Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid: Anfield roars again as Reds overpower Real

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Nov 05, 2025

Liverpool Subdue Real Madrid in Champions League Clash

There was a time when beating Real Madrid carried the romance of European glory. Now, at Anfield, it felt more like restoration. Liverpool, bloodied in recent weeks but not bowed, cut through the sheen of Madrid’s Champions League record with a performance grounded in resolve and rhythm.

Alexis Mac Allister, probably the smallest player on the pitch, rose highest and truest on 61 minutes. Szoboszlai delivered the ball, Mac Allister delivered the result. His header, clean and final, was enough to settle a contest that often threatened to boil but never spilled.

For all Madrid’s pomp, it was Thibaut Courtois alone who delayed the inevitable. He stood up to Szoboszlai twice in the first half and clawed away headers from Van Dijk and Ekitike after the interval. But he could not stop everything.

Liverpool were without Alisson, Frimpong and Isak, but it was Madrid who looked the more threadbare in spirit. Jude Bellingham drifted, Kylian Mbappe, so often the executioner, fired high and wide. Even Rodrygo’s entrance brought no change. The defiance came from Conor Bradley, as his predecessor watched on from the bench.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s return was met with a wall of noise, none of it kind. Jeered throughout, his late appearance brought only contempt from the stands that once adored him. The vandalism of his mural earlier in the day set the tone, the crowd merely carried it.

This wasn’t football for the scrapbook. It was a match built on muscle, managed by a Liverpool side that’s rediscovering its sharpness under Arne Slot. It didn’t need drama. It needed discipline. And that’s exactly what they served.

With City next, there’s little time for reflection. But beating Real Madrid in the Champions League always means something. At Anfield, it still does.