Wed 6 Dec 06
CL Matchday 6
Today Old Trafford witnessed a classic turnaround by the Red Devils while Porto and la Légion Étrangère were locked in an epic paint-drying battle. All English clubs finished at the top of their respective groups to advance to the knockout stage.
Here the final stats from the group stage:
- Liverpool: 13 pts., GD +6
- Chelsea: 13 pts., GD +6
- Manchester United: 12 pts., GD +5
- Arsenal: 11 pts., GD +4
The Scouse just edge out the Blues for top spot by scoring 11 goals versus Chelsea’s 10. Liverpool was the fourth-highest scoring team in the entire group stage, behind Real Madrid, Lyon and Valencia.
Thus far, Didier Drogba remains the CL’s top-ranked individual scorer with five goals, with Lurch and Louis Saha just behind him with four goals in fourth and seventh position.
Your polling feedback was a tad at variance with reality, but then the wonder of football lies in its capacity to surprise.
Paul Canniff
