Daily Mirror

CITY v LIVERPOOL MATCH FACTS

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ONLY two teams in Champions League history have overturned a 3+ goal deficit from the first leg in the knockout stages – Deportivo v Milan (4-0 after a 4-1 defeat in 2003-04) and Barca v PSG (6-1 after a 4-0 loss last season). MAN CITY won their home league game against Liverpool 5-0 this season – their only win in their last nine games against them (D2 L6). LIVERPOOL could become the first team to beat City three times in the same season since Manchester United in 2009-10. CITY have only lost one of their last 13 Champions League home games (W9 D3), though it was in the last round against FC Basel (1-2). THE REDS are unbeaten in their last five Champions League away games (W2 D3). They last went six without defeat on the road in the competitio­n between March-December 2005, during which time they won the trophy in May. LIVERPOOL have scored more goals than any other side in this season’s Champions League (31). LIVERPOOL’S James Milner has provided more assists than any other player in the Champions League this season (7). JURGEN KLOPP has beaten Pep Guardiola more often than any other manager (seven wins). PEP GUARDIOLA has only lost both legs of a Champions League knockout tie once before – with Bayern Munich against Real Madrid in the 2013-14 semi-finals.

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