European Champions Real Madrid put on a total show at Anfield tonight beating Liverpool 5-2 away to become the first side ever to score four or more goals there against Reds in Champions league.
The start of the match is thunderous. Just three minutes after the game kicked off, the Reds went on the attack. Well served on the right, Mohamed Salah delivers a magnificent pass towards Darwin Nunez.
The Uruguayan striker passes between the Madrid defenders and takes the ball from a superb Madjer for the opener (1-0, 4th). Ten minutes later, Thibault Courtois, author of a gross error, literally offers the goal of the break to Mohamed Salah who takes advantage of it to double the mark (2-0, 14th).
But as usual, Real Madrid never give up. Abused in the game, the European champions reacted for the first time through Vinicius Jr who reduced the score with a magnificent strike (2-1, 21st).
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A quarter of an hour later, as a response to his counterpart from Real Madrid, Alisson Becker also feels guilty of a huge mistake and allows Vinicius Jr to score twice to equalize (2-2, 36th). It is on this parity score that the two teams return to the locker room.
Back from the break, Real Madrid continues its good momentum. Just two minutes after the start of the second half, Carlo Ancelotti’s team found their way to the net once again thanks to Eder Militao well served by Luka Modric (2-3, 47th).
The people of Madrid keep their foot on the accelerator and Karim Benzema also invites himself to the party. The captain of the club, scored the goal of the break following a nice collective movement (2-4, 55th).
A few minutes later, he is at the conclusion of a perfectly conducted counterattack and goes for his double (2-5, 67th). It is finally on this score of five goals to two that the central judge puts an end to the meeting.
Before the meeting scheduled for March 15 at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid is therefore taking a serious option on qualification with its advantage of three acquired goals.