In the QF First Leg,Liverpool beat Manchester City 3-0
Liverpool scored three times in 19 first-half minutes in the first leg
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola blasted Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz and lamented a number of decisions that cost his side dear after a 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool on Tuesday sealed a 5-1 aggregate Champions League quarter-final win for the five-time European champions.
Guardiola was forced to watch the second half from the stands after being sent off for his protestations at the break as free-spending City's dreams of conquering the Champions League for the first time were dashed for another season.
Liverpool reached their first Champions League semi-final for 10 years after coming from behind to win at Manchester City and secure an emphatic 5-1 aggregate win.
Liverpool scored three times in 19 first-half minutes in the first leg
- Manchester City won their home league game against Liverpool 5-0 this season - their only win in their past nine games against them in all competitions (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 past 13 Champions League home games (W9 D3), though it was in the last round against FC Basel (1-2).
- Liverpool have scored more goals than any other side in this season's Champions League (31). Manchester United (32 in 2002-03) are the only English team to score more in a single season in the competition.
- Liverpool midfielder James Milner 's seven Champions League assists this season is more than any other player in the competition this term.
- City boss 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.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola blasted Spanish referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz and lamented a number of decisions that cost his side dear after a 2-1 home defeat by Liverpool on Tuesday sealed a 5-1 aggregate Champions League quarter-final win for the five-time European champions.
Guardiola was forced to watch the second half from the stands after being sent off for his protestations at the break as free-spending City's dreams of conquering the Champions League for the first time were dashed for another season.
Liverpool reached their first Champions League semi-final for 10 years after coming from behind to win at Manchester City and secure an emphatic 5-1 aggregate win.
- Liverpool have reached the semi-final stage of the European Cup/Champions League for the 10th time - the only English team to have appeared in more are Manchester United [12].
- After reaching the Champions League semi-finals in each of his first seven seasons in the competition as manager with Barcelona and Bayern Munich, Pep Guardiola has failed to make this stage in both of his campaigns with Manchester City.
- Liverpool are the first team to beat a side managed by Guardiola three times in a single season.
- Jurgen Klopp has beaten Guardiola more often than any other manager [seven wins].
- Guardiola has only progressed in two of his eight Champions League knockout ties as a manager in which his side lost the first leg [v Porto in 2015, Arsenal in 2011].
- Guardiola has lost three consecutive matches in all competitions for the first time since May 2015 as Bayern manager.
- Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah have both scored more goals in a single Champions League/European Cup campaign for Liverpool [eight each] than any other player in the club's history.
- Gabriel Jesus has scored three goals in three games against Liverpool in all competitions, more than against any other team since his debut with Man City.
- Liverpool have scored 33 goals in the Champions League this season - the most by an English side in a single campaign.
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