Pre-match statsLiverpool aiming to maintain two impressive European records

On all 36 previous occasions the Reds have gone on to progress – which is what Jürgen Klopp’s men are aiming to do at Anfield in the second leg of the last-16 tie.

A 2-0 victory over the Serie A champions at San Siro nearly three weeks ago has handed Liverpool an advantage as they target a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals.

For more facts and figures, courtesy of LFC statistician Ged Rea, read on…

Liverpool are the only team in this season’s competition with a 100 per cent win record. The two other clubs who won every group game, AFC Ajax and Bayern Munich, both drew their first-leg match in this round.

This will be Liverpool’s 200th European game as the home team, though that includes one in Budapest against Bundesliga outfit RB Leipzig last season. In the previous 198 at Anfield they have only lost by two goals seven times.

Only once have the Reds been knocked out after holding a two-goal first-leg lead. The victors were Internazionale in the European Cup semi-final in 1965, with Liverpool losing 3-0 at San Siro after earlier winning 3-1 at Anfield.

In the first leg Klopp became only the eighth manager to win 50 Champions League games, following Alex Ferguson, Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola, Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho, Louis van Gaal and Rafael Benitez.

In their last 13 matches the Reds have trailed for only 16 minutes in total.

Mohamed Salah is just three goals away from recording 30 in a campaign for Liverpool for the third time in his five seasons with the club.

Harvey Elliott, at the age of just 18 years and 318 days, became Liverpool’s youngest-ever Champions League player in the reverse fixture.

Liverpool have faced Italian opponents 15 times at Anfield, winning nine and losing five – with the defeats coming at the hands of Genoa (1992), AS Roma (2001), Fiorentina (2009), Udinese (2012) and Atalanta BC (2020).

Atalanta are the only Italian side to come to Anfield and win by a two-goal margin (2-0 in 2020) – albeit in an empty stadium.

The Reds could become the first team ever to beat Internazionale home and away in two European competition knockout stages, having also done so in 2007-08.

Alisson Becker and Salah have started all seven games in this competition in 2021-22 so far, while Fabinho and Sadio Mane have both appeared in each match.

Luis Diaz has also played in all seven of his team’s Champions League games – the first six in the colours of FC Porto before his January transfer.