2020-21 season

2020-21 season
General information
Manager	Jurgen Klopp
Captain	Jordan Henderson
Performance
Premier League	3rd
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	4th Round
Europe	Champions League: Quarter-finals
Top scorers
League	Mohamed Salah (22)
FA Cup	Mohamed Salah (3)
League Cup	Jones and Minamino (2)
Europe	Mohamed Salah (6)
Overall	Mohamed Salah (31)
Attendances
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The 2020-21 season will be Liverpool's 129th season of football since they were established. The Reds enter the campaign as champions of England, qualifying to play in the Community Shield for the second season running.

Competition performance

Competition	Result	P	W	D	L	GS	GC	Top Scorer
Premier League	3rd	38	20	9	9	68	42	Mohamed Salah (22)
Champions League	Quarter-Finals	10	6	2	2	15	6	Mohamed Salah (6)
FA Cup	4th Round	2	1	0	1	6	4	Mohamed Salah (3)
EFL Cup	4th Round	2	1	1	0	7	2	Jones and Minamino (2)
Community Shield	Runners-Up	1	0	1	0	1	1	Takumi Minamino (1)
Overall	-	53	28	13	12	97	55	Mohamed Salah (31)

Squad

• 1 Alisson
• 3 Fabinho
• 4 Virgil van Dijk
• 5 Georginio Wijnaldum
• 6 Thiago
• 7 James Milner
• 8 Naby Keita
• 9 Roberto Firmino
• 10 Sadio Mane
• 11 Mohamed Salah
• 12 Joe Gomez
• 13 Adrian
• 14 Jordan Henderson
• 15 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
• 16 Marko Grujic
• 17 Curtis Jones
• 18 Takumi Minamino
• 19 Ozan Kabak
• 20 Diogo Jota
• 21 Kostas Tsimikas
• 23 Xherdan Shaqiri
• 24 Rhian Brewster
• 26 Andy Robertson
• 27 Divock Origi
• 28 Ben Davies
• 32 Joel Matip
• 46 Rhys Williams
• 47 Nathaniel Phillips
• 54 Sheyi Ojo
• 55 Herbie Kane
• 58 Ben Woodburn
• 59 Harry Wilson
• 62 Caoimhin Kelleher
• 65 Leighton Clarkson
• 66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
• 67 Harvey Elliott
• 70 Yasser Larouci
• 72 Sepp van den Berg
• 73 Kamil Grabara
• 76 Neco Williams
• 89 Billy Koumetio

Friendlies

Date	Opponent	Score	Scorers
22 August 2020	VFB Stuttgart	3-0	Firmino (15), Keita (40), Brewster (68)
25 August 2020	Salzburg	2-2	Brewster (72, 81)
5 September 2020	Blackpool	7-2	Matip (43), Mane (52), Firmino (54), Elliott (69), Minamino (71), Origi (85), van den Berg (88)

Results

League

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
12 September 2020	Leeds	4-3	Home	Salah (pen 4, 33, pen 88), Van Dijk (20)
20 September 2020	Chelsea	2-0	Away	Mane (50, 54)
28 September 2020	Arsenal	3-1	Home	Mane (28), Robertson (34), Jota (88)
4 October 2020	Aston Villa	2-7	Away	Salah (33, 60)
17 October 2020	Everton	2-2	Away	Mane (3), Salah (72)
24 October 2020	Sheffield Utd	2-1	Home	Firmino (41), Jota (64)
31 October 2020	West Ham	2-1	Home	Salah (pen 42), Jota (85)
8 November 2020	Man City	1-1	Away	Salah (pen 13)
22 November 2020	Leicester	3-0	Home	Evans (og 21), Jota (41), Firmino (86)
28 November 2020	Brighton	1-1	Away	Jota (60)
6 December 2020	Wolves	4-0	Home	Salah (24), Wijnaldum (58), Matip (67), Semedo (og 78)
13 December 2020	Fulham	1-1	Away	Salah (pen 79)
16 December 2020	Tottenham	2-1	Home	Salah (26), Firmino (90)
19 December 2020	Crystal Palace	7-0	Away	Minamino (3), Mane (35), Firmino (44, 68), Henderson (52), Salah (81, 84)
27 December 2020	West Brom	1-1	Home	Mane (12)
30 December 2020	Newcastle	0-0	Away
4 January 2021	Southampton	0-1	Away
17 January 2021	Man Utd	0-0	Home
21 January 2021	Burnley	0-1	Home
28 January 2021	Tottenham	3-1	Away	Firmino (45), Alexander-Arnold (47), Mane (65)
31 January 2021	West Ham	3-1	Away	Salah (57, 68), Wijnaldum (84)
3 February 2021	Brighton	0-1	Home
7 February 2021	Man City	1-4	Home	Salah (pen 63)
13 February 2021	Leicester	1-3	Away	Salah (67)
20 February 2021	Everton	0-2	Home
28 February 2021	Sheffield Utd	2-0	Away	Jones (48), Bryan (og 64)
4 March 2021	Chelsea	0-1	Home
7 March 2021	Fulham	0-1	Home
15 March 2021	Wolves	1-0	Away	Jota (45)
4 April 2021	Arsenal	3-0	Away	Jota (64, 82), Salah (68)
10 April 2021	Aston Villa	2-1	Home	Salah (57), Alexander-Arnold (90)
19 April 2021	Leeds	1-1	Away	Mane (31)
24 April 2021	Newcastle	1-1	Home	Salah (3)
8 May 2021	Southampton	2-0	Home	Mane (31), Thiago (90)
13 May 2021	Man Utd	4-2	Away	Jota (34), Firmino (45, 47), Salah (90)
16 May 2021	West Brom	2-1	Away	Salah (33), Alisson (90)
19 May 2021	Burnley	3-0	Away	Firmino (43), Phillips (52), Chamberlain (88)
23 May 2021	Crystal Palace	2-0	Home	Mane (36, 74)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	8 January 2021	Aston Villa	4-1	Away	Mane (4, 63), Wijnaldum (60), Salah (65)
4	24 January 2021	Man Utd	2-3	Away	Salah (18, 58)

EFL Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
3	24 September 2020	Lincoln	7-2	Away	Shaqiri (9), Minamino (18, 46), Jones (32, 36), Grujic (65), Origi (89)
4	1 October 2020	Arsenal	0-0	Home

Champions League

Group stage

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
21 October 2020	Ajax	1-0	Away	Tagliafico (og 35)
27 October 2020	Midtjylland	2-0	Home	Jota (55), Salah (pen 90)
3 November 2020	Atalanta	5-0	Away	Jota (16, 33, 54), Salah (47), Mane (49)
25 November 2020	Atalanta	0-2	Home
1 December 2020	Ajax	1-0	Home	Jones (58)
9 December 2020	Midtjylland	1-1	Away	Salah (1)

Knockout stage

Round	Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
Last 16 (1st leg)	16 February 2021	RB Leipzig	2-0	Neutral	Salah (53), Mane (58)
Last 16 (2nd leg)	10 March 2021	RB Leipzig	2-0	Neutral	Salah (70), Mane (74)
Quarter-final (1st leg)	6 April 2021	Real Madrid	1-3	Away	Salah (51)
Quarter-final (2nd leg)	14 April 2021	Real Madrid	0-0	Home

Other

Community Shield:

Date	Opponent	Score	Venue	Scorers
29 August 2020	Arsenal	1-1	Neutral	Minamino (73)

Player stats

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Alisson	33	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	42	1
3	MF	Fabinho	31	0	2	0	1	0	8	0	42	0
4	DF	Virgil van Dijk	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	8	1
5	MF	Georginio Wijnaldum	38	2	2	1	1	0	10	0	51	3
6	MF	Thiago	24	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	30	1
7	MF	James Milner	26	0	2	0	1	0	7	0	36	0
8	MF	Naby Keita	10	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	16	0
9	FW	Roberto Firmino	35	9	2	0	0	0	10	0	47	9
10	FW	Sadio Mane	35	11	2	2	0	0	11	3	48	16
11	FW	Mohamed Salah	37	22	2	3	1	0	11	6	51	31
12	DF	Joe Gomez	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	12	0
13	GK	Adrian	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	6	0
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	21	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	28	1
15	MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	12	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	16	1
16	MF	Marko Grujic	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1
17	MF	Curtis Jones	23	1	2	0	2	2	5	1	32	4
18	FW	Takumi Minamino	9	1	1	0	2	2	5	1	17	4
19	DF	Ozan Kabak	9	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13	0
20	FW	Diogo Jota	19	9	0	0	2	0	9	4	30	13
21	DF	Kostas Tsimikas	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	7	0
23	FW	Xherdan Shaqiri	14	0	2	0	1	1	5	0	22	1
24	FW	Rhian Brewster	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
26	DF	Andy Robertson	38	1	1	0	0	0	11	0	50	1
27	FW	Divock Origi	9	0	2	0	2	1	4	0	17	1
32	DF	Joel Matip	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	12	1
46	DF	Rhys Williams	9	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	19	0
47	DF	Nathaniel Phillips	17	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	20	1
59	MF	Harry Wilson	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
62	GK	Caoimhin Kelleher	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
65	MF	Leighton Clarkson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
66	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	36	2	1	0	0	0	8	0	45	2
67	FW	Harvey Elliott	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
76	DF	Neco Williams	7	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	14	0
89	DF	Billy Koumetio	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0

Scorers

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
11	FW	Mohamed Salah	22	3	0	6	31
10	FW	Sadio Mane	11	2	0	3	16
20	FW	Diogo Jota	9	0	0	4	13
9	FW	Roberto Firmino	9	0	0	0	9
18	FW	Takumi Minamino	1	0	2	1	4
17	MF	Curtis Jones	1	0	2	1	4
5	MF	Georginio Wijnaldum	2	1	0	0	3
66	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	2	0	0	0	2
4	DF	Virgil van Dijk	1	0	0	0	1
23	FW	Xherdan Shaqiri	0	0	1	0	1
16	MF	Marko Grujic	0	0	1	0	1
27	FW	Divock Origi	0	0	1	0	1
26	DF	Andy Robertson	1	0	0	0	1
32	DF	Joel Matip	1	0	0	0	1
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	1	0	0	0	1
6	MF	Thiago	1	0	0	0	1
1	GK	Alisson	1	0	0	0	1
47	DF	Nathaniel Phillips	1	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	1

Assisters

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Other	Total
66	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	7	0	0	2	9
9	FW	Roberto Firmino	7	2	0	0	9
10	FW	Sadio Mane	7	0	0	1	8
26	DF	Andy Robertson	7	0	0	0	7
11	FW	Mohamed Salah	5	0	0	1	6
17	MF	Curtis Jones	2	1	0	2	5
23	FW	Xherdan Shaqiri	2	2	0	0	4
32	DF	Joel Matip	2	0	0	0	2
18	FW	Takumi Minamino	0	1	1	0	2
27	FW	Divock Origi	0	0	1	1	2
67	MF	Harvey Elliott	0	0	1	0	1
12	DF	Joe Gomez	0	0	0	1	1
7	MF	James Milner	1	0	0	0	1
76	DF	Neco Williams	0	0	0	1	1
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	1	0	0	0	1
15	MF	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	1
20	FW	Diogo Jota	0	0	0	1	1
47	DF	Nathaniel Phillips	1	0	0	0	1

Player awards

Month	Player	Award no.
September 2020	Sadio Mane	6
October 2020	Diogo Jota	1
November 2020	Diogo Jota	2
December 2020	Mohamed Salah	13
January 2021	Mohamed Salah	14
February 2021	Mohamed Salah	15
March 2021	Nathaniel Phillips	1
April 2021	Trent Alexander-Arnold	4
2020-21	Mohamed Salah	2

Tables

League

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
2	Manchester United	38	21	11	6	73	44	29	74
3	Liverpool	38	20	9	9	68	42	26	69
4	Chelsea	38	19	10	9	58	36	22	67

Europe

Champions League group stage

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	7	13
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	2	11
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date
Kostas Tsimikas	Olympiakos	£11,750,000	10 August 2020
Thiago	Bayern Munich	£20,000,000	18 September 2020
Diogo Jota	Wolves	£45,000,000	19 September 2020
Ben Davies	Preston	£1,600,000	1 February 2021
Ozan Kabak	Schalke	Loan	1 February 2021
Kaide Gordon	Derby	£1,000,000	5 February 2021

Out

Player	To	Fee	Date
Dejan Lovren	Zenit	£10,900,000	27 July 2020
Adam Lallana	Brighton	Free	27 July 2020
Andy Lonergan	Released	Free	27 July 2020
Ovie Ejaria	Reading	£3,000,000	28 August 2020
Sheyi Ojo	Cardiff City	Loan	7 September 2020
Ki-Jana Hoever	Wolves	£13,500,000	19 September 2020
Taiwo Awoniyi	Union Berlin	Loan	19 September 2020
Loris Karius	Union Berlin	Loan	28 September 2020
Rhian Brewster	Sheffield Utd	£23,500,000	2 October 2020
Marko Grujic	Porto	Loan	6 October 2020
Herbie Kane	Barnsley	£1,250,000	16 October 2020
Ben Woodburn	Blackpool	Loan	16 October 2020
Harry Wilson	Cardiff	Loan	16 October 2020
Harvey Elliott	Blackburn	Loan	16 October 2020
Sepp van den Berg	Preston	Loan	1 February 2021
Takumi Minamino	Southampton	Loan	1 February 2021