Mustache maker of the night, Karim Benzema wanted to dedicate the victory to the recently deceased Amancio Amaro: “It has been an important night for us. I want to dedicate this match to our honorary president. This victory is for him." A victory that has been achieved "with personality and goals", he said: "We want this Champions League".
The French striker was satisfied with the team's reaction, which was down 2-0 in the 14th minute of the game: “We started badly, Liverpool is like that here, we knew that their fans were going to put a lot of pressure on us. They came in better than us, but after the first twenty minutes we saw Real Madrid”.
Without the desired continuity, Benzema has lamented the injuries that have weighed him down: “I come from a season with many games and after the World Cup I had injuries. Today I was able to debut as a goalscorer, but the important thing is that he can help the team, be it with assists or with goals”.
Despite the win, for the Frenchman, the tie is not resolved: “Many things can happen in football. We are going to have another great match at the Bernabéu”.
Real Madrid came back from 2-0 down in just over half an hour and ended up thrashing Liverpool (2-5) in an intense duel at Anfield. The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, has acknowledged the difficulties of his team in the initial stretch: “It's not easy, especially how the game started. Obviously we didn't expect to start the game like this, but fortunately we kept a cool head and little by little we got into the game”. For the white coach, the ability of his players to believe that they could turn the score around with 2-0 has been decisive: “I thought a little about the semi-final against Manchester City and the same thing happened, or better. The team has not lost its mind”.
Ancelotti explained the reason for his markedly offensive line-up: "It's a tie, scoring here was important. I opted for an open match, for a dangerous forward." The Italian praised the good game by Vinícius and Benzema, with two doubles, as well as Rodrygo's role in attack: “Vinícius, as always, has put in an incredible game, today he is the most decisive player in the world. Rodrygo also had a fantastic game, even though he didn't score. And Karim has also put in a very remarkable game”.
Despite the win, the Real Madrid coach is cautious about moving on to the quarterfinals: “Classification hasn't been done. Liverpool suffered in the second, but in the first we suffered, they pushed a lot. We have to be satisfied, but wait for the next game”.
The Real Madrid goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, also spoke to the media, lamenting the serious mistake that cost his team the second goal of the game: "I've had bad luck, this doesn't happen much, I thought it would It gave time but he voted me in the knee. Vini's first goal made us breathe, we knew we could hurt them. We have the quality to react, that goal helped us react more. We have a lot of play and a lot of goals", he said. explained in the Movistar microphones.
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