Real Punish Liverpool In UCL First Leg |
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- Social interactions and entertainment - 0 - 06 Apr 21 14:02
Result: Real Madrid 3-1 LiverpoolDate: 06 April 2021Venue: Estadio Alfredo di StefanoVinicius Junior bagged a brace as Real Madrid claimed a 3-1 win over Liverpool in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final.Los Blancos were without regular centre-back pairing of Sergio Ramos, who is out injured and Raphael Varane, who tested posive for Covid-19. Meanwhile, Diogo Jota earned a start ahead of Roberto Firmino for the Reds, alongside recalls for Naby Keita and Georginio Wijnaldum.The hosts came close to going ahead in the 13th minute after Ferland Mendy beat his marker on the left wing to deliver a cross inside the box but Vinicius Junior guided his header just wide of the far post.Vinicius Junior finally broke the deadlock for Zinedine Zidanes charges just before the half-hour mark with a low bouncing volley inside the box after he chested a lofted through ball from Toni Kroos to go clear on goal.Marco Asensio doubled the lead for Madrid with nine minutes left of the first stanza after a costly back headed pass by Trent Alexander-Arnold sent him clear on goal and he cheekily lofted the ball over goalkeeper Alisson and scored into an empty net.Liverpool almost conceded the third goal just before the break from another back pass by Ozan Kobak towards Alisson that was intercepted by Asensio but his low shot across goal was saved by the Brazilian shot-stopper and the hosts went to the break with only a two-goal cushion.Jurgen Klopps charges had a quick response coming from the break, as Mohamed Salah pulled a goal back six minutes inside the second stanza and got them an away goal with a close range strike after a rebound off Jotas shot found him unmarked in the centre of the six-yard box, 2-1.Vinicius Junior restored a two-goal lead for Los Blancos and got his brace in the 65th minute with a first-time strike inside the box that went through the legs of Nathaniel Phillips and got away from Alissons grasp at his near post.Zidanes troops were denying Liverpool momentum, slowing down the tempo of the match in the closing stages before Klopp made a double tactical change in the last ten minutes, as Firmino came on for Kobak and Xherdan Shaqiri replaced Jota.However, the Spanish giants were able to hold off waves of attacks from the Reds as they will now take a 3-1 lead into the second leg at Anfield.
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