Liverpool Player Ratings v Real Madrid

That felt so good. The first competitive Liverpool FC win over Real Madrid since March 2009. Curse well and truly shattered. Arne Slot just needs to get Joe Gomez on the scoresheet now to earn the Key to the City.

What an absolute monster of a performance. The biggest compliment you can pay that performance, is that Real Madrid had to resort to throwing themselves to the floor and time wasting. The so called best team in Europe came to us and played like they were fighting a relegation battle and desperately needed the point.

Kelleher – had bugger all to do until the penalty, which he saved superbly. Made a few other routine saves after that but his distribution was what stood out here for me. How do you drop him after his performances this season? 9/ 10

Bradley – Mbappe, who? Pocketed. Also went and set up the opening goal, and tested Courtois with a powerful header down low. But forget all that. He stole the show when he absolutely cleaned out Mbappe (fairly) to halt a Madrid counter attack. He had so many big moments that it almost went under the radar how many times he nickd possession back in their half, or got his body in to draw a foul. He literally did not put a foot wrong other than when he tried to pass the ball to Gakpo as he was stood with the 4th official waiting to come on! I think we can let him off for that. Man of the match for me. 10/ 10

Konate – Imperious. Every time Mbappe tried to go between him and Bradley, Konate just eased him out the way and took charge. Won everything in the air, and had Endrick on strings at the end to the point the little brat just started kicking out. Hope he’s okay for Sunday as his partnership with Virgil will be needed to deal with Haaland. 9/ 10

Virgil – A fair shout for man of the match on any other day. His switching of the play killed Madrid a few times. He won everything in the air. He absolutely bodied Mbappe and made him look like a school girl. Captain fantastic. 9/ 10

Robertson – I know he gave away a penalty with a rash decision in the box, but other than that he was as good as he’s been all season. He had Guler and Diaz in his pocket, so they put Valverde out there instead and he got no change out of Robbo either. It is a huge shame about the one silly decision to give Vazquez the chance to throw himself to the floor, as you have to be wise to the cheating Spanish teams on nights like last night. A great cross for the second goal capped off a much improved performance, but he’s got to stop diving…