There was a smile from Unai Emery when the stats were read out to him the day before what could well be the biggest night in Villarreal’s history: not just the team but the town. This season Liverpool have played 56 games, losing only three and never by more than two goals. In other words Jürgen Klopp’s team have not endured the kind of result that Villarreal will have to inflict on them to progress to the Champions League final.
“You’ve done a good job finding that stat,” the Villarreal coach said. “We had them but I didn’t want to say so. That shows you how difficult it will be to turn it round but we will work on the game and see if we can.
