Reactions and statements after Real Madrid’s victory over Liverpool in the Champions League

Liverpool were crushed 5-2 at home by Real Madrid when the LaLiga giants were qualified for the next round of the Champions League

The Reds started brilliantly, as Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah scored a goal before Vinicius Junior returned with a curved shot, then Alison Becker hit the ball directly from Vinicius Junior and the two teams equalized in the first half, then Edir Militao headed in a free kick from Luka Modric to give Carlo Ancelotti’s men the lead before he could Karim Benzema scores a double

Liverpool looked set to win big after taking an early two-goal lead before crumbling and conceding five goals for the first time in the Champions League. You might think the tie was over, but the Reds have worked miracles in this competition before and will look to do so again

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told BT Sport: “The start was fantastic. We were really in the game after a very strong start and we were 2-0 up. I think the whole first half was good apart from the goals. We became passive, but the feeling in the first half was that we We could go again, concede directly, and against a team who are fantastically good on the counter-attack, that’s not good