Liverpool supporters lived a tumultuous night at Anfield after their team succeeded in defeating Real Madrid 2-0 in one of the summits of the fifth round in the league stage of the Champions League, so that the “Reds” finally succeeded in untying the “merengue” knot that had accompanied the team in the last 8 matches. .
Aside from the result, the Anglo-Spanish summit knew many exciting details, related to the lackluster level shown by Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, the Real Madrid star, and the attempts of his coach Carlo Ancelotti to remedy the situation inside the green rectangle, as well as Anfield Stadium and its imaginary fans.
Below are some of the scenes behind this match, according to what the Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported.
- Anfield fans
English fans have qualities that are not found in their counterparts from other countries. They stand behind their team and cry with joy or sadness without looking at the result. At Anfield in particular, the stands regained their true value and the supporters helped their team achieve victory over Real Madrid with a satisfactory result and a wonderful performance.
The newspaper said, “At Anfield, you will find magic in every corner.”
- Wholesale directions for Arda Guler
Sometimes football specialists prefer to shift their gaze from the field to the bench to capture as much as possible the movements of coaches, their reactions, and the way they deal with their players.
Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti was spotted giving directions to Guler about 12 times, which is the number that the Spanish newspaper succeeded in noticing, including getting closer to Eduard Camavinga and Luka Modric and moving back to support the defence.
- Joker Camavinga
In 93 matches in which the French player participated as a starter, Ancelotti relied on him in 4 different positions: 38 times as a winger, 33 times as a defensive midfielder, 19 as a left back, and 3 times as a false winger. In all of these matches, Camavinga succeeded in providing the required performance without fear or complaint.
According to “Marca”, the technical skills and high physical fitness that the French player presents on the field will help Real Madrid correct the course, but before that the club must wait for the results of medical examinations to find out the extent of Camavinga’s injury, who was substituted in the 55th minute of the Liverpool match. After feeling pain in his left leg.
- Mbappé…a horror movie
The newspaper close to the Royal Club likened the beginning of Mbappé’s season with Real Madrid to “a scenario for a bad horror movie.” What happened with the player on the field, specifically his miss of a penalty kick that was enough to change the result and thus his team’s return to the match, is like “the death of the hero in the movie.” The ending that viewers know is when the friends split up and this would make it easier for the villain to “kill them one by one.”
Mbappe in the Liverpool match confirmed that he was going through a crisis, as he did not succeed in dribbling any player and lost the ball more than 15 times, and his reactions were dull, and after the end of the match he did not shake hands with any player from the opposing team. The French striker walked alone at Anfield, which made Real Madrid fans wonder. Is this the Mbappe who was brilliant with Paris Saint-Germain?
- Asensio…good news for Real Madrid
The only good news for Real Madrid on the Anfield night was the brilliance of the young man Raul Asensio, who passed the test with a good score and showed that he is ready to defend the “Merengue” shirt.
Asensio directed the ball before it crossed the goal line and succeeded in reducing the danger of Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez and was in harmony with his teammate Antonio Rudiger.
- Real Madrid fans ask for Andrek
In light of Real Madrid’s suffering, 3,000 fans who traveled with the team to Liverpool did not hesitate to ask for Andrik’s entry, despite not knowing whether the player was ready to participate or not, something that “Marca” explained by saying that the fans are always enthusiastic about new players.
