Having scored against Liverpool in the knockout stages of the Champions League (1-0, 6-2), Karim Benzema again hurt the English team very badly. The French striker has made the Kingdom his preferred playground, proof in numbers.
England, his favorite prey. With Liverpool en route to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, Karim Benzema was merciless against a team from across the Channel in Wednesday’s round of 16 second leg (1-0, 2-5 away).
A 78th-minute goal against the Reds has decisively buried Jurgen Klopp’s attempts to send his men back, with the French striker (35) scoring his record 7th against Liverpool in C1. No single player has scored so much against the Reds in the competition.
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His last 10 goals in C1 were against… England
More broadly, Benzema is a formidable threat to English clubs in the Big Years Cup arena. The fourth top scorer in Champions League history (89 goals in 147 games) has scored his last 10 goals against British clubs: three against Liverpool (2 away, 1 return), three against Manchester City (semi-finals of the 2021-22 edition) and against Chelsea. Four (in the quarter-finals of the 2021-22 edition).
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In the history of C1, only Lionel Messi has scored more goals against English clubs than the former international tricolor: 27 for the Argentinian, 19 for “Neuve”. He is ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo in training (12).
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