Atletico Madrird midfielder Marcos Llorente scored another goal against Liverpool to stamp his inclusion on a list of random players like Ismaela Sarr to always torment the reds
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Marcos Llorente scored his fifth goal at Anfield on Wednesday(Image: Getty Images)
Marcos Llorente's first-half goal at Anfield on Wednesday evening in the Champions League was his fifth at the famous English ground. In fact, five of the Atletico Madrid 31-year-old's 10 total European goals have come at Anfield.
Llorente, who named his dog Anfield after a 2020 Champions League brace against Liverpool, was already known as a Liverpool killer for his previous exploits against the Reds. His goal on Wednesday — partially the fault of Milos Kerkez for his poor positioning on an obvious offside trap — was only icing on the cake, though Liverpool won 2-1.
The Spanish international joins the likes of transfer target Ismaela Sarr, Dwight Gayle, and other known players who thrive against the Reds.
Ismaela Sarr : The Senegalese international was linked with a move to Anfield late in the transfer window when it looked like the Reds were interested in selling Cody Gakpo. Ultimately, Liverpool failed to agree on a fee with Crystal Palace for Sarr.
He's scored his first two of seven goals against the Reds in 2020 for Watford. Sarr's brace in a 3-0 win at Vicarage Road was handed Liverpool both its first league loss of the campaign and first Premier League defeat, home or away, in over a full calendar year.
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Ismaila Sarr celebrates scoring a 2020 goal against Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)
Sarr scored against Liverpool on three separate occasions last year: first in the Community Shield, then as a winner in the league, and then a brace in a League Cup win at Anfield.
Thibault Courtois : Skipping past his Chelsea spell and looking only at his stint with Real Madrid, the big Belgian Courtois has three clean sheets against Liverpool in seven Champions League appearances.
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Thibaut Courtois was impenetrable against Liverpool in the 2022 Champions League final(Image: Getty Images)
Famously, he made nine saves in a narrow 1-0 2022 Champions League victory over the Reds in Paris. Courtois's eight saves last fall in Champions League league play were not enough to prevent a 1-0 Liverpool win in Trent Alexander-Arnold's Anfield return.
Dwight Gayle : Liverpool took just one point out of six during the 2013/14 Premier League season against Gayle's Crystal Palace side, points that ultimately made the difference in a narrow title race against Manchester City.
The diminutive English winger scored twice at Selhurst Park against the Reds in May during the famous "Crystalbul" comeback, hitting a plane celebration to rub salt in Steven Gerrard and company's wounds. Gayle scored five goals in eight appearances against Liverpool.
Andy Cole : Cole, an English top-flight mainstay for the likes of Manchester United and Blackburn, leads the list of Premier League goal scorers against Liverpool with 11 career strikes.
Ollie Watkins : Less memorably, Watkins, now at Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia, scored eight goals in 12 Premier League appearances against the Reds. Three came in a famous 7-2 home win for Aston Villa in 2020.