UEFA Champions League

FT Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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Liverpool WWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Liverpool defeat Real Madrid 2-0 to top Champions League

Liverpool took top spot in the Champions League table Wednesday with a dominant 2-0 victory over holders Real Madrid thanks to goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
3
37.3
Possession
62.7
8
SHOTS
17
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
319
Accurate Passes
563
366
Passes
617
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
16
0.1
Cross %
0.2
28
Long Balls
30
15
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.5
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
11
19
Tackles
18
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
7
25
Effective Clearances
9
25
Clearances
9

Highlights

01:25 Burley: No surprise to see Liverpool outplay Real Madrid Watch on ESPN 01:53 Leboeuf: I don't recognise Kylian Mbappé right now Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

RMA leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

LIV · 4-3-3

  1. 62Caoimhín KelleherG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 84Conor BradleyRB
  6. 38Ryan GravenberchCM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 17Curtis JonesRM
  9. 9Darwin NúñezF
  10. 7Luis DíazLF
  11. 11Mohamed SalahRF

Substitutes

  1. 56Vitezslav JarosSUB
  2. 78Jarell QuansahSUB
  3. 19Harvey ElliottSUB
  4. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldSUB
  5. 18Cody GakpoSUB
  6. 95Harvey DaviesSUB
  7. 80Tyler MortonSUB
  8. 2Joe GomezSUB
  9. 8Dominik SzoboszlaiSUB
  10. 3Wataru EndoSUB

RMA · 4-2-2-2

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 22Antonio RüdigerCD-L
  3. 35Raúl AsencioCD-R
  4. 23Ferland MendyLB
  5. 8Federico ValverdeRB
  6. 10Luka ModricCM-L
  7. 6Eduardo CamavingaCM-R
  8. 9Kylian MbappéCF-L
  9. 21Brahim DíazCF-R
  10. 5Jude BellinghamAM-L
  11. 15Arda GülerAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Fran GonzálezSUB
  2. 13Andriy LuninSUB
  3. 19Dani CeballosSUB
  4. 30Gonzalo GarcíaSUB
  5. 20Fran GarcíaSUB
  6. 17Lucas VázquezSUB
  7. 43Diego AguadoSUB
  8. 16EndrickSUB
  9. 18Jesús VallejoSUB
  10. 42Daniel YañezSUB
  11. 40Hugo De LlanosSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 13' Raúl (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 17' Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 40' Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Goal! Liverpool 1, Real Madrid 0. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Conor Bradley.
  6. 56' Substitution, Real Madrid. Lucas Vázquez replaces Arda Güler.
  7. 57' Substitution, Real Madrid. Dani Ceballos replaces Eduardo Camavinga because of an injury.
  8. 61' Penalty saved. Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
  9. 68' Substitution, Liverpool. Cody Gakpo replaces Darwin Núñez.
  10. 69' Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 70' Penalty missed! Still Liverpool 1, Real Madrid 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) hits the left post with a left footed shot.
  12. 71' Substitution, Real Madrid. Fran García replaces Ferland Mendy.
  13. 76' Goal! Liverpool 2, Real Madrid 0. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andy Robertson with a cross following a corner.
  14. 79' Substitution, Real Madrid. Endrick replaces Luka Modric.
  15. 80' Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 83' Substitution, Liverpool. Dominik Szoboszlai replaces Curtis Jones.
  17. 87' Substitution, Liverpool. Joe Gomez replaces Conor Bradley because of an injury.
  18. 89' Endrick (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.

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