CHELSEA V LIVERPOOL: STAT ATTACK

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Liverpool's European Record (overall): Pld 299 Won 171 Drawn 64 Lost 64.


Liverpool's record in European Cup: Pld 168 Won 99 Drawn 35 Lost 34.


This is Liverpool's 300th game in European competition.


The next win will be Liverpool's 100th in the European Cup. Their first came in August 1964 when they won 5-0 in Reykjavik.


In order to reach the semi-finals Liverpool will have to become the first visiting team ever to score three goals at Stamford Bridge in a European game.


If Liverpool bow out of the competition tonight it will be only the fourth time in 14 quarter-finals they have been eliminated. Their previous defeats came at the hands of CSKA Sofia (1982), Widzew Lodz (1983) and Bayer Leverkusen (2002).


The Reds have won just four of the previous 17 games in Europe against English opposition drawing seven times and losing six.


Liverpool have never beaten an English team in European competition away from home. In eight trips they have drawn four and lost four scoring just four goals.


The Reds have scored only twice in four previous Champions League visits to Stamford Bridge.


Steven Gerrard has scored in two quarter-final stages of the Champions League. If he scores in this game he will equal Sami Hyypia's club record of three.


If Steven scores again during this campaign he will break the club record of seven European Cup goals in a season currently held by Roger Hunt (1964-65), Gerrard himself (2005-06), Peter Crouch (2006-07) and Dirk Kuyt last season.


Gerrard has scored 32 goals in Europe, the most by any British player for one English club. His next goal will take him past Alan Shearer whose 32 goals came with two clubs (30 for Newcastle and 2 for Blackburn). He is still some way behind Ruud Van Nistelrooy who scored 38 for Manchester United while Thierry Henry has hit the most for a British club - 42 for Arsenal.


Only Barcelona's Lionel Messi (8) has scored more Champions League goals this season than Liverpool's captain.


No player has ever scored a hat-trick for Liverpool at Stamford Bridge while Chelsea's last against the Reds came from George Mills on this ground in August 1937.


Liverpool have been involved in three European penalty shoot-outs (winning them all) and have won ten out of 11 in all competitions.


The Reds biggest victory on this ground came in December 1989 when they won 5-2 in the league on the way to winning their last title. Since then they have won twice in 25 visits in all competitions without scoring three in a game.


Only twice in 75 visits have Liverpool achieved a result at Stamford Bridge that would earn them outright victory in the tie. On another two occasions they have won 3-1 which would take it into extra time.