How Real Madrid schooled Liverpool - on and off the field
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by Dermot Corrigan and James Pearce to look back on a classic night of Champions League action as Liverpool were dealt a sucker punch by Real Madrid at Anfield.
From gift-wrapped goals, to Gomez, to Galacticos there is a gulf between these two sides now, and it looks like it's only going to get bigger.
Listen to hear about how Madrid have got their recruitment so right in recent years. The panel also cover, as they must when Liverpool are mentioned, the Bellingham Prism - could he have been the difference?
Plus there is insight on the protests against UEFA from both sides too that occurred on Tuesday night too.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | As Liverpool's 14-year way to be Rail Madrid goes on |
| 0:06.5 | following a 5-2 home defeat, |
| 0:09.3 | there are questions about where Juergen Klop's men go from here |
| 0:13.2 | and indeed how they go from here. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Mark Chapman, this is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:18.9 | Now it's on the right-hand side with Sala. |
| 0:41.3 | Sala approaching the penalty area, slips the ball into the box, a flings from Juniors. Back to the goalkeeper by Carver Howell. Always made the mess. Oh, it's a terrible error. Terrible error by Chimo Quartre. Venetius Jr. now, near the left corner of the penalty area, cutting in field, then turning back to Benz Mount, close quarters. Vinicius Jr. again, great footwork. Oh, what a goal! That's incredible! |
| 0:46.3 | Seapode an analysis! |
| 0:48.3 | Oh, there! |
| 0:50.3 | Oh, oh, oh! |
| 0:52.3 | There! |
| 0:53.3 | Barbuda! They're in front! There's a bit more than |
| 0:54.7 | Lifted end they're in front |
| 0:55.9 | It's a bullet header from Edair Militau |
| 1:00.8 | And the European champions who were 2-0 down after 14 minutes |
| 1:05.0 | And now in front |
| 1:06.3 | Less than three minutes into the second half |
| 1:10.1 | When you allow a defender who's come up from a set piece of free header |
| 1:14.6 | from four or five yards out with, no one near him so soon after half time, |
| 1:19.6 | when your goalkeeper makes a mistake as he did do, |
| 1:23.6 | when Gomez doesn't get tight to Venetius Junior in that first half for that first goal. So all these add up. You can't do that against any player, let alone world-class players in this fantastic Real Madrid team. Now he has Benzema. Look out, Liverpool. Ventima gets it back. Left for the shot, deflect it in. Allison tried to react, but the deflection beat him. |
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