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Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid: Stunning comeback at Anfield

Vinicius Jr and Karim Benzema inspired another Champions League comeback.

Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid: Stunning comeback at Anfield as Los Blancos heaped more Champions League pain on Jurgen Klopp’s side.

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Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid – Highlights

Anfield has always been Liverpool’s holy ground for years, until they met the Capital club during the Champions League round of 16 1st leg.

The Reds bid to revenge the previous 5th defeats, including two finals in the records of the competition.

Darwin Nunez’s sublime flick opened the score only 4 four minutes into first half had the home crowds go wild.

10 minutes after the opening goal, the host doubled the lead, thanks to a Thibaut Courtois howler, which gifted Mohamed Salah a simple goal.

The start of a comeback

Two-goal lead was proved to be a false dawn, when Los Blancos equalized before the half-time break.

Vinicius Jr pulled one back with a classy finish to the far side of the corner’s bottom, before a similar mistake from Alisson gifted the Brazilian the second goal.

Mentally boosted, the visitors went on to score three more goals within 20 minutes after the game restarted.

Eder Militao headed Madrid in front early in the second half before Benzema’s double gave Carlo Ancelotti’s ruthless side a commanding advantage ahead of the the second leg at Santiago Bernabeu.

Unmarked Militao capitalized on terrible defending to head in the influential Luka Modric’s free-kick. The Croatian was also among the men that inspired the comeback.

Forgettable milestone for the Reds

Liverpool thought they could beat their rival for the firs time since 2008/09, but it was a nightmare for the home crowds at Anfield.

Klopp’s side had never conceded four goals at home in Europe, let alone five, and are in great danger of missing out on Champions League football next season given they are eighth in the Premier League.

Opta Facts

• Liverpool conceded five goals in a European game at Anfield for the first time, while it was just third time this century they shipped five or more goals in a home game in all competitions, also doing so in January 2007 (6-3 defeat to Arsenal) and October 2019 (5-5 draw with Arsenal).
• Real Madrid are the first team in Champions League history to come from two goals down and win by a three-goal margin.
• This was only the fourth time a Jurgen Klopp side conceded five or goals in a home game in all competitions, after Mainz in 2006 (6-1 v Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga), Borussia Dortmund in 2009 (5-1 v Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga) and Liverpool in 2019 (5-5 v Arsenal).
• Darwin Nunez’s opener (three minutes 10 seconds) was Liverpool’s earliest ever Champions League goal at Anfield.

Next up for Liverpool and Real Madrid

Klopp’s side travel to Crystal Palace for a Premier League encounter on Saturday, meanwhile, Los Blancos is set to face crucial La Liga El Derbie de Madria as they host Atletico Madrid at home this weekend.