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Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
37 mins: Former referee Mark Clattenberg, speaking on Amazon Prime, isn’t a fan of that decision at all. Nor is Alan Shearer.
Anfield is fuming but Liverpool are trying to respond with as much intent as before. Szoboszlai goes for a low strike towards the bottom left corner, but Courtois is onto him.
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:38
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
34 mins: That looked clearly in the box to me, but the official call is it was not a handball offence; Tchouameni had his arm in a natural position, Kovacs says, so no free-kick either!
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:35
NO PENALTY! Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
33 mins: The Real players are ushered away as they crowd around the screen…
Referee István Kovács says no penalty! That’ll be controversial.
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:34
PENALTY CHECK: Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
32 mins: It looked like Tchouameni’s arm which blocked the shot was inside the box.
The referee is invited to watch the replay…
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:33
PENALTY? Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
31 mins: Courtois comes well off his line to stop the marauding Ekitike… but Liverpool come again, it’s Szoboszlai but his shot is blocked by the diving Tchouameni.
The Kop is howling for a penalty for handball, but it’s a free-kick just to the right on the edge of the box.
Hang on, potential penalty check by VAR….
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:32
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
If anyone needed reminding…
Thibaut Courtois was Liverpool’s nemesis in the 2022 final and that was a superb save from Szoboszlai.
at Anfield
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:30
SAVE! Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
28 mins: After that early flurry by Liverpool the visitors have been dominating possession.
Time for another breathless spell… Wirtz is trying to find Mac Allister but the referee gets in his way and gets a right earful from the crowd. Real Madrid seize the chance to counter and Bradley hauls down Carreras just inside the box, before undoing that good work with a cheaply misplaced pass. Still Real…
Tchouameni goes for a low strike, but wide… now Liverpool counter, Wirtz lays it off for Szoboszlai in the centre but Courtois makes himself huge and clears it with his outstretched right foot!
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:29
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
24 mins: Valverde hooks the resulting free-kick well beyond the far post.
Real Madrid’s travelling support joined in the Diogo Jota chant, which is lovely to see.
Bradley draws the foul from Vini Jr with a brilliant run, and the Brazilian is the first into the book. Szoboszlai stands over it… nodded down but nowhere by Konate.
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:25
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
21 mins: 20 minutes in, Anfield stands as one and applauds in memory of Diogo Jota.
Konate intercepts a ball from Vini Jr, who has been as lively as you’d expect – although Bradley seems to be enjoying his duel with him so far.
Van Dijk steps in on Mbappe and concedes a free-kick.
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Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:23
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
18 mins: Wirtz makes the interception and gallops down the pitch… Ekitike is on the receiving end but has his shot blocked.
Now Bellingham counters, plays a tidy one-two with Vini Jr, lays it off to Mbappe on the edge of the box… but he blasts it dismally high. Warning signs for Liverpool.
Flo Clifford4 November 2025 20:19
