- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.49
- Average age of the Porto starting lineup: 26.48
- Pennant's first sending off in his 204 game career: "The referees are harsher in Europe and I was baffled by him all night. I definitely have to learn from the fact there's a difference in how the referees approach the games in Europe. I didn't think it was the right decision to send me off. It wasn't a yellow card because it wasn't a serious foul, and I didn't touch the Porto player anyway. He made a meal of it, so it was way too harsh."