Get a report of the Liverpool vs. Real Madrid 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Round of 16 football match.
"Many things can happen in football," Benzema said. I had a lot of games last season, and I had an injury at the World Cup. We knew we had to do more, and we did it until the end." I played a good game. "I've played very little in this Champions League," Benzema said. "This victory is for him.
Two goals apiece from Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema complete astonishing Real Madrid comeback as they defeat Liverpool 5-2 in the first leg of their ...
"In the second half, the game was the game Real Madrid wanted to play. Liverpool created lot of problems early on and we have to expect the same in the second leg. "The player who can make the biggest difference. Now we need to control the second half of the tie in Madrid. We lost the momentum in that moment and never got it back. Real Madrid's run of crucial fixtures continues on Saturday, with a LaLiga game at home to neighbours Atletico Madrid; kick-off 5.30pm. "The second goal was slapstick, equalised our second goal. Asked whether the heavy defeat could destroy the confidence of his players, Klopp was adamant that he would not let this happen. It means we could have done better there. The result leaves Klopp and his players needing a miracle at the Bernabeu next month. Shambolic." "Embarrassing.
Liverpool suffer a heavy 5-2 defeat to Real Madrid in their Champions League last-16 first leg tie at Anfield.
– Liverpool 2-4 Real Madrid. – Liverpool 2-3 Real Madrid. – Liverpool 2-2 Real Madrid. – Liverpool 2-1 Real Madrid. – Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid. – Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid.
What next for Liverpool after Champions League humiliation against Real Madrid? By Matias Grez, CNN. Published 5:10 AM EST, Wed February ...
It might only be the end of February, but Liverpool’s season – for all intents and purposes – is already over. It’s certainly not an impossible task, with Liverpool seven points behind Tottenham in fourth, but with two games in hand. The first goal, we became slightly passive higher up the pitch and we were not chasing them where we had to chase them. “It was exactly how we wanted to play, we caused them problems all over the place, we were really in the game with a super intense start. we can change five times [substitutes], we can keep the rhythm, but then the first situation pretty much … “I think the whole first half was good, besides the [Real] goals.
Real Madrid battered Liverpool at Anfield, with Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema leading the way in a convincing 5-2 Champions League win.
But Madrid clawed their way back into the contest, with Vinicius the key man. The visitors then exploded in the second half, as Eder Militao and Benzema scored in quick succession, before Benzema added a fifth to perhaps put the tie to bed ahead of the return leg at Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid battered Liverpool at Anfield, with Vinicius Junior and Karim Benzema leading the way in a convincing 5-2 win in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie.
Real Madrid came from two down to beat Liverpool 5-2 at Anfield in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League round of 16 tie.
- This was the first time Liverpool had ever lost a first leg at home in Europe to a team outside of England. For large parts of the first half we performed well and were unlucky to be level at half-time. Jordan Henderson, Liverpool captain: "It's hard to sum it up straight after the game. We were calm, mentally, and when we are on the rise we play well." It was us in a nutshell. Though the Madrid No9 was fortunate when his shot deflected in off Joe Gomez to make it 4-2, he was the model of cool when applying the finish to a swift counterattack for the visitors' fifth. We never lost confidence and little by little we won control of the ball. It was perfect, exactly how we wanted to play. Two goals, an assist and he won the foul for the goal from a free-kick. Three key players absent (Ferland Mendy, Toni Kroos and Aurélien Tchouaméni), choosing to play three strikers in an adventurous 4-3-3, going 2-0 down and then scoring five in reply? Having looked capable of restoring their two-goal advantage after Vinícius had pulled one back, Liverpool never really recovered from the Brazilian's opportunistic second. There's going to be a bit of soul-searching now."