Curtis Jones delivers record-breaking Liverpool passing performance in Champions League
Curtis Jones completed an impressive 122 of 127 attempted passes, setting a new benchmark
Curtis Jones delivered a record-breaking passing performance for Liverpool in the Champions League during Wednesday night’s clash with Eintracht Frankfurt.
The midfielder played a key role in helping the Reds return to winning ways with a commanding 5-1 victory in Germany.
Curtis Jones completed an impressive 122 of 127 attempted passes, setting a new benchmark.
According to Opta, this is the highest number of passes ever recorded by a Liverpool player in a Champions League match since records began in the 2003-04 season.
Speaking after the victory, Arne Slot told reporters: “Maybe yes, although I saw a lot of similarities in the last few weeks, in the last few games we played. I also saw some differences.
“The similarities were that we already create a few chances before we conceded the first one and the first chance we conceded was usually a goal. In the end it turned out to be the only chance we conceded today.
“Why was that? Because we went 3-1 up and so then it’s easier to control the game than when you’re 1-0 down all the time.
“I’ve said here a few times telling you guys how important set-pieces are, how important the balance at set-pieces is. Now we were able to score two so you go 3-1 up at half-time because you score two set-pieces.
“That is a big, big, big difference and you go in at half-time at 1-1 with still the same amount of chances, but people will judge us definitely differently when you don’t score them.
“The biggest exception for me today compared to the other games we’ve played was the playing style of our opponent.
“We got some energy out of the moments we could press them, which in the last four or five games we played we were not able to press the opponent because the ball wasn’t on the ground, it was in the air.”
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