• Their most recent two -
legged encounters came in the 2014/15 semi-finals, when Juve won 3 - 2 on aggregate.
Not exact matches
The Red Devils
come into the match on the back of a crucial 1 - 0 away win in the first -
leg of the Europa League semi-final on Thursday, a tie which is claimed to have been prioritised over today's
encounter.
Their first
encounters came in the quarter - finals of Liverpool's victorious 2000/01 UEFA Cup campaign; Gérard Houllier's side drew the first
leg 0 - 0 in Portugal before first - half goals from Danny Murphy and Michael Owen secured a 2 - 0 second -
leg, and aggregate, victory at Anfield.
Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2 - 1 in the second
leg of the Spanish Supercopa to triumph on away goals, after
coming into the game 3 - 2 down from the first
encounter.
However, somewhat ironically, Blackburn's opponents in that two -
legged semi-final
encounter are Aston Villa, which makes this
encounter at Villa Park even more significant as it's a taster of things to
come for Rovers and how well Blackburn could fare.
Marseille will have to
come back to win a European tie following a first -
leg defeat for the first time in 13 years if they are to reach the UEFA Europa League semi-finals at the expense of European debutants RB Leipzig, 1 - 0 winners of the first
encounter in Germany.
Ahead of their trip to Stamford Bridge, Ronald Koeman's team had collected four points from Premier League matches against Stoke and Manchester City — and
come out on the right side of tricky two -
leg Europa League
encounters with MFK Ružomberok and Hajduk Split.
Napoli are all too aware of this,
encountering Juve's stubbornness countless times, whether it
came in a two -
legged cup tie or in attempting to keep pace with them during a title race.