Liverpool FC Break European Attendance Record in 6-0 Demolition of Qarabag
Although it doesn’t stand out as a particularly important fixture on paper, Liverpool’s Champions League date with Azerbaijani minnows Qarabag in January 2026 was significant.
The Reds needed at least a point to secure their automatic passage into the knockout phase of the competition – defeat could have seen forced to win a play-off game to proceed to the last 16.
Thankfully, the fans needn’t have worried, as a quickfire double from Alexis Mac Allister and Florian Wirtz set the tone for a 6-0 demolition job.
There is just something about these big European nights that brings the best out of Liverpool Football Club. And that was in evidence again during the Qarabag contest, where a record crowd was in attendance to vociferously cheer their heroes on in a must-win encounter.
When it was confirmed that the UK and Ireland had won the rights to host the European Championships in 2028, it seemed almost a formality that Anfield would be one of the stadiums to welcome the competition.
As soon as the last ball of the 2022/23 season was kicked, engineers got to work removing the roof of the Anfield Road Stand as construction work got underway.