– The humiliation is gigantic, exclaimed TV 2’s commentator Øyvind Alsaker when Real Madrid scored their fifth goal of the evening in the match they won 5-2. The scenes of jubilation were a big contrast to earlier in the evening. Because the nightmare start was complete for Real Madrid when Thibaut Courtois fumbled and lost the ball straight to Mohamed Salah, who could have doubled Liverpool’s lead before the quarter had been played – It is unreal that the world’s best goalkeeper manages to mess up the ball like this, said the TV 2 expert Jesper Mathisen when Liverpool went up to 2–0. But the pitch-dark start was to suddenly brighten for the guests in the first round of 16 match in the Champions League. First, Vinicius Jr. reduced, before the same man had to exploit a new, huge goalkeeping gap in the opposite half of the pitch. Alisson Becker served the ball right at the feet of his compatriot. GOAL SCORERS: Karim Benzema and Vinicius Jr. were the heroes of the match with two scores each. Here together with the third goalscorer Éder Militão. Photo: PAUL ELLIS / AFP – What a new, terrible and unreal goalkeeping mistake by such a fantastic goalkeeper, Mathisen thought. If the drama was over there? No. Real Madrid scored once, twice and three more times, turning the game around after goals from Éder Militão and Karim Benzema twice. By then the visitors had scored five goals (!) in 36 minutes. – This has developed into a disaster for Liverpool, said the BBC’s football expert Alan Shearer. Dream start There was little sound from the away leg at Anfield when the quarter of the match had passed. Just before Salah’s goal, Darwin Núñez had given the home team the lead with a wonderful volley. With two goals in front, high pressure and several dangers, Liverpool seemed to have good control on their own turf. That was before Vinicius Jr. decided to take action. Twice the Brazilian put the ball in the net and the teams were level before the break. – I can’t believe what I see in terms of the number of mistakes that are made on the pitch. It was a terrible mistake from Thibaut Courtois earlier and it’s the same from Alisson, commented striker legend Alan Shearer on the BBC. DOUBLE: Salah could easily make it 2-0 after a mistake from Thibaut Courtois. Photo: Jon Super / AP Snudde Liverpool were not going to be able to avenge the defeat from last year’s Champions League final where they lost 0-1. With a practiced free-kick variant, where Militão poked the ball into the goal, and a shot from Benzema, which went through a Liverpool leg, Real Madrid had already gone up 4-2 ten minutes after the break. – It’s a nice ball from Modric, but it’s far too easy a goal for Liverpool to concede. A statue would move more than the Liverpool defenders, Shearer said of the defensive play on Militão’s goal. The humiliation was to be complete when Karim Benzema scored his second of the night after a wonderful solo raid to make the score 5-2. Carlo Ancelotti’s men thus have a great starting point before the second leg in Madrid on Wednesday 15 March.
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