Then it all came undone, with Vinicius Jr. scoring twice in the first half before a series of sloppy errors allowed Eder Militao and Karim Benzema (twice) to turn the game on its head. Real are now overwhelming favourites to progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League, with the Spanish press glittering in their praise. MARCA lauded the atmosphere at Anfield on a night they saw as “special from the start,” though explaining how the stadium “fell under the white spell.”“It was an exhibition. “Madrid, with that fourth goal, became the worst nightmare in the history of Anfield. AS also rated Salah with a two out of three, but Bajcetic was given a one along with Robertson, Gakpo, Nunez, Bajcetic, Fabinho and Virgil van Dijk.
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