2020–21 Liverpool F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Liverpool Football Club's 129th season in existence and the club's 59th consecutive season in the top flight of English football. In addition to the domestic league, Liverpool participates in this season's editions of the FA Cup, the EFL Cup, the FA Community Shield and the UEFA Champions League. The season covers the period from August 2020 to 30 June 2021.

Liverpool

2020–21 season
Chairman	Tom Werner
Manager	Jürgen Klopp
Stadium	Anfield
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
EFL Cup	Fourth round
UEFA Champions League	Round of 16
FA Community Shield	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Mohamed Salah (16) All: Mohamed Salah (22)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

On 22 November 2020, Liverpool broke the club record for longest unbeaten run at home in the league (which had previously stood at 63) with a 3–0 win over Leicester City. The run ended on 21 January 2021 following a 1–0 defeat to Burnley; it had stood at 68.

Season review

Pre-season

Liverpool were not particularly active early in the summer transfer window, their only signing of the summer being Greek defender Kostas Tsimikas,[1] although many links were made with Spanish midfielder Thiago, then a player of Bayern Munich.[2] In terms of summer outgoings, the Reds released Andy Lonergan, Nathaniel Clyne and Adam Lallana,[3] the latter moving to Brighton,[4] and sold Dejan Lovren and Ovie Ejaria.[5][6]

On 19 August, Liverpool announced meetings with two pre-season friendly opponents, VfB Stuttgart and RB Salzburg, as part of their training camp in Austria.[7] The first took place on 22 August against Stuttgart, The Reds winning 3–0 thanks to goals from Roberto Firmino, Naby Keïta and Rhian Brewster.[8] The second against Salzburg three days later ended in a 2–2 draw thanks to a brace scored by Brewster, after conceding an early brace to opponent Patson Daka.[9] The club's final match of pre-season was played on 5 September at home to Blackpool. Again, the Reds went 2–0 down early on, but goals from Joël Matip, Sadio Mané and Firmino took the game into Liverpool's control. Later goals from Harvey Elliott, Takumi Minamino, Divock Origi and Sepp van den Berg completed a 7–2 route over the Seasiders.[10]

Between the pre-season friendlies, Liverpool, as champions of the 2019–20 Premier League, competed in the FA Community Shield against winners of the FA Cup the previous season, Arsenal. The Reds went a goal down early in the first half conceding to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, however, Minamino's second half equaliser forced the game to penalties. Brewster missed the decisive penalty, and Liverpool missed the chance to win a first trophy of the season.[11]

September

Liverpool's league season kicked off with a home fixture against newly promoted Leeds United on 12 September. In an eventful game, the Reds won 4–3 over the Championship winners; Mohamed Salah opening the scoring early in the match from the spot after a handball by Robin Koch, only for Jack Harrison to equalise for the visitors soon after. Virgil van Dijk restored Liverpool's lead with a header, only to be at fault for Leeds’ equaliser just ten minutes later, Patrick Bamford the scorer. Salah scored Liverpool's third minutes later, concluding a competitive first half. The home side were ahead and in control until midway through the second half, when a Mateusz Klich volley levelled the scores for a third time. In the closing stages, however, Leeds’ new signing Rodrigo committed a strong challenge on Fabinho in the box, resulting in the awarding of Liverpool's second penalty of the night. Salah scored, sealing his hat-trick and ensuring the defending champions emerged victorious in their first league game of the season.[12]

On 18 September, Liverpool confirmed the signing of long-term target Thiago for a fee in the region of £20m.[13] The following day, the Reds reached an agreement with Wolves for the transfer of Portuguese forward Diogo Jota for around £45m, seeing youth prospect Ki-Jana Hoever moving the opposite direction for a potential fee of £13.5m.[14] The moves were confirmed on the same day on the club's official website.[15] Towards the end of the window, the club also sold Rhian Brewster to Sheffield United, for a fee of around £23m.

The next fixture saw Liverpool travel to Stamford Bridge on 20 September to face Chelsea. The game was relatively balanced until the hosts were reduced to ten men after Christensen’s sending off on the stroke of halftime. Early in the second half, Mané scored a quick brace – firstly heading in from Firmino's cross, then capitalising on a Kepa Arrizabalaga mistake. Chelsea were handed the opportunity to get back in the game from a penalty following Thiago's foul on forward Timo Werner, but Jorginho's shot was saved by Alisson. The visitors created several more chances, comfortably dominated possession and left London with a 2–0 victory and all three points.[16]

October

On 4 October, Liverpool were defeated 7–2 by Aston Villa at Villa Park. Not only did the scoreline represent the first time the club had conceded 7 goals in a match since 15 April 1963 against Tottenham Hotspur, but was at the hands of a Villa team almost relegated at the end of the previous season.[17] The 5-goal margin also equalled Liverpool's heaviest defeat in the Premier League.[18]

The following league match on 17 October in the Merseyside Derby against Everton controversially ended 2–2, after club captain Jordan Henderson’s strike in second half injury time was ruled out by the VAR officials, denying Liverpool of a late victory. Even so, the result signified a decade-long run of 23 games unbeaten for Liverpool against their city rivals - a new club record for longest run of games unbeaten against an opponent.[19] The Reds suffered two major injuries during the game, Virgil van Dijk suffered a cruciate ligament injury following a reckless challenge by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford, the club soon after confirming that knee surgery would be required and that a lengthy recovery lay-off was forthcoming.[20] While after the match Jurgen Klopp revealed that new signing Thiago had suffered an injury following another bad challenge, this time from striker Richarlison, who received a straight red card for the tackle.[21]

Holding a potentially perilously long injury list including first choice goalkeeper Alisson, Liverpool travelled to the Netherlands on October 21 to begin their Champions League campaign against Dutch side Ajax. The match was also the first without Van Dijk, leading manager Klopp to deploy midfielder Fabinho as a central defender. A first half own goal scored by opposition defender Nicolas Tagliafico from a wayward Sadio Mane shot and a crucial goal-line clearance by Fabinho secured a hard-fought 1–0 victory.[22]

Liverpool played their 6th Premier League game of the season against Sheffield United at Anfield on October 24. Fabinho conceded a penalty early in the match, Sander Berge consequently converting the spot kick to give United the lead. Minutes before the interval, however, Roberto Firmino pounced on a saved Mane header to level the scores, Mane again being called into action later in the match with a precise cross into the box to Diogo Jota. Jota marked his first league start for the club with a headed goal and Liverpool held on to win 2–1, continuing their unbeaten run at Anfield.[23]

November

On 22 November, Liverpool won 3–0 at home to Leicester City in a club record 64th consecutive league match unbeaten at Anfield – surpassing the previous record of 63 games under Bob Paisley between 1978 and 1981.[24]

December

On 16 December, Liverpool went back to the top of the Premier League table by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and a late header from Roberto Firmino. They followed this win with a 7–0 thrashing of Crystal Palace.

January

An away 1–0 loss to Southampton on the 4th of January, followed by a 0–0 home Draw at Manchester United on the 17th of January put them at 4th place in the Premier League table, and 5 points off of the top. A 1–0 loss to Burnley followed. This ended Liverpool's 68-match unbeaten streak at home, and was Burnley's first win at Anfield in nearly 50 years. On January 28th, they beat Tottenham Hotspur 3–1, which was followed by another 3–1 win, this time against West Ham.

February

Liverpool lost 1–0 to Brighton at Anfield.[25]

First-team squad

As of 7 February 2021[26]

Squad no.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth	Signed from	Apps	Goals	Assists
Goalkeepers
1	Alisson		GK	2 October 1992	Roma	112	0	1
13	Adrián		GK	3 January 1987	West Ham United	23	0	0
62	Caoimhín Kelleher		GK	23 November 1998	LFC Academy	9	0	0
—	Marcelo Pitaluga		GK	20 December 2002	Fluminense	0	0	0
Defenders
4	Virgil van Dijk (3rd captain)		CB	8 July 1991	Southampton	130	13	6
12	Joe Gomez		CB/RB/LB	23 May 1997	Charlton Athletic	121	0	4
19	Ozan Kabak		CB	25 March 2000	Schalke 04	0	0	0
21	Kostas Tsimikas		LB	12 May 1996	Olympiacos	5	0	0
26	Andrew Robertson		LB	11 March 1994	Hull City	158	5	35
28	Ben Davies		CB/LB	21 August 1995	Preston North End	0	0	0
32	Joël Matip		CB	8 August 1991	Schalke 04	123	6	3
46	Rhys Williams		CB	3 February 2001	LFC Academy	12	0	0
47	Nathaniel Phillips		CB	21 March 1997	LFC Academy	7	0	0
66	Trent Alexander-Arnold		RB	7 October 1998	LFC Academy	160	9	39
76	Neco Williams		RB	13 April 2001	LFC Academy	22	0	2
Midfielders
3	Fabinho		DM/RB/CB	23 October 1993	Monaco	107	3	6
5	Georginio Wijnaldum (4th captain)		CM/DM/AM	11 November 1990	Newcastle United	218	22	15
6	Thiago		CM/DM	11 April 1991	Bayern Munich	12	0	0
7	James Milner (vice-captain)		CM/DM/LB/RB	4 January 1986	Manchester City	237	26	40
8	Naby Keïta		CM/AM	10 February 1995	RB Leipzig	71	7	4
14	Jordan Henderson (captain)		CM/DM/CB	17 June 1990	Sunderland	389	30	49
15	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain		CM/AM/RW/LW	15 August 1993	Arsenal	94	13	11
17	Curtis Jones		CM/AM	30 January 2001	LFC Academy	38	6	4
23	Xherdan Shaqiri		RW/LW/AM/CM	10 October 1991	Stoke City	55	8	9
58	Ben Woodburn		AM/CM/LW/RW	15 October 1999	LFC Academy	11	1	0
Forwards
9	Roberto Firmino		ST/AM	2 October 1991	Hoffenheim	276	84	60
10	Sadio Mané		LW/RW/ST	10 April 1992	Southampton	199	91	32
11	Mohamed Salah		RW/LW/ST	15 June 1992	Roma	184	116	42
20	Diogo Jota		LW/RW/ST	4 December 1996	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	9	0
27	Divock Origi		ST/LW	18 April 1995	Lille	155	35	10

New contracts

Date	Pos	No.	Player	Ref.
17 August 2020	DF	76	Neco Williams	[27]

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
10 August 2020	DF	21	Kostas Tsimikas	Olympiacos	£11,750,000[upper-alpha 1]	[28]
18 September 2020	MF	6	Thiago	Bayern Munich	£20,000,000[upper-alpha 2]	[29]
19 September 2020	FW	20	Diogo Jota	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£41,000,000[upper-alpha 3]	[30]
8 October 2020	GK	—	Marcelo Pitaluga	Fluminense	£1,000,000[upper-alpha 4]	[31]
1 Feburary 2021	DF	28	Ben Davies	Preston North End	£500,000[upper-alpha 5]	[32]
Total					£74,250,000

1. Fee may eventually rise to £15,000,000
2. Fee may eventually rise to £25,000,000
3. Fee may eventually rise to £45,000,000
4. Fee may eventually rise to £1,800,000
5. Fee may eventually rise to £1,600,000

Loan in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref
1 February 2021	End of season	DF	19	Ozan Kabak	Schalke 04	£1,000,000[upper-alpha 1]	[33]
Total						£1,000,000

1. Fee may eventually rise to £1,500,000

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
27 July 2020	GK	22	Andy Lonergan	Stoke City	Released	[34]
27 July 2020	MF	20	Adam Lallana	Brighton & Hove Albion	Released	[35]
27 July 2020	DF	6	Dejan Lovren	Zenit Saint Petersburg	£10,900,000	[36]
28 August 2020	MF	53	Ovie Ejaria	Reading	£3,000,000[upper-alpha 1]	[37]
19 September 2020	DF	51	Ki-Jana Hoever	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£9,000,000[upper-alpha 2]	[38]
2 October 2020	FW	24	Rhian Brewster	Sheffield United	£18,000,000[upper-alpha 3]	[39]
16 October 2020	FW	55	Herbie Kane	Barnsley	£1,250,000	[40]
Total					£42,150,000

1. Fee may eventually rise to £3,500,000
2. Fee may eventually rise to £13,500,000
3. Fee may eventually rise to £23,500,000

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref
7 September 2020	End of season	FW	54	Sheyi Ojo	Cardiff City	None	[41]
19 September 2020	End of season	FW	—	Taiwo Awoniyi	Union Berlin	None	[42]
28 September 2020	End of season	GK	22	Loris Karius	Union Berlin	None	[43]
28 September 2020	End of season	GK	73	Kamil Grabara	AGF	None	[44]
6 October 2020	End of season	MF	16	Marko Grujić	Porto	£1,000,000	[45]
16 October 2020	18 January 2021	MF	58	Ben Woodburn	Blackpool	None	[46]
16 October 2020	End of season	MF	59	Harry Wilson	Cardiff City	£1,200,000	[47]
16 October 2020	End of season	MF	67	Harvey Elliott	Blackburn Rovers	None	[48]
1 February 2021	End of season	DF	72	Sepp van den Berg	Preston North End	None	[49]
1 February 2021	End of season	FW	18	Takumi Minamino	Southampton	£500,000	[50]
Total						£2,700,000

Transfer summary

Spending Summer: £ 73,750,000 Winter: £ 1,500,000 Total: £ 75,250,000

Income Summer: £ 44,350,000 Winter: £ 500,000 Total: £ 44,850,000

Net Expenditure Summer: £ 29,400,000 Winter: £ 1,000,000 Total: £ 30,400,000

Pre-season friendlies

On 19 August 2020, Liverpool announced that they would play two friendlies as part of their pre-season training camp in Austria.[51]

22 August 2020 Friendly	Liverpool	3–0	VfB Stuttgart	Kitzbühel, Austria
17:00 BST	Firmino  15' Gomez  30' Keïta  40' Brewster  68'	Report		Stadium: Sportplatz Langau Referee: Christopher Jäger (Austria)

25 August 2020 Friendly	Red Bull Salzburg	2–2	Liverpool	Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
15:00 BST	Daka  3', 13',  45' Onguéné  26'	Report	Brewster  72', 81'	Stadium: Stadion Wals-Siezenheim Referee: Dieter Muckenhammer (Austria)

5 September 2020 Friendly	Liverpool	7–2	Blackpool	Liverpool, England
15:00 BST	Matip  43' Mané  52' Firmino  54' Elliott  69' Minamino  71' Origi  85' Van den Berg  88'	Report	Hamilton  15' Yates  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	12 September 2020	23 May 2021	Matchday 1		23	11	7	5	44	29	+15	047.83
FA Cup	8 January 2021	24 January 2021	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	050.00
EFL Cup	24 September 2020	1 October 2020	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	050.00
UEFA Champions League	21 October 2020		Group stage		6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	066.67
FA Community Shield	29 August 2020		Final	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Total					34	17	10	7	68	39	+29	050.00

Last updated: 7 February 2021

Source: Soccerway

Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Manchester United	23	13	6	4	49	30	+19	45	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
3	Leicester City	23	13	4	6	39	25	+14	43
4	Liverpool	23	11	7	5	44	29	+15	40
5	Chelsea	23	11	6	6	38	24	+14	39	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	West Ham United	23	11	6	6	34	28	+6	39

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs[52]

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
23	11	7	5	44	29	+15	40	7	2	3	22	14	+8	4	5	2	22	15	+7

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
Source:

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	D	L	D	L	W	W	L	L
Position	6	4	2	5	3	2	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 20 August 2020.[53]

12 September 2020 1	Liverpool	4–3	Leeds United	Liverpool
17:30 BST (UTC+1)	Salah  4' (pen.), 33', 88' (pen.) Van Dijk  20' Firmino  76'	Report	Harrison  12' Bamford  30' Klich  66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

20 September 2020 2	Chelsea	0–2	Liverpool	Fulham, London
16:30 BST (UTC+1)	Christensen  45+1' Jorginho 75'	Report	Mané  50', 54'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney

28 September 2020 3	Liverpool	3–1	Arsenal	Liverpool
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Mané  3',  28' Robertson  34' Alexander-Arnold  49' Jota  88'	Report	Lacazette  25' Bellerín  68' Ceballos  72'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

4 October 2020 4	Aston Villa	7–2	Liverpool	Aston
19:15 BST (UTC+1)	Watkins  4', 22', 39' McGinn  35' Douglas Luiz  46' Barkley  55' Grealish  66', 75' Nakamba  90+2'	Report	Salah  33', 60' Van Dijk  38'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson

17 October 2020 5	Everton	2–2	Liverpool	Walton
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Keane  19' Rodríguez  45' Gomes  69' Calvert-Lewin  81' Allan  84' Richarlison  90'	Report	Mané  3',  67' Salah  72' Fabinho  84'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

24 October 2020 6	Liverpool	2–1	Sheffield United	Liverpool
20:00 BST (UTC+1)	Firmino  41' Jota  64'	Report	Lundstram  3' Berge  13' (pen.),  86' Stevens  66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean

31 October 2020 7	Liverpool	2–1	West Ham United	Liverpool
17:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Salah  42' (pen.) Jota  85'	Report	Fornals  10' Rice  49'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend

8 November 2020 8	Manchester City	1–1	Liverpool	Manchester
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Gabriel Jesus  31' De Bruyne 42' Sterling  61' Laporte  79' Walker  90+3'	Report	Salah  13' (pen.) Matip  46'	Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

22 November 2020 9	Liverpool	3–0	Leicester City	Liverpool
19:15 GMT (UTC±0)	Evans  21' (o.g.) Jota  41' Firmino  86'	Report	Justin  45' Mendy  66'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

28 November 2020 10	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Liverpool	Falmer
12:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Maupay 20' Veltman  45+1' White  83' Groß  90+2' (pen.)	Report	Jota  60' Alisson  90+3'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Stuart Attwell

6 December 2020 11	Liverpool	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Liverpool
19:15 GMT (UTC±0)	Williams  3' Salah  24' Wijnaldum  58' Matip  67' Semedo  78' (o.g.)	Report	Moutinho  89'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Craig Pawson

13 December 2020 12	Fulham	1–1	Liverpool	Fulham, London
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Andersen  20' Reid  25' Lemina  46' Lookman  75'	Report	Jones  31' Salah  79' (pen.)	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Andre Marriner

16 December 2020 13	Liverpool	2–1	Tottenham Hotspur	Liverpool
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Salah  26' Firmino  90'	Report	Son  33' Lo Celso  48' Højbjerg  54'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor

19 December 2020 14	Crystal Palace	0–7	Liverpool	Selhurst, London
12:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Clyne  45+1'	Report	Minamino  3' Mané  35' Firmino  44', 68' Henderson  52' Salah  81', 84'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss

27 December 2020 15	Liverpool	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Liverpool
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Mané  12'	Report	O'Shea  56' Ajayi  82'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Kevin Friend

30 December 2020 16	Newcastle United	0–0	Liverpool	Newcastle upon Tyne
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Clark  12' Hayden  85'	Report	Fabinho  49' Milner  65' Phillips  78'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney

4 January 2021 17	Southampton	1–0	Liverpool	Southampton
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Ings  2' Bertrand  90+3'	Report	Thiago  3' Robertson  15' Shaqiri  79'	Stadium: St Mary's Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Andre Marriner

17 January 2021 18	Liverpool	0–0	Manchester United	Liverpool
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Shaqiri  33' Fabinho  66'	Report	Rashford  90+4'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Paul Tierney

21 January 2021 19	Liverpool	0–1	Burnley	Liverpool
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Fabinho  45+2' Matip  87'	Report	Barnes  39',  83' (pen.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Mike Dean

28 January 2021 20	Tottenham Hotspur	1–3	Liverpool	Tottenham
20:00 GMT (UTC±0)	Bergwijn  30' Højbjerg  49'	Report	Thiago  24' Firmino  45+4' Alexander-Arnold  47' Phillips  50' Mané  65'	Stadium: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Martin Atkinson

31 January 2021 21	West Ham United	1–3	Liverpool	Stratford
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Rice  47' Souček  49' Dawson  87'	Report	Salah  57', 68' Wijnaldum  84'	Stadium: London Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jonathan Moss

3 February 2021 22	Liverpool	0–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	Liverpool
20:15 GMT (UTC±0)	Wijnaldum  45'	Report	Alzate  56'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend

7 February 2021 23	Liverpool	1–4	Manchester City	Liverpool
16:30 GMT (UTC±0)	Thiago  3' Salah  63' (pen.) Fabinho  70'	Report	Gündoğan 37',  49', 73' Dias  62' Sterling  76' Foden  83'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Michael Oliver

13 February 2021 24	Leicester City	v	Liverpool	Leicester
12:30 GMT (UTC±0)				Stadium: King Power Stadium

FA Cup

Liverpool entered the competition in the third round. The draw was confirmed on 30 November 2020 live on BT Sport.[54] The draw for the fourth and fifth round were made on 11 January, conducted by Peter Crouch.[55]

8 January 2021 Third round	Aston Villa	1–4	Liverpool	Birmingham
19:45 GMT	Barry  41'	Report	Mané  4', 63' Jones  44' Wijnaldum  60' Salah  65'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

24 January 2021 Fourth round	Manchester United	3–2	Liverpool	Manchester
17:00 GMT	Greenwood  26' Rashford  48' Fernandes  78' Lindelöf  89' Pogba  90+2'	Report	Salah  18', 58' Fabinho  42' Mané  69'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 0 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup

Liverpool entered the competition in the third round. The draw was confirmed on 6 September 2020 live on Sky Sports.[56] The fourth round draw was conducted on 17 September 2020, also live on Sky Sports.[57]

24 September 2020 Third round	Lincoln City	2–7	Liverpool	Lincoln
19:45 BST	Edun  60' Montsma  66' Eyoma  69'	Report	Shaqiri  9' Minamino  18', 46' Jones  32', 36' Grujić  65' Origi  89'	Stadium: LNER Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tony Harrington

1 October 2020 Fourth round	Liverpool	0–0 (4–5 p)	Arsenal	Liverpool
19:45 BST	Minamino  15' Wilson  75'	Report	Xhaka  51' Cédric  90+2'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Penalties
	Milner Wijnaldum Minamino Origi Jones Wilson		Lacazette Cédric Elneny Maitland-Niles Pépé Willock

FA Community Shield

29 August 2020 Final	Arsenal	1–1 (5–4 p)	Liverpool	London
16:30 BST (UTC+1)	Aubameyang  12'	Report	Milner  57' Minamino  73'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0[58] Referee: Andre Marriner (Birmingham)
	Penalties
	Nelson Maitland-Niles Cédric David Luiz Aubameyang		Salah Fabinho Brewster Minamino Jones

UEFA Champions League

Liverpool entered the competition in the group stage.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 1 October 2020.[59]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ATA	AJX	MID
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	10	3	+7	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	1–0	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	3	2	1	10	8	+2	11			0–5	—	2–2	1–1
3	Ajax	6	2	1	3	7	7	0	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–1	0–1	—	3–1
4	Midtjylland	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2			1–1	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 October 2020 1	Ajax	0–1	Liverpool	Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Promes  90+3'	Report	Tagliafico  35' (o.g.) Milner  38' Alexander-Arnold  80'	Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

27 October 2020 2	Liverpool	2–0	Midtjylland	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Milner  41' Jota  55' Salah  90+3' (pen.)	Report	Scholz  19' Onyeka  25' Cajuste  32' Paulinho  90+1'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

3 November 2020 3	Atalanta	0–5	Liverpool	Bergamo, Italy
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report	Jota  16', 33', 54' Wijnaldum  21' Jones  21' Salah  47' Mané  49'	Stadium: Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Attendance: 0 Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

25 November 2020 4	Liverpool	0–2	Atalanta	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Tsimikas  58'	Report	Iličić  60' Gosens  64' De Roon  89'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

1 December 2020 5	Liverpool	1–0	Ajax	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jones  58' Wijnaldum  70' Henderson  90+1' Mané  90+3'	Report	Schuurs  42' Blind  55'	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 0 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

9 December 2020 6	Midtjylland	1–1	Liverpool	Herning, Denmark
18:55 CET (UTC+1)	Onyeka  9' Cools  31' Scholz  62' (pen.) Anderson  81'	Report	Salah  1' Kelleher  61'	Stadium: MCH Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: François Letexier (France)

Knockout phase

Round of 16

The draw for the round of 16 was held on 14 December 2020.[60]

16 February 2021 First leg	RB Leipzig	v	Liverpool	Budapest, Hungary
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Puskás Aréna
Note: The match was originally to be played at Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, but was moved to Puskás Aréna, Budapest.[61]

10 March 2021 Second leg	Liverpool	v	RB Leipzig	Liverpool, England
21:00 CET (UTC+1)		Report		Stadium: Anfield

Squad statistics

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 7 February 2021

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		UCL		Community Shield		Total
				Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts	Apps	Starts
1	GK		Alisson	19	19	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	24	24
3	MF		Fabinho	18	17	2	2	1	0	5	4	1	1	27	24
4	DF		Virgil van Dijk	5	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	8	8
5	MF		Georginio Wijnaldum	23	21	2	2	1	0	5	4	1	1	32	28
6	MF		Thiago	10	8	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9
7	MF		James Milner	15	6	2	2	1	1	4	3	1	1	23	13
8	MF		Naby Keïta	7	6	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	11	7
9	FW		Roberto Firmino	23	21	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	1	32	24
10	FW		Sadio Mané	20	19	2	1	0	0	6	4	1	1	29	25
11	FW		Mohamed Salah	22	20	2	2	1	1	6	5	1	1	32	29
12	DF		Joe Gomez	7	6	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	1	12	10
13	GK		Adrián	2	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	5	5
14	MF		Jordan Henderson	19	18	1	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	25	22
15	MF		Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
17	MF		Curtis Jones	16	8	2	2	2	2	4	4	1	0	25	16
20	FW		Diogo Jota	9	5	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	17	10
21	DF		Kostas Tsimikas	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	5	3
23	MF		Xherdan Shaqiri	9	4	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	14	6
26	DF		Andrew Robertson	23	23	1	1	0	0	6	4	1	1	31	29
27	FW		Divock Origi	8	2	2	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	15	6
32	DF		Joël Matip	10	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	12	11
46	DF		Rhys Williams	2	1	2	2	2	2	6	3	0	0	12	8
47	DF		Nathaniel Phillips	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
62	GK		Caoimhín Kelleher	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	5	5
65	MF		Leighton Clarkson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
66	DF		Trent Alexander-Arnold	21	20	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	26	25
76	DF		Neco Williams	4	2	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	11	8
89	DF		Billy Koumetio	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who went out on loan or left permanently but made appearances for Liverpool prior to departing
16	MF		Marko Grujić	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
18	FW		Takumi Minamino	9	2	1	1	2	2	4	2	1	0	17	7
24	FW		Rhian Brewster	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
59	MF		Harry Wilson	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
67	MF		Harvey Elliott	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total				23		2		2		6		1		34

Goals

As of match played 7 February 2021

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	FW	11	Mohamed Salah	16	3	0	3	0	22
2	FW	10	Sadio Mané	7	2	0	1	0	10
3	FW	20	Diogo Jota	5	0	0	4	0	9
4	FW	9	Roberto Firmino	6	0	0	0	0	6
5	FW	18	Takumi Minamino[upper-alpha 1]	1	0	2	0	1	4
6	MF	5	Georginio Wijnaldum	2	1	0	0	0	3
	MF	17	Curtis Jones	0	0	2	1	0	3
8	DF	4	Virgil van Dijk	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	14	Jordan Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	16	Marko Grujić[upper-alpha 1]	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Xherdan Shaqiri	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	26	Andrew Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	27	Divock Origi	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	32	Joël Matip	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	66	Trent Alexander-Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	1	0	3
Total				44	6	7	10	1	68

1. Player who left Liverpool on loan during the season

Assists

Not all goals have an assist.

As of match played 7 February 2021

Rank	Pos.	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	FW	9	Roberto Firmino	4	2	0	0	0	6
2	FW	10	Sadio Mané	3	0	0	2	0	5
	DF	26	Andrew Robertson	5	0	0	0	0	5
	DF	66	Trent Alexander-Arnold	3	0	0	2	0	5
5	FW	11	Mohamed Salah	3	0	0	1	0	4
	MF	23	Xherdan Shaqiri	2	2	0	0	0	4
7	MF	48	Curtis Jones	1	1	0	1	0	3
8	FW	18	Takumi Minamino[upper-alpha 1]	0	1	1	0	0	2
	DF	32	Joël Matip	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	MF	7	James Milner	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF	12	Joe Gomez	0	0	0	1	0	1
	MF	14	Jordan Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF	15	Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain	1	0	0	0	0	1
	FW	27	Divock Origi	0	0	1	0	0	1
	MF	67	Harvey Elliott[upper-alpha 1]	0	0	1	0	0	1
	DF	76	Neco Williams	0	0	0	1	0	1

1. Player who left Liverpool on loan during the season

Clean sheets

As of match played 7 February 2021

No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	EFL Cup	Champions League	Community Shield	Total
1	Alisson	5	0	0	2	0	7
13	Adrián	0	0	1	1	0	2
62	Caoimhín Kelleher	1	0	0	1	0	2
Total		6	0	1	4	0	11

Disciplinary record

As of match played 7 February 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		EFL Cup		UCL		Community Shield		Total
1	GK	Alisson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3	MF	Fabinho	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
4	DF	Virgil van Dijk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5	MF	Georginio Wijnaldum	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
6	MF	Thiago	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	James Milner	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
9	FW	Roberto Firmino	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	FW	Sadio Mané	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
14	MF	Jordan Henderson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	Takumi Minamino[upper-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21	DF	Kostas Tsimikas	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	Andrew Robertson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
32	DF	Joël Matip	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
47	DF	Nathaniel Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
48	MF	Curtis Jones	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
59	MF	Harry Wilson[upper-alpha 1]	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
62	GK	Caoimhín Kelleher	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
66	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
76	DF	Neco Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
–	Manager	Jürgen Klopp	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Total			25	0	3	0	2	0	11	0	1	0	42	0

1. Player who left Liverpool on loan during the season

Club 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	Ref
September	Sadio Mané	[62]
October	Diogo Jota	[63]
November	Diogo Jota	[64]
December	Mohamed Salah	[65]

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External links

• Official website