The Reds have seen their lead atop the Premier League shrink after dropping points twice in their last three games.

Liverpool sits atop the EPL table and has yet to lose an away game, posting a 9-5-0 record on the road. The Reds are coming off a 2-2 road draw with Aston Villa Wednesday, ending with 1.9 more expected goals. They have scored 2 in 4 straight league matches. Liverpool is led by F Mohamed Salah ‘s 24 goals.

Real Madrid have won the away first leg of a European tie on 40 occasions. If Pep Guardiola wants a sense of how hard the task ahead of them is it is perhaps encapsulated in one statistic -- only on two of the previous 39 occasions have Los Merengues been eliminated from European competition.