Liverpool fans thought that Anfield was set to deliver another famous night as we built an early lead but things soon turned very badly, very quickly and Steven Gerrard was asked to share his thoughts after the match.
Speaking on BT Sport, the 42-year-old said: “Sometimes in football you’ve got to hold your hands up and say ‘the best team won, you were outclassed, you were dominated’. They [Real Madrid] were better in most areas of the pitch you’d have to say”.
After such an impressive start, Jurgen Klopp’s team were quickly outclassed and Real Madrid dominated what was a tough second-half to watch for our supporters.
The impossible can still happen in the second-leg but it seems that the confidence blow this result could have caused, may well spell the end to this year’s Champions League adventure.
You can watch Gerrard’s comments via @btsportfootball on Twitter:
"Sometimes you have to hold your hands up and say 'we weren't good enough!'"@rioferdy5 and Steven Gerrard left shocked after Real Madrid's unbelievable comeback against Liverpool! 👀#UCL pic.twitter.com/iS25XdSq04
— Football on BT Sport (@btsportfootball) February 21, 2023
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Let’s face facts, we have two full backs who can’t defend&teams have found that out. Tren spend most of his time looking like a frightened rabbit in headlights, robbo at the moment only has one gear which is reverse.hendo is only good for a cameo when your winning so what’s needed, two full backs who can defend,one centre half to cover for a fit konate, and jude Bellingham ( I wish) . On last night, Madrid were good but we made them look good.
Yes absolutely agreed. We made them look good. A few years back would have been a different story. VVD now is not the shadow of the player he was.
Yep many problems.
The attackers dont press as they did.,which puts pressure on the midfield which exposes their weaknesses ,(too slow and no creativity) which was masked by the work of front three. This then puts pressure on the defence who have little support from the midfield. The defence isn’t performing and VVD is not the player he use to be. He has lost pace and doesn’t respond quick enough to close down attackers. A major rebuild is required and a change in play as we have been found out and teams know how to play us.