Real Madrid turned its delay against the hosts Liverpool 0-2, to a precious victory with a score of 5-2, at the stadium "Anfield" on Tuesday evening, in the first leg of the Champions League final.
Liverpool led with goals from Darwin Nunez (Q4) and Mohamed Salah (Q14), but Real Madrid quickly rallied, scoring a quintet that carried the signings of Vinicius Jr. (q21 and 36), Eder Militao (q47) and Karim Benzema (q55 and 67).
The second leg between the two teams will be held at the stadium “Santiago Bernabeu”, on March 15.
Liverpool started the match attacking ferociously, scoring an early goal in the fourth minute, when Salah passed a cross in front of the Liverpool goal, followed by Nunez with a beautiful technical movement with his heel, inside the net of Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois.
Liverpool came close to scoring the second goal in the 12th minute, when Dutch striker Cody jackpo received the ball, before passing it to Salah, who stormed into the penalty area, before shooting a creeping ball away from the goal.
Courtois made a serious mistake in the Fourteenth minute, when he hesitated in dealing with the ball returning to him, so he lost his balance, to overcome Salah's gag, and add the second goal for the hosts in the 14th minute.
Real Madrid quickly managed to close the gap in the 21st minute, when Karim Benzema passed the ball to Vinicius, who got rid of Liverpool midfielder Fabinho, before shooting towards the far post.
Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson got the ball from the right, to pass inside the penalty area to Salah, who tried to shoot despite the harassment of defender Antonio Rudiger, reaching Nunez, who, in turn, tried to follow it inside the net, but Real Madrid defender Eder Milito removed it from the goal line in the 25th minute.
The injury forced Real Madrid fullback David Alaba to leave the field, to be replaced by Nacho Fernandez, and a corner kick made a run in the Liverpool penalty area, the ball reached Vinicius, who shot with his right foot next to the far post in the 31st minute.
In the manner of Courtois, Liverpool goalkeeper Alison Baker naively handled the ball, distracting it without concentration, the ball hit Vinicius ' foot, before following its way into the home team's goal in the 36th minute.
The referee awarded a free kick in favor of Liverpool, executed by Trent Alexander-Arnold over the skin wall, to be caught by Courtois, who in turn sent the ball to Vinicius, who quickly launched it on the left flank, before passing in front of the goal to his compatriot Rodrigo, but Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson removed the ball at the right time, with the lost time of the first half.
Real Madrid managed to advance the score in the 47th minute, when Croatian Luka Modric executed a free kick from the left, which Militao followed up unattended, powerful in the net.
Liverpool barely woke up from the shock of the third goal, until they received the fourth goal in the 55th minute, when Benzema elegantly exchanged the ball with Rodrigo, before he shot a low ball, which bounced off the foot of defender Joe Gomez, fooling the goalkeeper Allison.
Rudiger fired a long-range shot past the post in the 63rd minute, before Liverpool made a double substitution, through which Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino entered the place of Nunez and jackbow.
Liverpool midfielder Stefan Bacic tried his luck with a long-range shot that passed next to the goal in the 65th minute, and two minutes later, Real Madrid launched a counterattack, Vinicius took off with the ball before passing to Benzema, who evaded the goalkeeper before shooting into the net, adding the fifth goal.
Liverpool looked a little resigned after the fifth goal, although James Milner and Joel Matip came in for Henderson and Gomez.
Dani Ceballos joined the Real Madrid squad in place of Rodrigo, then Benzema and Modric walked off the field to the applause of the away crowd, entering Marco Asensio and Toni Kroos in their place in the last four minutes.
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