München in this season's opposition give rise to positive thinking.
Liverpool are without a success at Anfield in this season's knockout adjusts and have overseen just two triumphs in their five Uefa Champions League knockout games at home to Spanish clubs (D1 L2).
Both of Villarreal's past introductions to the opposition's knockout rounds have been finished by English rivals and they have neglected to defeat Premier League clubs in their 12 past matches in the Uefa Champions League, bunch stage to last (D6 L6).
Past Meetings
The sides' just past installations came in the elimination round of the 2015/16 Uefa Europa League, Adrian López scoring the main goal of the primary leg in Spain to acquire triumph for a Villarreal side coached by Marcelino.
Be that as it may, Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool proceeded to turn round the bind with a 3-0 accomplishment at Anfield, an early Bruno Soriano own goal (7) added to in the last part by Daniel Sturridge (63) and Adam Lallana (81).
James Milner and Roberto Firmino began the two legs for Liverpool, while Sergio Asenjo and Mario Gaspar were in the Villarreal group for the primary game. Gaspar and substitute Manu Trigueros additionally highlighted at Anfield, when Asenjo was anunused substitution.
Liverpool proceeded to lose to a Sevilla side coached by current Villarreal supervisor Unai Emery in the last.
Structure guide
Liverpool
• The Reds' record in European Cup elimination rounds is W9 L2:
1964/65 Inter L 3-4 (3-1 h, 0-3 a)
1976/77 Zürich W 6-1 (3-1 a, 3-0 h)
1977/78 Borussia Mönchengladbach W 4-2 (1-2 a, 3-0 h)
1980/81 Bayern München W 1-1 away goals (0-0 h, 1-1 a)
1983/84 Dinamo Bucuresti W 3-1 (1-0 h, 2-1 a)
1984/85 Panathinaikos W 5-0 (4-0 h, 1-0 a)
2004/05 Chelsea W 1-0 (0-0 a, 1-0 h)
2006/07 Chelsea W 1-1, 4-1 pens (0-1 a, 1-0 h aet)
2007/08 Chelsea L 3-4 (1-1 h, 2-3 an aet)
2017/18 Roma W 7-6 (5-2 h, 2-4 a)
2018/19 Barcelona W 4-3 (0-3 a, 4-0 h)
Liverpool have never lost at Anfield at this phase of the European Cup, winning nine of their 11 matches (D2) and surrendering only four goals.
The rebound triumph against Barcelona three seasons back made it nine total successes in Liverpool's last ten European Cup elimination rounds.
The Reds are in the Uefa Champions League for the fourteenth time; this is the 6th season where they have arrived at the elimination rounds.
Liverpool partook in a flawless record in this season's gathering stage having won 2-1 against AC Milan on Matchday 6 to close their ideal Group B crusade. They had opened with a 3-2 win at home to Milan prior to beating Porto (5-1a, 2-0 h) and Atlético de Madrid (3-2 a, 2-0 h).
The Merseyside club made it four away dominates from four matches with a 2-0 triumph at Inter in the round of 16 first leg, going through regardless of a 1-0 misfortune at Anfield. They then, at that point, won 3-1 at Benfica in the quarterfinal first leg, advancing 6-4on total after a 3-3 home draw.
That implies Liverpool are without a success in their last four Uefa Champions League knockout games at Anfield (D2L2), since the 4-0 triumph against Barcelona in the 2018/19 elimination round second leg.
Liverpool were one of three groups who dominated every one of the six groups matches this season, alongside Ajax (Group C) and Bayern(E), despite the fact that they were the only one of the three who made it seven progressive triumphs in the round of 16 first leg before their run was finished by Inter. Milan (1992/93), Paris Saint-Germain (1994/95), Spartak Moskva (1995/96),Barcelona (2002/03), Real Madrid (2011/12, 2014/15) and Bayern (2019/20) have all recently kept six successes from six in a Uefa Champions League bunch stage; just Bayern proceeded to lift the prize.
This is Liverpool's fifth progressive mission in the Uefa Champions League appropriate, all under Klopp; sprinters up to Real Madrid in the 2017/18 last, they guaranteed their 6th European Cup to the detriment of Tottenham with a 2-0 winner in the 2018/19 last.
Liverpool's last two Uefa Champions League have finished in shame against clubs from Madrid. Deposed by Atlético in the 2019/20 round of 16 (0-1 a, 2-3 h aet), they lost to Real Madrid in last season's quarterfinals (1-3 a, 0-0 h).
Klopp's side had completed first in Group D on 13 points, in front of Atalanta, Ajax and Midtjylland, prior to beating Leipzig 2-0 in the two legs of their round of 16 bind with the two games played in Budapest.
Liverpool have won six of their last ten Uefa Champions League matches at Anfield (D2 L2).• Champions of England for the nineteenth time in 2019/20, their most memorable association title beginning around 1990, Liverpool completed third in the2020/21 Premier League.
The loss against Atlético in the 2019/20 round of 16 finished Liverpool's ideal record against Spanish clubs in two legged European Cup knockout ties; they had won all the past four, however were then beaten in the following also, by Real Madrid last season. Their general record in two-legged knockout binds with Liga sides in Uefa club rivalry isW9 L4.
This season's successes against Atlético have made it four triumphs in Liverpool's last 16 apparatuses against Spanish clubs(D3 L9) - an arrangement that likewise remembers 3-1 misfortunes under Klopp for the 2016 Uefa Europa League last to Emery's Sevilla and the 2018 Uefa Champions League last to Real Madrid.
The Merseysiders have won just seven of their 21 games against Spanish guests at Anfield (D8 L6), despite the fact that they have been triumphant in five of the last nine (D2 L2).
Villarreal
• Villarreal's just past European Cup elimination round finished in disgrace:
2005/06 Arsenal L 0-1 (0-1 a, 0-0 h)
Villarreal are the twentieth group to show up in various Uefa Champions League elimination rounds, and the fifth from Spain.
Last season's Uefa Europa League win against Arsenal (2-1 h, 0-0 a) was Villarreal's most memorable elimination round progress in that opposition after routs in 2003/04, 2010/11 and 2015/16, the last option against Liverpool. They did, nonetheless, win every one of the three of their Uefa Intertoto Cup elimination rounds somewhere in the range of 2002 and 2004.
The Spanish side got ten points in this season's gathering stage to arrive at the round of 16, completing one point behind Manchester United having lost 2-1 away and 2-0 at home against the group they beat in last season's Uefa Europa League last.
Six of Villarreal's ten points left away from home because of wins at Young Boys (4-1) and Atalanta (3-2) after the loss at United.
Villarreal were then held 1-1 at home by Juventus in the round of 16 second leg however late goals from Gerard Moreno(78pen), Pau Torres (85) and Arnaut Danjuma (90+2pen) got a vital 3-0 outcome in Turin.
Bayern were then defeated in the last eight, a 1-0 home win going before a 1-1 attract Germany in which substitute Samu Chukwueze scored a 88th-minute balancer to take Villarreal through.
Villarreal have won three of their five European away games this season albeit the accomplishment at Juventus is one ofonly four in their last 14 away apparatuses in the Uefa Champions League legitimate (D5 L5).
This is the Yellow Submarine's third appearance in the Uefa Champions League knockout rounds. Semifinalists ondebut in 2005/06, they came to the quarterfinals three years after the fact - the two missions finished by Arsenal.
In 2020/21, Emery's group traveled to initially put in Uefa Europa League Group I in front of Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Sivasspor and Qarabag to arrive at the round of 32 for the eighth time before serenely discarding Uefa Champions League bunch stage members Salzburg (2-0 a, 2-1 h) and Dynamo Kyiv (2-0 a, 2-0 h). They likewise won both quarterfinal matches against Dinamo Zagreb (1-0 a, 2-1 h) and afterward took out Emery's previous managers Arsenal in the elimination round prior to beating Manchester United 11-10 on penalties after a 1-1 attract the Gdansk last. Villarreal were undefeated in Europe in 2020/21 with 11 successes and three draws.
The loss of United came in Villarreal's most memorable significant European last, however they were two times champs of the Uefa Intertoto Cup (2003, 2004) having wrapped as sprinters up in 2002.
Seventh in the Spanish Liga in 2020/21, Villarreal's Uefa Europa League win implies they are playing in the Uefa Champions League, bunch stage to last, for the fourth time, and the first beginning around 2011/12.
That latest mission was additionally their most disastrous, Villarreal losing every one of the six games to complete lower part of a segment that likewise included Bayern, Napoli and Manchester City.
Villarreal were crushed 6-5 on penalties by Uefa Champions League holders Chelsea after a 1-1 attract the 2021UEFA Super Cup on 11 August in Belfast.
With that considered a draw, the loss at United on Matchday 2 this season finished Villarreal's 26-match unbeaten go against non-Spanish resistance in European matches (W16 D10), since a 1-0 misfortune at home to Lyon in the 2017/18UEFA Europa League round of 32 second leg. United stay the main unfamiliar side to have taken down them in Uefa rivalry, home or away, from that point forward.
The success against Arsenal last season made Villarreal's unequaled record against Premier League resistance in two legged Uefa ties W2 L3. It was their most memorable triumph since the first of those ties, against Liverpool's neighbors Everton in the 2005/06 Uefa Champions League third qualifying cycle (2-1 a, 2-1 h).
Villarreal's general record against English clubs is W5 D9 L7. In England it is W1 D3 L5, that triumph at Everton on their most memorable visit still their main achievement. To be sure they have neglected to score in everything except two of those eight resulting matches in the country.
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