I'm finding hard to work out how good Liverpool have been, and how utter shit real Madrid have been.
Champions League 24/25 | Matchday 5: November 26-27
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2:0 Gakpo.. Good cross and header but terrible defending from Madrid.
Next match against Atalanta.
Doubt they will get a top 8 finish
Next match against Atalanta.
Doubt they will get a top 8 finish
Liverpool are annoyingly good atm, like peak Klopp days
We might want to pay attention to Madrid’s summer reconstruction job and subsequent fire sale
I would love RM getting knocked out.
They will win more with Slot. They are free scoring as before but seems Slot has made them concede feck all too
PSG.
He didn’t have anything to do with Mbappe missing his kick. They got lucky. Again.
Did you not see him against England?
Conor Bradley has been excellent tonight.
Slot had the hardest job following Klopp, but somehow he’s doing it 
Liverpool are so fecking efficient right now. Only hope is someone unsettles Salah or their other players with contracts ending and try to buy them in Jan.
Real Madrid are a good example of what happens when you focus too much on athletic players and sacrifice too much technique/ball playing ability.
Pool have been clear of RM from the first whistle. In no way have they been lucky. Simply the better team tonight.
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It would just be Liverpool if Citeh get a win on Sunday. 
Have to say it, Bradley looks a player.
Real will barely get into the playoff group before winning the CL this year.
One game is famously the best way to base an entire opinion.
I do think a part of it is the way the set up under Ancelotti. It has been largely effective but even when they were winning did look a bit laboured. They are a defence first type of team in my opinion and they haven't been good to watch for some time.
Big fish little pond, not cut out for bigger?
Haven't half the team done their ACLs?
Put on Villa for the second half and all of Juve's players seem to be injured as well. They must have extremely intense leagues on the continent or something.
Was he that bad? Ireland’s best player in the majority of the Nations League games and plenty of Liverpool’s too.
Liverpool game at least has a bit of excitement and energy to it, which has been completely vacant from every other group game I've watched.
There's no jeopardy to any of these games. All of the teams who matter aren't going out this round no matter how badly they cock up, because they've been given a big safety net by the new format.
The old group stage wasn't great but if you lost a couple of games you were in trouble, which at least made it interesting when a big team had a bad game or two...just unfortunate it was invariably us.
Last year Real and City would now be in trouble. This year worst case they just drop into a play off round and buy some time to get their act together.
There's no jeopardy to any of these games. All of the teams who matter aren't going out this round no matter how badly they cock up, because they've been given a big safety net by the new format.
The old group stage wasn't great but if you lost a couple of games you were in trouble, which at least made it interesting when a big team had a bad game or two...just unfortunate it was invariably us.
Last year Real and City would now be in trouble. This year worst case they just drop into a play off round and buy some time to get their act together.
Just a reminder the last Liverpool v Real Madrid game in Anfield (Feb 2023) Real Madrid won 5-2.
I'm not sure they have the players to do it differently. They have collected athletics midfielders, the have sacrificed technical and passing ability.
They’re not even half as good as them. Great players, but still nowhere near good enough.Remember when Mbappe and Haaland where supposed to be the heir to CR and Messi?
The annoying thing about them right now too is how easy it's been to replace some players. Allison is out and they have Kelleher. Trent is out and they have Bradley. FFS.
Aye, even at our very best, we never fully dominated or comprehensively beat RM.
Liverpool are a slick, well lubricated machine.
Mbappe has been abysmal.
Mbappe just awful this evening - and has been since putting on the white shirt.
Surely Madrid will be in for Haaland soon enough.
Watching Liverpool makes me ill!
Surely Madrid will be in for Haaland soon enough.
Watching Liverpool makes me ill!
Are...are you saying that this Liverpool team is better than the best United team?
Haaland would clash quite a bit with current players. They won't go for him, they need midfielders.
We played Real thrice in Fergie's reign at United (he beat them with Aberdeen in 83).
2000, 2003 and the Nani game in 2013.
Liverpool meet Madrid every season these days and have lost more than they've won. We played and beat plenty of Europe's best in our day. Hopefully, it won't be long until we are back on it, even if we have to remortgage the house to attend.
Bayern gonna be in the first 8 at the end, playing Shakhtar, Feyenoord and Slovan Bratislava. Even if not 9 points, gonna get 6-7.
Aston Villa scored against Juve. 1-0
Edit; disallowed
Liverpool probably the best team in the world right now. Edges a little bit Barcelona.
Aston Villa scored against Juve. 1-0
Edit; disallowed
Liverpool probably the best team in the world right now. Edges a little bit Barcelona.
Real are missing Kroos badly
Gonna have the usual moaning from the commentators about the Villa goal being disallowed even though its clear in the rules you can't challenge a keeper while they're in the air.
Villa robbed there
That goal villa scored should never be disallowed. Scandalous decision
Keepers are far too protected.