Summary

  • Use audio icon at the top of page to listen to BBC Radio 5 Live commentary

  • FT: Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid - Nunez flicks in opener

  • Courtois slips and gifts Salah second goal, but Vinicius pulls one back

  • Alisson hits ball straight at Vinicius for equaliser & Militao heads visitors ahead

  • Benzema shot deflected off Gomez for Real fourth before scoring his second

  • FT: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Napoli - Osimhen with opener after visitors have penalty saved, Di Lorenzo scores second

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  1. Nunez inspiredpublished at 20:22 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer at Anfield

    This is the dream start for Liverpool and Mohamed Salah will have loved that as he has always felt he has had a score to settle with Real Madrid after getting in a challenge with Sergio Ramos in the 2018 Champions League final loss in Kyiv.

    Thibaut Courtois produced a faultless display when Real repeated the win against Liverpool in Paris last season but that was one almighty blunder.

    Anfield, as you might imagine, is rather noisy,.

  2. Postpublished at 20:22 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    One more record actually... Egypt's Mohamed Salah is now the joint-top scoring African in Uefa Champions League history with 44, joining Didier Drogba.

  3. Postpublished at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    That's enough Karius and records chat for now. Liverpool are looking slick here as they go for a third.

  4. Postpublished at 20:21 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Mohamed Salah (42) surpasses Steven Gerrard (41) as Liverpool's all-time leading goalscorer in European competition.

    Mo SalahImage source, Getty
  5. GREAT SAVE!published at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Napoli

    Kevin Trapp does really well in the Eintracht Frankfurt goal to react to Daichi Kamada's accidental flick on from a corner before Trapp is called upon again to keep out Amir Rrahmani's strike.

    Good spell by Napoli.

  6. Postpublished at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Funnily Loris Karius is likely to make his first appearance for an English team since that Champions League howler in Sunday's Carabao Cup final.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:20 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

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    Oh he's only gone and done a Karius!

    Craig

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

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    Richard: Didn't Courtois get a tattoo of a wall after the Champions League final? He looks a little silly now.

  9. Postpublished at 20:19 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Mohamed Salah is the top scorer in this season's Champions League with eight goals now.

  10. Postpublished at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Alan Shearer
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    What a huge error that is! Thibaut Courtois isn't under pressure but he foolishly decided to take another touch and get it all wrong. It falls for Mohamed Salah and he says "thank you kindly".

  11. Postpublished at 20:18 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 2-0 Real Madrid

    Thibaut Courtois was man of the match in the Champions League final against Liverpool last May...

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    GOAL - Liverpool 2-0 Real Madridpublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Mohamed Salah (14 mins)

    This is Thibaut Courtois' Loris Karius moment.

    Dani Carvajal hits a 35-yard backpass to his keeper.

    It's a tough one but Courtois still has plenty of chances to boot it away. He takes a couple of nervy touches and then slips, allowing Mohamed Salah to poke the ball past him.

  13. Postpublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    Alan Shearer
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    Liverpool look so good going forward. Gakpo does well to turn and has the strength to hold the defender off and plays in Salah. When he beats two players you are just waiting for the ball to roll into the bottom corner but he just mishits.

    He tried to give the keeper the eyes and ends up dragging wide of the near post.

  14. Postpublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    Mohamed Salah is seeing a lot of action on the right wing. Thibaut Courtois comes to the edge of his box to catch a long ball just before the Egyptian can get there.

  15. Postpublished at 20:16 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Napoli

    Great burst of pace from Victor Osimhen as Napoli break quickly. He nudges the ball past the Eintracht Frankfurt full-back but the defender recovers well to block the cross.

    A fairly even start so far.

  16. Postpublished at 20:15 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    End to end as Mohamed Salah goes close to a lovely solo goal. Darwin Nunez finds Salah on the wing and he speeds away, jinking between two Real defenders before slotting a shot wide.

  17. Postpublished at 20:14 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    Sloppy defending at the back, Alisson is out of position, and Karim Benzema finds Rodrygo, whose shot is blocked.

  18. Postpublished at 20:13 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    Andy Robertson is quick off the mark to take the ball off Rodrygo in the box. The Real winger needed to act faster there.

  19. Postpublished at 20:12 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

    Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid

    Alan Shearer
    Former England striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

    We've only been playing eight or nine minutes but Liverpool are looking comfortable down that right hand side. It is where the goal game from and they looked threatening again.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:11 Greenwich Mean Time 21 February 2023

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    Adam: The worst thing any team can ever do (historically anyway) is concede inside the first 10 minutes at Anfield. This is going to be fun!