Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 February 2023
Result
Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid
Champions League · Tuesday 21 February 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 2-2
Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid: match report
Liverpool were beaten by Real Madrid 2-5 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 February 2023. It was 2-2 at half-time.
Darwin Núñez opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Darwin Núñez (4') and Mohamed Salah (14'). Real Madrid scored through Vinicius Junior (21'), Vinicius Junior (36'), Éder Militão (47'), Karim Benzema (55') and Karim Benzema (67').
Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Real Madrid received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 6th on 15 points from 6 and Real Madrid 11th on 13 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-3-3 and Real Madrid in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid (9.1), ahead of Karim Benzema (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 3 draws and 3 for Real Madrid.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Darwin Núñez
- 14'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 21'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 36'Goal · Vinicius Junior
- 47'Goal · Éder Militão
- 55'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 60'Yellow card · Vinicius Junior
- 67'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 90+3'Yellow card · H. Elliott
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Stefan Bajcetic, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Darwin Núñez
Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)
Thibaut Courtois, Daniel Carvajal, Éder Militão, Antonio Rüdiger, David Alaba, Federico Valverde, Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modrić, Rodrygo, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior