Liverpool 1 Real Madrid 0: Are Slot’s side back to their best? And what went wrong for Alonso?

“A big night for Liverpool, a chastening one for Real Madrid. A Champions League meeting between two of European football’s big beasts always promised drama and quality in equal measure and this did not disappoint — although most of the latter came from the Premier League champions. Alexis Mac Allister’s second-half header was the difference between the teams but only superb goalkeeping from Thibaut Courtois and some desperate defending spared further damage for the Spanish club, whose introduction of ex-Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold as a late substitute sparked mass booing at Anfield. We analyse the major talking points. …”
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The defaced Trent Alexander-Arnold mural