The ball was in play for just 50.5% of Liverpool’s match vs. Galatasaray

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Galatasaray wasted close to 30 minutes during Liverpool’s visit in the Champions League, with the ball in play for just 50.5 percent of the match. It left little opportunity for Liverpool to build momentum throughout their disjointed performance, with the ball in play for only 52 minutes and seven seconds of the total 103 minutes and three seconds (including time added on).

Liverpool were recorded to have wasted 21 minutes and three seconds throughout the match, mostly on free-kicks (10.34 minutes) as players needed tending to. • READ: Alisson will have now missed 56 games due to injury at Liverpool Galatasaray, meanwhile, wasted 29 minutes and eight seconds in total, with nine minutes and 35 seconds credited to the ‘other’ category in a nod to their time-wasting antics. As for the longest time the ball was in play, that was recorded at two minutes and 49 seconds.

Moreover, of the 11 combined minutes of added time announced at the end of each half, which was 13 minutes in reality, only seven minutes and 16 seconds were played. “By ‘hardly played’, I mean the ball was hardly in play.” It is not the first time this season that the time the ball was in play has been limited for Liverpool, with their trip to Newcastle in August recording just 40.8 percent, the lowest in the Premier League since 2010.