The link between Liverpool and the Bundesliga has only increased since the arrival of Jürgen Klopp in 2015, but the Reds' history with German clubs dates well beyond the introduction of heavy metal football at Anfield.
The Reds beat Borussia Mönchengladbach over two legs to clinch the UEFA Cup back in 1973, while Bayern Munich were bested in the semi finals en route to the European Cup win in 1981. In the modern Champions League, Liverpool have faced up against German opposition eight times across the qualifying rounds, group stages and knockouts.
Borussia Dortmund 0-0 Liverpool
19/09/2001
The Champions League group stages during the 2001/02 season were far from plain sailing for Liverpool, especially as the were joined by Ukranian giants Dynamo Kyiv, surprise Portuguese champions
Liverpool 2-0 Borussia Dortmund
30/10/2001
The return fixture on the eve of Halloween was much more straight forward for Gérard Houllier's side, as Vladimir Smicer settled any early nerves by putting them into the lead inside the opening 15 minutes of the match.
Liverpool knew that if they held onto the win they would finish at the top of the group regardless of
Liverpool 1-0 Bayer Leverkusen
03/04/2002
The first time that Liverpool were drawn up against German giants Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League knockout stages - or indeed across any competition - they were coming up against a team who had finished in the top three of the Bundesliga in four of the last five seasons.
Sami Hyypiä capitalised on a mistake from an otherwise impenetrable defence on the stroke of half time and it was a strike that proved to be the only goal of the game.
It was a major boost for Gérard Houllier's side, as there were few teams in Europe at the time who fans would pick over Liverpool to defend a one-goal lead.
Bayer Leverkusen 4-2 Liverpool (Agg. 4-3)
09/04/2002
Liverpool's reputation wasn't harmed too much by the time the half time whistle blew in the second leg at the BayArena. Michael Ballack did score the opening goal of the game with a thunderous long-range effort, but Abel Xavier gave Bayer Leverkusen a mountain to climb when he found the back of the net just before the break.
What came next for Liverpool, however, was a calamitous second half which ended their Champions League dream at the quarter-final stage, while Leverkusen would go all the way to the final at Hampden Park.
Ballack scored his second of the game to put Die Werkself back in the driving seat, while half-time substitute Dimitar Berbatov showed his goal poaching prowess to instinctively score a rebound just a few minutes later.
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The yoyoing didn't stop there either. Jari Litmanen put Liverpool back in command when he fired the ball underneath Hans Jörg Butt, but defender Lúcio had the last laugh.
The Brazilian, who was in his first season in Europe, peeled away from the Liverpool defence and fired the ball in between Jerzy Dudek's legs to book Leverkusen's place in the semi-finals of the Champions League ahead of Liverpool by the narrowest of margins.
Liverpool 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen
22/02/2005
The draw for the Last 16 was kind to Liverpool in 2005. They'd missed out on being put up against Inter,
Dietmar Hamann added a third goal in added time but there was still just enough left on the clock for substitute França to pull one back, grabbing what could've been a vital away goal for Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayer Leverkusen 1-3 Liverpool (Agg. 6-2)
09/03/2005
As it turned out,
Luis García once again found himself on the scoresheet in the first half, but this time the Spaniard notched twice before the break to all but confirm Liverpool's place in the quarter finals.
Milan Baros ensured the win midway through the second half, but once again Klaus Augenthaler's side were able to stop Liverpool from keeping a clean sheet thanks to a late strike from midfielder Jacek Krzynowek.
TSG Hoffenheim 1-2 Liverpool
15/08/2017
Liverpool's most recent encounter with a German team came in the Champions League qualifying rounds last season, where the Reds had to get past TSG Hoffenheim and managerial wonderkid
Jürgen Klopp's side got off to the worst possible start when Dejan Lovren conceded a penalty for a foul on former Arsenal star Serge Gnabry, but
Havard Nordtveit's own goal compiled Hoffenheim's misery, but substitute Mark Uth halved the
Liverpool 4-2 TSG Hoffenheim (Agg. 6-3)
23/08/2017
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