We Weren’t Good Enough Against Liverpool

Jude Bellingham admitted that Real Madrid were not good enough following their 2-0 loss to Liverpool in Wednesday’s UEFA Champions League at Anfield.

Second half goals from Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo sealed the win for Arne Slot’s men.

The game also saw Kylian Mbappe miss a penalty for the La Liga giants.

Speaking after the loss Bellingham absorbed Mbappe of any blame after missing from the spot.

“Mbappé penalty? It happens,” he said. “The penalty miss is not the reason we lost. We weren’t good enough as a collective, they played better.”

Liverpool’s intent was clear from the first whistle of the second period and Curtis Jones saw a shot deflect wide before Thibaut Courtois parried away Bradley’s downward header from close range.

The long-awaited opener would soon follow, though, thanks to Mac Allister. who played a neat one-two with Bradley and duly gave Courtois insufficient time to react by rapidly dispatching a precise finish into the far bottom corner.

Kelleher’s latest penalty heroics were required when, against the run of play, Andy Robertson was adjudged to have tripped Lucas Vazquez, handing Mbappe the chance to equalise on the hour.

But the Liverpool goalkeeper read his intentions, diving to his left to palm the kick away.

An increasingly absorbing match would provide yet more drama soon after as Salah befuddled Ferland Mendy until the defender brought him down inside the area.

The Egyptian sent Courtois the wrong way from the spot, but his kick kissed the outside of the post and ended up in the Kop.

Ultimately that would matter little, however, as, Liverpool quickly doubled their lead anyway.

A quick corner between Jones and Robertson afforded the latter the room to deliver an inswinging cross and there was Gakpo, rising high to plant his header into the corner.