{"id":1816,"date":"2026-04-09T13:58:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2026-04-09T13:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:58:02","slug":"liverpool-0-0-expected-goals-25-possession-the-stats-that-say-it-all-about-the-reds-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=1816","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: 0.0 expected goals, 25% possession&#8230; The stats that say it all about the Reds&#8217; success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>It is not very clear how in one week, the balance of power could be reversed to the point that PSG gets scared at Anfield in the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League. Even if we must always remain cautious, especially against a team accustomed to high summits, the Parisians took a big step towards the final four on Wednesday evening at the Parc des Princes with this victory (2-0) which could (should) have been much larger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Ligue des champions : Le brief-D\u00e9brief de PSG-Liverpool (2-0)\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimedia.com\/deliver\/generic\/iframe\/mdtk\/01357940\/zone\/1\/src\/38ulvkr\/showtitle\/1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To fully understand Parisian domination during this first round, we have compiled some statistics that speak volumes. At least as much as the disillusioned statement from coach Arne Slot after the match, who admitted \u201cconsidering himself lucky to have only lost 2-0\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2>0 for 6 looooong minutes<\/h2>\n<p>To begin with, we can note that this is the first time in the last six years that the Reds have not had a single shot on target in a C1 match. Worse, they never even put themselves in a position to possibly score. Result, a magnificent 0.000000 expected goal at the end of this first round.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, this misery is reflected in the number of passes attempted: only 253 for the English (compared to 744 for Paris), a statistic worthy of a bottom-of-the-table Ligue 1 team coming to the Park to park the bus and nothing else. The mapping of the areas of the pitch where Liverpool had more control of the ball than the Parisians obviously reflects all of this.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>With 25% possession over the 90 minutes, it could not be otherwise. The colleagues of <span class=\"text-italic\">The Team <\/span>even reported a staggering figure this Thursday morning: for 6 minutes (from the 59th to the 65th), an eternity in a football match, the English did not attempt the slightest pass. NOT A SINGLE ONE. A crossing of the desert completed by the second goal signed Kvaratskhelia, 89 Parisian passes later.<\/p>\n<p>Champions League<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was so much rhythm everywhere, in all four corners of the pitch,\u201d whispered Slot at the final whistle, totally overwhelmed by the events. Faced with this observation, the Dutch coach and his players must feel very helpless before approaching the return match next week. The Parisians perhaps did not score as much as they should have, but they built a nice duplex in the heads of their opponents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is not very clear how in one week, the balance of power could be reversed to the point that PSG gets scared at Anfield in the quarter-final second leg of the Champions League. 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