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Liverpool
2017–18 season
ChairmanTom Werner
ManagerJürgen Klopp
StadiumAnfield
Premier League5th
FA CupThird Round
EFL CupThird Round
(knocked out by Leicester City)
UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Mohamed Salah (9)
All: Mohamed Salah (14)

The 2017–18 season is Liverpool's 126th season in existence, and their 55th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. It is also the club's 26th consecutive season in the Premier League. Along with the Premier League, the club will also compete in the FA Cup, the EFL Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018.

Season review

Pre-season

Liverpool began their preseason in the same manner as last year, a visit to Tranmere Rovers on 12 July. Liverpool won 0–4 with goals from James Milner (from the penalty spot), Marko Grujić, Pedro Chirivella, and Ben Woodburn (from the penalty spot as well.)[1] The Reds next trip was to Wigan Athletic on 14 July where they drew 1–1 going 1–0 down early, but the equalizing goal coming in first half stoppage time from new signing Mohamed Salah.[2] On 19 July, Liverpool played their first match of the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy friendly tournament in Hong Kong against Crystal Palace.[3] The Reds won 2–0 thanks to goals from another new signing, Dominic Solanke, and Divock Origi. The Reds advanced to the final, played on 22 July, the day after announcing new signing Andrew Robertson on a deal from Hull City, against Leicester City. Liverpool won the tournament defeating Leicester in the final 2–1, despite conceding first, due to goals from Salah and Philippe Coutinho.[4]

Liverpool returned to Europe to play their next pre-season match on 29 July against Hertha BSC, a match that celebrated the two clubs respective 125th anniversaries of existence. Liverpool got the better of the German side winning 0–3 in Berlin with goals scored by Solanke, Gini Wijnaldum, and Salah.[5] Liverpool's next two matches were as a part of another pre-season tournament as the club partook in the 2017 Audi Cup, defeating Bayern Munich at Bayern's home stadium 0–3 in their first match of the tournament on 1 August, the goals coming from Sadio Mané, yet another from Salah, and Daniel Sturridge.[6] In the final on the next day, Liverpool lost to Atlético Madrid, 1–1 (4–5 in penalties) with a Roberto Firmino spot kick pushing the game to penalties before ultimately losing.[7] In the days before their final pre-season match, Liverpool were dealt a blow as it was revealed that Adam Lallana was injured in the final and, according to manager Jürgen Klopp, would be out for "a couple of months."[8] In the final friendly on 5 August in Dublin against Athletic Bilbao, Liverpool finished strong winning the match 3–1 thanks to Firmino's spot kick, Woodburn's equalizer in the second half, and Solanke's headed finish.[9]

August

Liverpool began their Premier League campaign on 12 August with a trip to Vicarage Road to take on Watford. Watford opened the scoring in the eighth minute with a Stefano Okaka header off a corner kick, however Mane levelled in the 29th minute, only for Abdoulaye Doucouré to give Watford a 2–1 in the 32nd where it stood at the half. In the second half, Liverpool took the lead after goals from Firmino from the spot and Salah in the 55th and 57th minutes, respectively. However, in the 93rd Miguel Britos once again levelled the game with a controversial equalizer off another corner kick to set the score at 3–3 where the game finished. Following the match, manager Klopp expressed disappointment in the equalizer counting making the claim that Britos was offside when scoring.[10] Liverpool had no time to despair over lost points as they set off to Germany to square off with Hoffenheim in the first leg of their Champions League qualifier on 15 August. The match was Liverpool's first Champions League match since December 2014. In the tenth minute, Simon Mignolet made a penalty save to keep the game level at 0–0 where it stood until Trent Alexander-Arnold's 35th minute free kick goal, the first in a Liverpool uniform for him. A James Milner attempted cross deflected off Håvard Nordtveit and that went down as an own goal to make it 0–2 in the 74th. Hoffenheim responded with a Mark Uth 87th-minute goal but, despite the nervy finish, Liverpool saw off the final minutes of the 1–2 victory in the away leg.[11] Liverpool returned home for the first time in the season where on 19 August they played Crystal Palace. The Reds were victorious defeating Palace 1–0 thanks to a Mane goal in the 73rd. This marked the first victory at home against Palace for Liverpool since 2013.[12] On 23 August, Liverpool played the home leg of their Champions League qualifier against Hoffenheim. Liverpool got off to a fantastic early start with a 3–0 scoreline after 21 minutes thanks to two goals from Emre Can and one from Salah. Uth pulled one back in the 28th to make it 3–1, however, Firmino tacked one more on in the 63rd making it 4–1. Sandro Wagner made it 4–2 in the 79th, but it was only a consolation goal as Liverpool won 4–2 (6–3 on aggregate) and advanced on to the Champions League group stage.[13] Liverpool's final game of the month, and before the international break, was at home against Arsenal on 27 August. In what was called a "dazzling attacking display," Liverpool won 4–0 thanks to goals before the half from Firmino and Mane in the 17th and 40th minutes, respectively, and goals after the half from Salah in the 57th minute and Sturridge in the 77th minute.[14]

September

Liverpool's September began with a visit to the Etihad Stadium to take on Manchester City on 9 September. Manchester City opened the scoring through Sergio Agüero in the 25th minute, and a Mane high boot drew a hotly-debated red card putting the Reds down to ten men. From there City scored four more goals, two from Gabriel Jesus and two from Leroy Sané to mark a 5–0 victory. Liverpool manager Klopp felt that the challenge was not a red card worthy incident and noted the event was a "game-changing incident."[15] Liverpool next began UEFA Champions League group stage play at home against Sevilla on 13 September. The Reds went down in the 5th minute after a costly Dejan Lovren mistake allowed Wissam Ben Yedder to tap Sevilla ahead. Liverpool roared back in response with a Firmino goal in the 21st and a Salah goal in the 37th to put them back on top before the half. In the 41st minute, however, with the chance to put Liverpool ahead by two goals, Firmino missed a chance from the penalty spot. Joaquín Correa drew Sevilla level in the 72nd and the game finished at 2–2.[16] Liverpool faced a Premier League fixture next as they squared off with Burnley on 16 September. Scott Arfield put the visitors up 0–1 in the 27th, however Salah responded with an equalizer just three minutes later to put the scoreline at 1–1 where it stood till the final whistle.[17] The Reds faced another midweek test on 19 September where they faced off with Leicester City at King Power Stadium in the Carabao Cup. Leicester scored twice in the second half through Shinji Okazaki and Islam Slimani in the 65th and 78th minutes to knock the Reds out of the Cup tournament with a 2–0 defeat.[18] That weekend, on 23 September, Liverpool played a second game at King Power Stadium against Leicester, this time in the league. Salah kicked off scoring in the 15th while Philippe Coutinho marked his Premier League return with Liverpool in stunning fashion with a free kick in the 23rd to put Liverpool up 0–2. Right before the halftime whistle, Okazaki got Leicester a goal back on a scrambled effort off a hano sug corner kick. Captain Jordan Henderson put the Reds up 1–3 in the 68th with a counter-attacking goal, however Jamie Vardy got the goal back just a minute later. In the 73rd, goalie Simon Mignolet gave up a penalty kick, which, taken by Vardy, was saved by the keeper to keep the scoreline at 2–3, the final score.[19] The final game of the month was another Champions League group stage bout, this time in Moscow against Spartak Moscow on 26 September. Spartak opened the scoring off a 23rd minute Fernando free kick, however Liverpool responded in the 31st through a Coutinho goal. The game finished level at one and Liverpool earned another point in group stage play.[20]

October

Liverpool opened their October on the first of the month at St James' Park against Newcastle. Coutinho, through an out of the box effort, put Liverpool ahead in the 29th minute, however Newcastle leveled just seven minutes later through a Joselu goal that resulted after an attempted Joël Matip tackle deflected off Joselu and into the net. The scoreline remained at 1–1 for the rest of the game resulting in a draw.[21] Following the international break, the Reds returned to action on 14 October at Anfield to square off with Manchester United in a match that ended 0–0.[22] The Reds then returned to midweek action heading to Slovenia to take on Maribor on 17 October. In a record breaking performance, Liverpool thrashed Maribor 0–7 breaking the record for biggest away not just in Liverpool history but by any English side in the European competition. Goals came from Firmino, Coutinho, Salah, another from Firmino, another from Salah, the first of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's Liverpool career, and a capper from Trent Alexander-Arnold.[23] On 22 October, Liverpool visited Wembley Stadium to take on Tottenham. The Reds fell behind 2–0 quickly following defensive mistakes in which Lovren drew heavy criticism for. Lovren was later subbed off for Chamberlain at the 30th minute. Salah drew Liverpool back one in the 24th, but Dele Alli chipped a goal in before the stroke of halftime. Harry Kane put in his second of the game in the 56th and the Reds were given a 4–1 defeat.[24] The final fixture of the month took place on 28 October back at Anfield against newly promoted Huddersfield Town, managed by Klopp's longtime friend David Wagner. Following a 0–0 first half, including a saved Salah penalty in the 43rd, the Reds put three past Huddersfield in the second half. The first came from Sturridge in the 50th, the second from Firmino just eight minutes later, and the final coming from Wijnaldum in the 75th to cap off a 3–0 victory.[25]

First team

Last updated on 31 August 2017[26]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1 Loris Karius Germany GK (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)
22 Simon Mignolet Belgium GK (1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 36)
34 Ádám Bogdán Hungary GK (1987-09-27) 27 September 1987 (age 36)
52 Danny Ward Wales GK (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)
Defenders
2 Nathaniel Clyne England RB (1991-04-05) 5 April 1991 (age 33)
6 Dejan Lovren Croatia CB (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35)
12 Joe Gomez England RB/LB/CB (1997-05-23) 23 May 1997 (age 27)
17 Ragnar Klavan Estonia CB (1985-10-30) 30 October 1985 (age 38)
18 Alberto Moreno Spain LB (1992-07-05) 5 July 1992 (age 32)
26 Andrew Robertson Scotland LB (1994-03-11) 11 March 1994 (age 30)
32 Joël Matip Cameroon CB (1991-08-08) 8 August 1991 (age 33)
38 Jon Flanagan England RB/LB (1993-01-01) 1 January 1993 (age 31)
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold England RB (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25)
Midfielders
5 Georginio Wijnaldum Netherlands CM/AM/RW/LW (1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 33)
7 James Milner Vice-Captain England CM/LB/RW/LW (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)
10 Philippe Coutinho Brazil AM/LW (1992-06-12) 12 June 1992 (age 32)
14 Jordan Henderson Captain England DM/CM (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34)
16 Marko Grujić Serbia CM/AM (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28)
20 Adam Lallana England CM/AM/RW/LW (1988-05-10) 10 May 1988 (age 36)
21 Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain England CM/AM/RW/LW (1993-08-15) 15 August 1993 (age 30)
23 Emre Can Germany DM/CM (1994-01-12) 12 January 1994 (age 30)
50 Lazar Marković Serbia RW/LW (1994-03-02) 2 March 1994 (age 30)
53 Ovie Ejaria England CM/AM (1997-11-18) 18 November 1997 (age 26)
59 Harry Wilson Wales RW/LW (1997-03-22) 22 March 1997 (age 27)
Forwards
9 Roberto Firmino Brazil FW/AM/RW/LW (1991-10-02) 2 October 1991 (age 32)
11 Mohamed Salah Egypt FW/RW/LW (1992-06-15) 15 June 1992 (age 32)
15 Daniel Sturridge England FW (1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 34)
19 Sadio Mané Senegal FW/RW/LW (1992-04-10) 10 April 1992 (age 32)
28 Danny Ings England FW (1992-07-23) 23 July 1992 (age 32)
29 Dominic Solanke England FW (1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 26)
58 Ben Woodburn Wales FW/RW/LW (1999-10-15) 15 October 1999 (age 24)

Transfers and loans

New contracts

Date Pos No. Player Ref.
7 July 2017 DF 66 England Trent Alexander-Arnold [27]
10 August 2017 MF 40 England Ryan Kent [28]

Transfers in

Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 FW 11 Egypt Mohamed Salah Italy Roma £43,000,000[A] [29]
10 July 2017 FW 29 England Dominic Solanke England Chelsea Tribunal [30]
21 July 2017 DF 26 Scotland Andrew Robertson England Hull City £8,000,000[B] [31]
31 August 2017 MF 21 England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain England Arsenal £35,000,000[C] [32]
Total £79,900,000
  1. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £43,000,000.
  2. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £10,000,000.
  3. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £40,000,000.

Transfers out

Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
1 July 2017 GK 13 Austria Alex Manninger Retired [33]
3 July 2017 DF 47 England Andre Wisdom England Derby County £2,000,000[A] [34]
18 July 2017 MF 21 Brazil Lucas Leiva Italy Lazio £5,000,000 [35]
21 July 2017 MF 35 England Kevin Stewart England Hull City £4,000,000[B] [36]
31 August 2017 DF 3 France Mamadou Sakho England Crystal Palace £24,000,000[C] [37]
Total £35,000,000
  1. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £4,500,000.
  2. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £8,000,000.
  3. ^ Fee may eventually rise to £26,000,000.

Loans out

Start date End date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref.
26 July 2017 End of season MF 68 Spain Pedro Chirivella Netherlands Willem II None [38]
28 July 2017 End of season DF 56 England Connor Randall Scotland Heart of Midlothian None [39]
31 July 2017 End of season FW — Nigeria Taiwo Awoniyi Belgium Royal Excel Mouscron None [40]
1 August 2017 Half of season GK — England Shamal George England Carlisle United None [41]
16 August 2017 End of season FW 54 England Sheyi Ojo England Fulham None [42]
31 August 2017 End of season FW 27 Belgium Divock Origi Germany VfL Wolfsburg £6,000,000 [43]
31 August 2017 End of season MF — Brazil Allan Cyprus Apollon Limassol None [44]
31 August 2017 End of season FW — Portugal Toni Gomes England Forest Green Rovers None [45]
31 August 2017 Half of season DF 49 Wales Jordan Williams England Rochdale None [46]
31 August 2017 End of season FW 40 England Ryan Kent Germany SC Freiburg £1,000,000 [47]

Transfer summary

Friendlies

Pre-season

As of 15 June 2017, Liverpool have announced four pre-season friendlies against Hertha BSC,[48] Athletic Bilbao[49] Tranmere Rovers and Wigan Athletic.[50]

12 July 2017 Friendly Tranmere Rovers 0–4 Liverpool Birkenhead, England
19:45 BST Report Milner 32' (pen.)
Grujić 42'
Chirivella 50'
Woodburn 78' (pen.)		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Mike Dean
14 July 2017 Friendly Wigan Athletic 1–1 Liverpool Wigan, England
19:30 BST Gilbey 21' Report Salah 45+1' Stadium: DW Stadium
Attendance: 12,715
Referee: Oliver Langford
29 July 2017 Friendly Hertha BSC Germany 0–3 England Liverpool Berlin, Germany
17:00 BST Pekarík Yellow card 77' Report Solanke 16'
Wijnaldum 38'
Moreno Yellow card 45'
Salah 63'		 Stadium: Olympiastadion
Attendance: 54,279
5 August 2017 Friendly Liverpool England 3–1 Spain Athletic Bilbao Dublin, Ireland
17:15 BST Firmino 21' (pen.)
Woodburn 59'
Solanke 80'		 Report Williams 30' Stadium: Aviva Stadium
Attendance: 51,333

Premier League Asia Trophy

Main article: 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy

Liverpool faced Crystal Palace in their opening game at the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy.[51]

19 July 2017 Semi-finals Liverpool 2–0 Crystal Palace Hong Kong
13:30 BST Solanke 61'
Grujić Yellow card 68'
Origi 79'		 Report Dann Yellow card 42' Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 39,273
Referee: Bobby Madley (England)
22 July 2017 Final Liverpool 2–1 Leicester City Hong Kong
13:30 BST Salah 20'
Coutinho 44'		 Report Slimani 12'
Mahrez Yellow card 43'
Ndidi Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium
Attendance: 39,498
Referee: Bobby Madley (England)

Audi Cup

Main article: 2017 Audi Cup

Details for the 2017 Audi Cup were announced on 15 June 2017.[52]

1 August 2017 (2017-08-01) Semi-finals Bayern Munich Germany 0–3 England Liverpool Munich, Germany
19:30 BST Sanches Yellow card 50'
Vidal Yellow card 89'		 Report Mané 7'
Salah 34'
Sturridge 83'
Lallana Yellow card 89'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 57,500
Referee: Robert Hartmann (Germany)
2 August 2017 Final Liverpool England 1–1
(4–5 p)		 Spain Atlético Madrid Munich, Germany
19:30 BST Milner Yellow card 25'
Gomez Yellow card 45'
Klavan Yellow card 64'
Firmino 83' (pen.)		 Report Bare 27'
González Yellow card 57'		 Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
Penalties

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
EPL — 6th 12 August 2017 13 May 2018
FA Cup 3R — January 2018
EFL Cup R3 — Third round 19 September 2017 19 September 2017
UCL PO Group stage 15 August 2017

Updated to match played 1 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 11 5 4 2 21 17 +4 045.45
FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
EFL Cup 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 000.00
UEFA Champions League 6 4 2 0 19 6 +13 066.67
Total 18 9 6 3 40 25 +15 050.00

Updated to match played 4 November 2017
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2017–18 Premier League

League table

Template:2017–18 Premier League table

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
11 5 4 2 21 17  +4 19 3 2 0 9 1  +8 2 2 2 12 16  −4

Last updated: 4 November 2017.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by Matchday

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Matches

On 14 June 2017, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[53]

12 August 2017 1 Watford 3–3 Liverpool Watford
12:30 BST Okaka 8'
Doucouré 32'
Britos 90+4'		 Report Mané 29', Yellow card 37'
Firmino 55' (pen.)
Salah 57'
Alexander-Arnold Yellow card 62'
Mignolet Yellow card 88'		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 20,407
Referee: Anthony Taylor
19 August 2017 2 Liverpool 1–0 Crystal Palace Liverpool
15:00 BST Henderson Yellow card 69'
Mané 73'		 Report Puncheon Yellow card 15'
Van Aanholt Yellow card 63'
Benteke Yellow card 90+2'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,138
Referee: Kevin Friend
27 August 2017 3 Liverpool 4–0 Arsenal Liverpool
16:00 BST Firmino 17'
Lovren Yellow card 20'
Gomez Yellow card 23'
Mané 40'
Salah 57'
Sturridge 77'		 Report Welbeck Yellow card 22'
Xhaka Yellow card 40'
Özil Yellow card 49'
Holding Yellow card 73'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,206
Referee: Craig Pawson
9 September 2017 4 Manchester City 5–0 Liverpool Manchester
12:30 BST Otamendi Yellow card 6'
Agüero 24'
Fernandinho Yellow card 28'
Jesus 45+6', 53'
Sané 77', 90+1'		 Report Alexander-Arnold Yellow card 19'
Mané Red card 37'
Can Yellow card 80'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 54,172
Referee: Jonathan Moss
16 September 2017 5 Liverpool 1–1 Burnley Liverpool
15:00 Salah 30'
Can Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Arfield 27'
Pope Yellow card 55'
Cork Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,231
Referee: Roger East
23 September 2017 6 Leicester City 2–3 Liverpool Leicester
17:30 BST Albrighton Yellow card 17'
Ndidi Yellow card 22'
Okazaki 45+3'
Vardy 69', soccer ball with red X 73', Yellow card 90+2'		 Report Salah 15'
Coutinho 23'
Matip Yellow card 45+2'
Lovren Yellow card 56'
Henderson 68'
Mignolet Yellow card 72'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 32,004
Referee: Anthony Taylor
1 October 2017 7 Newcastle United 1−1 Liverpool Newcastle upon Tyne
17:30 BST Joselu 36'
Pérez Yellow card 55'		 Report Coutinho 29'
Gomez Yellow card 58'		 Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 52,303
Referee: Craig Pawson
14 October 2017 8 Liverpool 0−0 Manchester United Liverpool
12:30 Report Smalling Yellow card 74'
Young Yellow card 87'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,912
Referee: Martin Atkinson
22 October 2017 9 Tottenham Hotspur 4–1 Liverpool Wembley, London
16:00 BST Kane 4', 56'
Son 12'
Alli 45+3'		 Report Salah 24'
Can Yellow card 45+2'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Attendance: 80,827
Referee: Andre Marriner
28 October 2017 10 Liverpool 3−0 Huddersfield Town Liverpool
15:00 Salah soccer ball with red X 42'
Sturridge 50'
Firmino 58'
Wijnaldum 75'		 Report Smith Yellow card 41' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 53,268
Referee: Kevin Friend
4 November 2017 11 West Ham United 1−4 Liverpool Stratford, London
17:30 Noble Yellow card 37'
Reid Yellow card 47'
Lanzini 55', Yellow card 90'		 Report Salah 21', 75'
Matip 24'
Oxlade-Chamberlain 56'		 Stadium: London Stadium
Attendance: 56,961
Referee: Neil Swarbrick
18 November 2017 12 Liverpool 3-0 Southampton Liverpool
15:00 Salah 31', 41'
Coutinho 68'
Lovren Yellow card 43'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Referee: Mike Jones

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

January 2018 Third round v
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EFL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 EFL Cup

Liverpool joined the competition in the third round and were drawn away Leicester City.[54]

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 September 2017 Third round Leicester City 2–0 Liverpool Leicester
19:45 BST Okazaki 65'
Slimani 78'
Iborra Yellow card 90'		 Report Grujić Yellow card 57'
Klavan Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: King Power Stadium
Attendance: 31,609
Referee: Stuart Attwell

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League

On 4 August 2017, Liverpool were drawn against Bundesliga side 1899 Hoffenheim in a two-legged tie for a place in the main competition.[55]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Play-off Round

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round § Play-off round
15 August 2017 First leg 1899 Hoffenheim Germany 1–2 England Liverpool Sinsheim, Germany
20:45 CEST Hübner Yellow card 76'
Uth 87'		 Report Alexander-Arnold 35', Yellow card 55'
Can Yellow card 51'
Nordtveit 74' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Rhein-Neckar-Arena
Attendance: 25,568
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)
23 August 2017 Second leg Liverpool England 4–2
(6–3 agg.)		 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim Liverpool, England
20:45 CEST Can 10', 21'
Salah 18'
Henderson Yellow card 45+1'
Firmino 63'		 Report Uth 28'
Geiger Yellow card 30'
Kadeřábek Yellow card 37'
Vogt Yellow card 51'
Wagner 79'
Hübner Yellow card 90'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 51,808
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

Group stage

Main article: 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage

After beating 1899 Hoffenheim in the last round, Liverpool qualified for the group stage and were drawn in Group E against Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and Maribor.[56]

Template:2017–18 UEFA Champions League Group E table

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13) 1 Liverpool England 2–2 Spain Sevilla Liverpool, England
19:45 BST Firmino 21', soccer ball with red X 42'
Salah 37'
Moreno Yellow card 39'
Gomez Yellow card 64' Yellow-red card 90+3'		 Report Ben Yedder 5'
Mercado Yellow card 35'
Pareja Yellow card 42'
Banega Yellow card 45+3'
Correa 72'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 52,332
Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 2 Spartak Moscow Russia 1–1 England Liverpool Moscow, Russia
19:45 BST Fernando 23'
Bocchetti Yellow card 46'		 Report Can Yellow card 7'
Coutinho 31'
Firmino Yellow card 75'		 Stadium: Otkrytiye Arena
Attendance: 43,376
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)
17 October 2017 (2017-10-17) 3 Maribor Slovenia 0–7 England Liverpool Maribor, Slovenia
19:45 BST Milec Yellow card 40'
Vrhovec Yellow card 80'
Hotić Yellow card 89'		 Report Firmino 4', 54'
Coutinho 13'
Salah 19', 40'
Oxlade-Chamberlain 86'
Alexander-Arnold 90'		 Stadium: Ljudski vrt
Attendance: 12,506
Referee: Viktor Kassai (Hungary)
1 November 2017 (2017-11-01) 4 Liverpool England 3–0 Slovenia Maribor Liverpool, England
19:45 GMT Salah 49'
Milner soccer ball with red X 53'
Can 64'
Sturridge 90'		 Report Bohar Yellow card 22'
Rajčević Yellow card 52'		 Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 47,957
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)
21 November 2017 (2017-11-21) 5 Sevilla Spain v England Liverpool Seville, Spain
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
6 December 2017 (2017-12-06) 6 Liverpool England v Russia Spartak Moscow Liverpool, England
19:45 GMT Report Stadium: Anfield

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
As of match played 4 November 2017
Sortable table
No. Pos. Nat. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup UCL Total
Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts Apps Starts
1 GK Germany Loris Karius 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 5 5
5 MF Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum 9 9 0 0 1 1 6 5 16 15
6 DF Croatia Dejan Lovren 8 6 0 0 0 0 5 5 13 11
7 MF England James Milner 9 4 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 6
9 FW Brazil Roberto Firmino 11 10 0 0 0 0 6 6 17 16
10 MF Brazil Philippe Coutinho 5 6 0 0 1 1 3 2 9 8
11 FW Egypt Mohamed Salah 11 10 0 0 0 0 6 6 17 16
12 DF England Joe Gomez 9 8 0 0 1 1 2 1 12 10
14 MF England Jordan Henderson 9 9 0 0 1 1 5 4 15 14
15 FW England Daniel Sturridge 8 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 12 4
16 MF Serbia Marko Grujić 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 5 1
17 DF Estonia Ragnar Klavan 5 5 0 0 1 1 2 1 8 7
18 DF Spain Alberto Moreno 9 9 0 0 0 0 6 6 15 15
19 FW Senegal Sadio Mané 6 6 0 0 0 0 4 4 10 10
21 MF England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 8 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 12 3
22 GK Belgium Simon Mignolet 10 10 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 12
23 MF Germany Emre Can 9 8 0 0 0 0 6 6 15 14
26 DF Scotland Andrew Robertson 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 3
27 FW Belgium Divock Origi [A] 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
28 FW England Danny Ings 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
29 FW England Dominic Solanke 7 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 10 1
32 DF Cameroon Joël Matip 11 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 17 17
38 DF England Jon Flanagan 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
52 GK Wales Danny Ward 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
58 FW Wales Ben Woodburn 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
66 DF England Trent Alexander-Arnold 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 4 7 7
  1. ^ Players who are left Liverpool that have appeared this season.

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of match played 4 November 2017
Rank Pos. No. Player Premier League FA Cup Champions League Total
1 FW 11 Egypt Mohamed Salah 7 0 5 12
2 FW 9 Brazil Roberto Firmino 3 0 4 7
3 MF 10 Brazil Philippe Coutinho 2 0 2 4
4 FW 15 England Daniel Sturridge 2 0 1 3
FW 19 Senegal Sadio Mané 3 0 0 3
MF 23 Germany Emre Can 0 0 3 3
7 MF 21 England Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 1 0 1 2
DF 66 England Trent Alexander-Arnold 0 0 2 2
9 MF 5 Netherlands Georginio Wijnaldum 1 0 0 1
MF 14 England Jordan Henderson 1 0 0 1
DF 32 Cameroon Joël Matip 1 0 0 1
Own Goals 0 0 1 1
Total 21 0 19 40

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.

Correct as of matches played on 4 November 2017
No. Player Premier League FA Cup Champions League TOTAL
22 Belgium Simon Mignolet 3 0 0 3
1 Germany Loris Karius 1 0 2 3

Disciplinary record

As of matches played 4 November 2017
No. Pos. Name Premier League FA Cup EFL Cup UCL Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
6 DF Dejan Lovren 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
9 FW Roberto Firmino 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
12 DF Joe Gomez 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 1
14 MF Jordan Henderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
16 MF Marko Grujić 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 DF Ragnar Klavan 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 DF Alberto Moreno 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
19 FW Sadio Mané 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
22 GK Simon Mignolet 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
23 MF Emre Can 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
32 DF Joël Matip 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
66 DF Trent Alexander-Arnold 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
Total 13 1 0 0 2 0 8 1 23 2

Awards

Liverpool Standard Chartered Player of the Month award

Awarded monthly to the player that was chosen by fans voting on Liverpoolfc.com

Month Player Votes
August Egypt Mohamed Salah 52%[57]
September Egypt Mohamed Salah 41%[58]

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