- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.27
- Average age of the PSV Eindhoven starting lineup: 26.52
- Carragher's record-breaking 58th appearance in Europe's premier competition for Liverpool. Phil Neal had previously made most European Cup appearances for the club.
- Dirk Kuyt clearly got himself yellow carded at the end of the game by obstructing a free-kick to guarantee he would be banned for the irrelevant second leg at Anfield and have a clean slate for the semi-finals.
-Aurelio, who was just starting to hit form probably ruptured his achilles and will be out for a long time to come.