Liverpool v Real Madrid: Champions League – live | Champions League

On November 28, 2024By Littum

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“If ever a game needed a Clash of the Titans moniker, this would be it,” e-mails krishnamoorthy. “Really haven’t won lately, it’s hard to even write this statement, which is absurd. The losing streak needed to end and what better platform to perform than in the tournament they own. But then we thought the same about City last night. Real is no city, and Liverpool is certainly no Feyenoord. I expect a draw 2-2”.

I also think a draw is a decent shout, although Madrid’s form and absence means Liverpool are favorites tonight.

It’s also worth noting that after heavy back-to-back defeats against Barcelona and Milan, Madrid have improved significantly of late after Carlo Ancelotti made some changes. After the 3-1 home defeat to Milan, the Italian announced “We have evaluated the situation with the players. We think we have found the solution. But we have to put that into practice. That is what we hope to do, to play differently.”

Since then, Madrid have won 4-0 and 3-0 in La Liga, against Osasuna and Leganés. Liverpool are not that team, but the results are certainly encouraging.

Herefrom the archives just before the 2022 Champions League final (won 1-0 by Madrid), is a more detailed history of the meeting between these two teams.

The last time Madrid traveled to Anfield was last February, when Madrid thrashed Liverpool 5-2 in the last 16 despite being 2-0 down. The injured Vini Jr and Karim Benzema, now off to Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, of course ran the show that night.

Preamble

As association football games go, they don’t get much bigger than this. The most successful British club in Europe, at one of the most famous grounds in world football, facing the most successful European side of all time, with over twice as many European Cup/Champions League titles as the next challenger (Milan) . Poof.

Liverpool and Real Madrid have a bit of history, having met six times (across four games) in the past seven Champions League campaigns, including the 2018 and 2022 finals, with the Spanish side unbeaten in that period. It must sting if you wear red. The memories of Salah against Ramos, Gareth Bale’s bicycle kick against Loris Karius and Vini Jr/Karim Benzema turning on the style are still raw.

But this is a new era for Liverpool, and a particularly sticky period for Real Madrid. Liverpool have a 100% European record in the new format, while Madrid are currently 21st of the 36 teams at the halfway point in the league stage (formerly known as the group stage). Lose at Anfield and there is the slight possibility that they might not make the top 24 and qualify for the next round.

Furthermore, Kylian Mbappé has yet to find form as a central striker, Jude Bellingham has also not hit the heights of last season after being shunted out to the right and Madrid’s injury list is long: Vini Jr out for a few weeks, while key players Rodrygo, Éder Militão, Dani Carvajal, Lucas Vázquez, Aurélien Tchouaméni and David Alaba are also sidelined.

However, Liverpool are flying (despite the distraction of Mo Salah’s contract situation) under Arne Slot. There has rarely been a better time to meet the famous team in white.

Kick-off: 20:00 GMT.