6 records Real Madrid broke against Liverpool in Champions League
Despite falling behind by 2 goals, Real Madrid staged a stunning comeback to secure a 5-2 victory with great resilience against Liverpool at Anfield. After this win, Real Madrid set 6 more records.
Traveling to Anfield for the round of 16 of the 2022/2023 Champions League, Real Madrid faced numerous difficulties when Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah scored two goals in less than 15 minutes for Liverpool. But with class and excellent spirit, Vincius scored a brace to equalize, and then Real Madrid demolished the Anfield fortress with a final score of 5-2. 6 records were established by Real after the big victory in Merseyside.
The first team to score 5 goals at Anfield in a European competition
In fact, Real Madrid became the first away team to put four goals past Liverpool at Anfield after Karim Benzema scored to make it 4-2, and then they scored another goal from Karim Benzema.
This is also the second time The Kop has conceded four goals or more in a game this season, the first being in the match against Napoli on September 7, 2022.
Benzema becomes the player with the most goals against Liverpool in European competition
With his brace in the game, Benzema put his name on the list of players who have scored the most goals against Liverpool in the history of the Champions League and European Cup, with six goals, more than any other player. Meanwhile, Benzema’s teammate, Vinicius, ranks second with five goals against Liverpool.
Vinicius breaks Johan Cruyff’s record to become the youngest player to score 2 goals against Liverpool at Anfield in a European competition
Vinicius often brings sorrow to Liverpool’s net every time the two teams meet, most recently in the Champions League final last year, when he scored the only goal of the game, directly leading Real to win their historic 14th championship title. And he once again made Liverpool fans disappointed with his brace early morning on February 22.
At the age of 22, Vincius became the youngest player to score two goals against Liverpool with the away team status at Anfield in European competition.
Benzema equals Messi’s record by scoring in 18 consecutive Champions League seasons
The French striker suffered from injuries for most of the Champions League group stage. However, Benzema came back strongly with a brace against Liverpool, equaling Lionel Messi’s achievement of scoring in 18 consecutive Champions League seasons, stretching from 2005 to now.
Real Madrid became the first team to concede 2 goals but end the game with a 3-goal lead.
Real Madrid under coach Ancelotti is too formidable with their epic comebacks, evidenced by their three matches against PSG, Chelsea, and Man City last year. After the early morning match, they became the first team to concede two goals but end up winning by a 3-goal margin.
Ancelotti’s players scored 5 goals from minute 21 to minute 67, meaning they scored an average of 1 goal every 9 minutes against Liverpool in the match.
Vincius became the second youngest player in Real Madrid’s history to score in 3 consecutive Champions League matches.
Before scoring 2 goals against Liverpool, he scored against Celtic and RB Leipzig in the group stage. This achievement makes him the second youngest player in Real Madrid’s history to accomplish this feat, behind “Lord of the Rings” Raul Gonzalez. Raul was 22 years and 163 days old when he scored in 3 consecutive Champions League matches in 1999.
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