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For a venue that is so often credited as a major factor in Liverpool's rich European heritage, Anfield has not been much of a haven of late.

It's nearly three years since the Reds last won a Champions League knockout tie at home, dating back to one of the most famous evenings in their history when Barcelona were dispatched 4-0 at the semi-final stage.

It's four games without a victory at Anfield for the Reds in the latter stages of the European Cup, a statistic that gets even more peculiar the more you delve into the reasons why.

In 2020, as the world hurtled towards the global COVID-19 pandemic, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid were controversially told to play the second leg of their last-16 tie at Anfield.

As many as 3,000 fans from the Spanish capital were permitted to fly into Merseyside with Madrid the worst-hit area