Carlo Ancelotti, manager of Real Madrid, has remarked on his team’s 5-2 victory at Liverpool in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 match.
With two goals from Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez, the Reds quickly took a 2-0 lead.
Real Madrid battled back to even the score in the first half thanks to a brace from Vinicius Junior.
The LaLiga champions brought a sizable lead back to the Bernabeu thanks to goals from Militao, Joe Gomez’s own goal, and Karim Benzema.”When we were able to escape their pressure, we were really effective in front of goal.
“We improved our defensive performance because Liverpool put a lot of pressure on us in the first half.”
Their frontline players were incredibly threatening. Our athletes were quite accurate, according to Ancelotti
