Football
Liverpool Suffers a Humiliating Champions League Loss to Real Madrid
by privatebet.com - 2023/02/22
After beating Liverpool in the last year’s Champions League final, Real Madrid delivered another huge blow to this Premiere League team. Liverpool’s Champions League ambitions are hanging by the thread after a humiliating 5-2 loss in the round of 16 on Tuesday night. Liverpool was on top of their game in the first half, with Darwin Núñez and Mohamed Salah scoring two goals for their side just 14 minutes into the game. It seemed like they were in for an easy win, but Madrid made a glorious comeback and eventually defeated them 5-2. Vinícius Júnior and Karim Benzema scored two goals each, while Éder Militão added one more. Despite easily cruising past Liverpool, Real Madrid’s boss Carlo Ancelotti isn’t letting his guard down and he believes that Liverpool still can do a lot of damage in their next face-off. "This is only the first part of a knockout tie, it's gone our way, but we'll need to imagine that in the second leg, we'll have to suffer and work hard. Liverpool is a great team which made us suffer in the first half so I'd say that, unfortunately, this tie isn't finished. No way," said Ancelotti post-match. Liverpool will get a chance to redeem themselves on March 15, when they’re playing the second leg in the round of 16 against Real Madrid.