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Real Madrid’s players all wore a special jersey with the message “A Por La” 14 on the back following their stunning 3-1 win over Manchester City in the second leg of their UCL semifinal. A Por La means let’s go for No.14- Real Madrid will be aiming to win their 14th European Cup against Liverpool later this month.
Here is a look at the player ratings for Villarreal vs Liverpool in the Champions League from the big European newspapers. LFC trailed 2-0 at the interval, but recovered to win 3-2 (see xG for Villarreal Liverpool Second Leg).
L’Equipe player ratings Villarreal 2 Liverpool 3 Champions League May 2022
French newspaper L’Equipe thought Andy Robertson was very poor for LFC, giving him a 3/10 rating, the same as team mate Diogo Jota and Villarreal players Geronimo Rulli and Parejo. LFC’s best player on the evening according to them was Luis Diaz (7/10), who came off the bench to replace Jota at half time.
Diario Sport player ratings Villarreal vs Liverpool Semi final second leg
Spanish paper Sport gave Villarreal an average team rating of 6.1/10 as compared to Liverpool’s 5.8/10. Luis Diaz got a 9/10 from them.
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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Villarreal v Liverpool (UCL Second Leg Semifinal May 3, 2022). A tale of two halves really- Villarreal had no shot (and therefore no xG) in the entire second half after leading 2-0 at half time, while only 0.09 of Liverpool’s total xG came in the first half (shots for Jota and Keita)
xG Villarreal 1.03- 1.64 Liverpool shots map (Actual score Villarreal 2-3 LFC)
First half xG: Villarreal 1.03-0.09 LFC
Second half xG: Villareal 0.00-1.55 LFC
1-0 3′ Dia goal vs Liverpool xG 0.65
2-0 40′ Coquelin header goal vs Liverpool xG 0.20
2-1 62′ Fabinho goal vs Villarreal xG 0.09 (through the legs of Rulli)
2-2 67′ Diaz header goal vs Villarreal xG 0.33 (free header, through the legs of Rulli)
2-3 74′ Mane goal vs Villarreal xG 0.51 (bad mistake by Rulli)