24.7% - Arsenal’s possession average (24.7%) was the lowest by a team in a UEFA Champions League final on record (since 2003-04), as well as their lowest in any match under Mikel Arteta where they had 11 men on the pitch throughout. Reactive.
Spurs came to Anfield in March on a run of six straight defeats and in crisis. Chelsea came here today the exact same: six defeats and in freefall.
Doctor Arne Slot's Liverpool were the perfect remedy for both, with deserved points. This season keeps plunging to new depths.
They went through a CL run of Centurion City, Barca-slaying Roma (who scored 6 vs them) and Real.
Followed it up with 97 PL points, Bayern -> Porto -> Barca and a CL win.
Then a 99 points PL win.
Down year.
Then 92 points, domestic cup double, and a CL final…
What the fuck?
@thisisanfield@davidlynchlfc Slot took Klopp’s high fitness base, eased workloads, managed fatigue and protected output. Early returns were superb, perfect almost, we blew the PL and UCL away, but come Mar25 intensity had dropped, fitness levels had declined, it’s been impossible to recover those ever since.
Yes, it's true.
Mo Salah has racked up over 200 man-of-the-match awards across his Premier League career (per tracking sites like StatMuse), plus more in other comps.
Eden Hazard scored ~167 club goals + 33 for Belgium = around 200 total career goals (Transfermarkt/FotMob figures).
The numbers check out—wild stat! ⚽️