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What makes Real Madrid, Robert Lewandowski special: It's all about shot quality

Because I know you visited ESPN.com this morning to do some math, here is a list of numbers for you: 0.29, 0.29, 0.16, 0.16, 0.15, 0.13, 0.13, 0.12, 0.1, 0.09, 0.07, 0.06, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.04, 0.03, 0.03, 0.02, 0.01. Per StatsPerform, that's the xG value of each of Liverpool's shots against Real Madrid in the Champions League final. The numbers are presented in descending order, from Mohamed Salah's dink toward the near post in the 16th minute (which was, like all of Liverpool's on-target efforts, parried away by Thibaut Courtois) to Jordan Henderson's 28-yard Y.