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Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg!

Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg! The reigning champions defeated last years’ finalists once more.

Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg! The reigning champions defeated last years’ finalists once more.

Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 5-2 in their UEFA Champions League encounter. They are now firm favourites to proceed into the next round.

Liverpool 2:5 Real Madrid – UEFA Champions League Last 16 (First Leg)

Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg!

The hosts enjoyed the perfect start to the game, scoring through Darwin Nunez in the opening three minutes. Mohamed Salah doubled their lead soon after, capitalising on a Thibaut Courtois error.

Brazil international Vinicius Junior scored twice before halftime to level the scores. In the second half it was all Madrid, after defender Eder Militao gave them the lead early into the stanza.

Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema also scored a brace to put the game and possibly the tie beyond Liverpool.

“Winning like this isn’t easy, above all because of how the match began.” Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti told UEFA after the impressive win

“We never lost confidence and little by little we won control of the ball. Vinicius Júnior produced an incredible performance tonight.”

Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg!

Thibaut Courtois would have been thankful that his first half error is potentially irrelevant because of the margin of victory.

“We’re never beaten, we always react.” The goalkeeper spoke.

“Those two quick goals did help us to do that. We were calm, mentally, and when we are on the rise we play well.”

“It’s hard to sum it up straight after the game.” Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson added.

“For large parts of the first half we performed well and were unlucky to be level at half-time. We made too many mistakes.

“Real Madrid punished us every time tonight.”

Man of the Match: Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid). Real Madrid Thump Liverpool in UEFA Champions League First Leg!

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