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Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 Liverpool - April 09, 2002 / Champions League 2001/2002

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Champions League 2001/2002 - Quarter-finals

BayArena - Leverkusen - Germany

April 09, 2002

22 500

4 - 2

Liverpool

England

Michael Ballack

16'

Assist by Bernd Schneider (header) Michael Ballack

64'

Assist by Oliver Neuville (header) Dimitar Berbatov

68'

Assist by Yildiray Bastürk Lúcio

84'

42'

Abel Xavier (header) Assist by Danny Murphy

79'

Jari Litmanen

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16' - Goal Michael Ballack16

41' - Substitution Emile Heskeyis substituted by Jari Litmanen

42' - Goal Abel Xavier

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46' - Substitution Zoltan Sebescenis substituted by Dimitar Berbatov photo Oliver Neuville

46' - Substitution Ulf Kirstenis substituted by Oliver Neuville46

61' - Substitution Dietmar Hamannis substituted by Vladimir Smicer

64' - Goal Michael Ballack64

68' - Goal Dimitar Berbatov68

70' - Substitution Thomas Brdarićis substituted by Boris Zivkovic70

75' - Substitution Abel Xavieris substituted by Patrik Berger

79' - Goal Jari Litmanen

84' - Goal Lúcio84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Bayer Leverkusen

4 - 2

Liverpool

Bayer Leverkusen Liverpool

Team line-ups

Bayer Leverkusen

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

23Brdarić70

Thomas Brdarić

Germany

B.date23/01/1975

Age27 years

H1m87

positionStriker

9Kirsten46

Ulf Kirsten

Germany

B.date04/12/1965

Age36 years

H1m75

positionStriker

8Zé Roberto

Zé Roberto

Brazil

B.date06/07/1974

Age27 years

H1m72

positionLeft central midfielder

13Ballack1664

Michael Ballack

Germany

B.date26/09/1976

Age25 years

H1m88

positionLeft central midfielder

10Bastürk

Yildiray Bastürk

Turkey

B.date24/12/1978

Age23 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

25Schneider

Bernd Schneider

Germany

B.date17/11/1973

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight Midfielder

35Placente

Diego Placente

Argentina

B.date24/04/1977

Age24 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

5Nowotny

Jens Nowotny

Germany

B.date11/01/1974

Age28 years

H1m87

positionCentral defender

19Lúcio84

Lúcio

Brazil

B.date08/05/1978

Age23 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

26Sebescen46

Zoltan Sebescen

Germany

B.date01/10/1975

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight Midfielder

1Butt

Hans-Jörg Butt

Germany

B.date28/05/1974

Age27 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hans-Jörg Butt		27	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jens Nowotny		28	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Lúcio	84	23	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Diego Placente		24	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
26	D	Zoltan Sebescen	46	26	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Zé Roberto		27	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Michael Ballack	1664	25	102	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Bernd Schneider		28	130	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Yildiray Bastürk		23	47	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Ulf Kirsten	46	36	438	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Thomas Brdarić	70	27	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

126

Liverpool

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Owen

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age22 years

H1m73

positionStriker

Heskey41

Emile Heskey

England

B.date11/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Riise

John Arne Riise

Norway

B.date24/09/1980

Age21 years

H1m88

positionLeft full-back

Hamann61

Dietmar Hamann

Germany

B.date27/08/1973

Age28 years

H1m89

positionDefensive Midfielder

Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

England

B.date30/05/1980

Age21 years

H1m83

positionRight central midfielder

13Murphy

Danny Murphy

England

B.date18/03/1977

Age25 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Carragher

Jamie Carragher

England

B.date28/01/1978

Age24 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

Finland

B.date07/10/1973

Age28 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Henchoz

Stéphane Henchoz

Switzerland

B.date07/09/1974

Age27 years

H1m88

positionRight central defender

Abel Xavier4275

Abel Xavier

Portugal

B.date30/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m87

positionRight full-back

Dudek

Jerzy Dudek

Poland

B.date23/03/1973

Age29 years

H1m87

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
	G	Jerzy Dudek		29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Sami Hyypiä		28	152	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Stéphane Henchoz		27	137	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Jamie Carragher		24	216	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Abel Xavier	4275	29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	John Arne Riise		21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Dietmar Hamann	61	28	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Steven Gerrard		21	135	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Danny Murphy		25	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Emile Heskey	41	24	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Michael Owen		22	200	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

121

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
6	D	Boris Zivkovic	70	26	161	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	F	Dimitar Berbatov	6846	21	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	F	Oliver Neuville	46	28	136	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Vladimir Smicer	61	28	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Patrik Berger	75	28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jari Litmanen	7941	31	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas Brdarić

Oliver Neuville

OUT

Diego Placente

Boris Zivkovic

OUT

Zoltan Sebescen

Carsten Ramelow

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Abel Xavier

Vladimir Smicer

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Klaus Toppmöller

Success rate in this team:

65 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Toppmöller vs Liverpool

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 2002

Toppmöller vs Houllier

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 2002

Manager

Age

Match num

Gérard Houllier

174

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Houllier vs Bayer Leverkusen

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 2002

Houllier vs Toppmöller

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on April 09, 2002

Referee

Vitor Manuel Melo Pereira

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bayer Leverkusen1 match	General total	Liverpool5 matches	2 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Bayer Leverkusen1 match	Season total	Liverpool2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 09, 2002					Latest figure on April 09, 2002

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Key figures

End of streak for Liverpool after 4 matches without conceding any goal (since 19/03/2002).

Bayer Leverkusen keeps its 7 matches won with a difference of 2 goals at home running (since 24/02/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 15/10/1978 (6 matches)

End of streak for Liverpool after 16 matches with only one goal conceded at most away from home in Champions League (since 14/09/1983). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 16/09/1981 (5 matches)

Read the next 26 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBayer Leverkusen 4-0 Borussia Dortmund24/02/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 3-1 FC Köln05/03/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 2-0 Energie Cottbus09/03/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 3-1 Juventus12/03/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 4-0 Munich 186023/03/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 2-0 FC Köln06/04/2002

Overall

VStuttgart 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen16/03/2002

VDeportivo La Coruña 1-3 Bayer Leverkusen20/03/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 4-0 Munich 186023/03/2002

VKaiserslautern 2-4 Bayer Leverkusen30/03/2002

LLiverpool 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen03/04/2002

VBayer Leverkusen 2-0 FC Köln06/04/2002

Current form

Away

VLeeds United 0-4 Liverpool03/02/2002

VIpswich Town 0-6 Liverpool09/02/2002

DGalatasaray 1-1 Liverpool26/02/2002

VFulham 0-2 Liverpool02/03/2002

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Liverpool13/03/2002

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Liverpool16/03/2002

Overall

DFC Barcelona 0-0 Liverpool13/03/2002

VMiddlesbrough 1-2 Liverpool16/03/2002

VLiverpool 2-0 AS Roma19/03/2002

VLiverpool 1-0 Chelsea24/03/2002

VLiverpool 2-0 Charlton30/03/2002

VLiverpool 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen03/04/2002

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	6	1
Unbeaten streak	8	1
Drawless streak	6	9
Scoring streak	8	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	5
Unbeaten streak	6	14
Drawless streak	1	5
Scoring streak	1	5
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	15
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	7
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
2	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	5
5	Losses (Competition total)	1
1	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

24	Goals scored (Competition total)	21
16	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
21	Goals conceded (Competition total)	8
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2.29	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.29
1.4	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.53
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.43

Betting aid

11	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	4
6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
4	Clean sheets (Competition total)	9
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	4
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
9	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
3-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-0 (3 times)

Bookings

29	Yellow cards (Competition total)	13
12	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	8
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Oliver Neuville	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Michael Owen
Oliver Neuville	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Michael Owen
Hans-Jörg Butt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Jari Litmanen
Hans-Jörg Butt	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Michael Owen
Oliver Neuville	1 goal during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 assist during the last match	Michael Owen

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

0 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

1 gf

0 ga

Largest victory

No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	1 - 0	April 03, 2002
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

April 03, 2002 - Ligue des Champions 2001/2002

Liverpool

1 - 0

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Best historical scorers against Liverpool

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Best historical scorers against Bayer Leverkusen

Sami Hyypiä

1 goal

2002 - 2002

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Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Hans-Jörg Butt	1 match	2002 - 2002
Diego Placente	1 match	2002 - 2002
Yildiray Bastürk	1 match	2002 - 2002
Bernd Schneider	1 match	2002 - 2002
Carsten Ramelow	1 match	2002 - 2002
Oliver Neuville	1 match	2002 - 2002

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Players with most games played vs Bayer Leverkusen

Patrik Berger	1 match	2002 - 2002
Jari Litmanen	1 match	2002 - 2002
Jerzy Dudek	1 match	2002 - 2002
Stéphane Henchoz	1 match	2002 - 2002
John Arne Riise	1 match	2002 - 2002
Dietmar Hamann	1 match	2002 - 2002