Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres were among the goalscorers the last time Liverpool could celebrate a victory back in 2009.
On Wednesday night, it was Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo who were responsible for the scores. Kylian Mbappé could have equalized for Real Madrid, but his penalty was saved by Caoimhin Kelleher.
– Kelleher throws himself to his left and reads Mbappé like an open book. It’s brilliant goalkeeping, concluded BBC expert Chris Sutton.
Real Madrid came from 4-0 down against Osasuna and 3-0 down against Leganés in La Liga in their last two games, but were well planted in the Anfield grass by an aggressive Liverpool side.
Reigning Champions League winner Real Madrid has a surprising three losses after five matches.
The red-clad created the most in the first half. Thanks to the weather and a good Thibaut Courtois, it was goalless at the break.
Liverpool got their goal seven minutes after the break. Mac Allister played a wall with Conor Bradley before placing the ball under control in the corner.
Soon after, Lucas Vázquez was brought down by a somewhat careless Andy Robertson, but Kelleher prevented Mbappé from scoring his 50th goal in the Champions League.
Mohamed Salah provided a penalty the other way, but the Egyptian blew the ball wide. Gakpo then made it 2-0 with a great header.
Real Madrid came to Anfield with a weakened team, and Eduardo Camavinga was added to the injury list when he had to leave after just under an hour.
David Alaba, Dani Carvajal and Eder Militao are all out with cruciate ligament injuries. The star Vinicius Junior has a hamstring injury. Rodrygo was also unavailable to Carlo Ancelotti and co.
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