Real Madrid faced off against Liverpool at Anfield earlier tonight as they hoped to secure a positive result on the road. Los Blancos made a poor start to the game and conceded the opening goal in the fourth minute when Darwin Nunez found the back of the net. Mohamed Salah doubled the home side’s advantage after capitalising on Thibaut Courtois’ poor mistake in the 14th minute. However, Vinicius Junior scored two rapid goals as the Madrid giants went into the half-time interval with a 2-2 scoreline.
Eder Militao scored with a solid header in the 47th minute before Karim Benzema bagged a brace soon after. Real Madrid ended up cruising to a brilliant 5-2 win on their travels.
Let’s take a look at how each Real Madrid player fared during the match against the Reds.
GK: Thibaut Courtois – 5/10
The Belgian keeper made a poor mistake in the early stages of the game and gifted Salah a goal. However, he was solid in the second half.
RB: Dani Carvajal – 6.5/10
The Spaniard did his fair share of defending and was accurate with his passing.
CB: Eder Militao – 8/10
Militao didn’t do much wrong at the back and made a few crucial interceptions inside his half. He scored an important goal early in the second half.
CB: Antonio Rudiger – 7/10
Rudiger was solid when defending at the back and cleared the danger when required.
LB: David Alaba – 6/10
He made a slow start to the game and had to go off injured in the 26th minute.
CM: Luka Modric – 8/10
Modric ran the show for the Madrid outfit at the centre of the park and produced a masterclass at Anfield tonight.
CM: Eduardo Camavinga – 7/10
Camavinga anchored the midfield with conviction and fed some decent through balls to the front players.
CM: Federico Valverde – 7/10
He came back to defend when needed and had a good game in the Liverpool half.
RW: Rodrygo – 8/10
Rodrygo caused a lot of headaches for the Liverpool defenders and has got an assist to show for his efforts.
ST: Karim Benzema – 9/10
He scored two second-half goals as well as bagged an assist tonight. Carlo Ancelotti would be quite pleased with him tonight.
LW: Vinicius Junior – 9.5/10
Vinicius Jr. was simply unstoppable during the game as he caused a lot of chaos inside the Liverpool penalty box. He scored two fine goals and ended the game with an assist to his name as well.
Substitutes:
LB: Nacho – 7.5/10
Nacho gave a good account of himself on the defensive end of the pitch.
CM: Dani Ceballos – N/A
He hardly had any time to make an impact.
LW: Marco Asensio – N/A
The Spaniard came on for the final few minutes of the game.
CM: Toni Kroos – N/A
He didn’t get enough time to warrant a rating.
