Liverpool vs Real Madrid LIVE: Champions League latest score and goal updates from Anfield blockbuster
Real Madrid are desperate for a win to boost their Champions League hopes will Liverpool look to extend their perfect start
Liverpool host Real Madrid in a Champions League blockbuster under the lights at Anfield.
The Reds are the only team in the competition still with a 100 per cent record and can take a big step towards booking a place in the top eight with victory against the holders.
European champions Madrid could be vulnerable, with Carlo Ancelotti’s side losing two of their first four fixtures of the league phase and struggling for form since the signing of superstar Kylian Mbappe.
The visitors will be without Ballon d’Or runner-up Vinicius Jr while Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah returns to the spotlight after his explosive comments about his ongoing contract situation on Sunday.
It’s another huge game for boss Arne Slot, with Liverpool also hosting Manchester City in the Premier League on Sunday with the chance to go 11 points clear of Pep Guardiola’s team.
Follow live updates from Liverpool vs Real Madrid in the Champions League, below
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
19 mins: Another battle between Nunez and Asencio after Salah zips a ball through, but it’s the centre-back who comes out on top again and shurgs Nunez off the ball.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
16 mins; Great feet from Mbappe in a tight space. He wriggles away from Gravenberch before he is barged over by Van Dijk.
It’s Gravenberch who is booked though, for a clip.
Real haven't put enough pressure on the ball so far. There have been times when Liverpool have found it easy to pass through the midfield. Liverpool's more intense approach was summed up when Mohamed Salah ran back to dispossess Kylian Mbappe and start the move that ended with Darwin Nunez having a shot cleared off the line.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
14 mins: Bellingham draws a foul in midfield and then almost gets on the end of a cross from Guler, who is seeing lots of the ball down the right.
Modric’s corner is cleared.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
11 mins; Darwin Nunez has gone down holding his face... He’s grappling with Asencio, the rookie centre-back, who pushes towards Nunez’s chest.
Nunez has made the most of it and both players are booked. Asencio on a tightrope, but so is Nunez.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
9 mins: A half-chance for Diaz, but the winger snatches at the shot and it dribbles wide. It’s been a frustrating start for Mbappe and Madrid have yet to get the ball into the France forward.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
6 mins: Real Madrid play through the Liverpool press but Konate gets across to cut out the ball towards Mbappe - who is being booed by the Kop on every touch.
Liverpool almost break on the counter, but Salah’s ball towards Diaz is cut out by Valvarde! Lots of space for the attacks to exploit early on.
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
4 mins: OFF THE LINE! Almost an opener for Liverpool! Darwin Nunez races away after a brilliant first burst! His shot is saved by Courtois and almost deflected into his own goal by Raul Asencio - but the young defender gets back to hack away! Inches in that!
From the corner, Liverpool go for the set-play. Diaz fires over but it comes back for a foul with Nunez blocking in the box!
Liverpool 0-0 Real Madrid
2 mins: Almost an early break for Mbappe - who has lined up on the left of Madrid’s front three - but Conor Bradley gets across well to clear in the box. It’s a big night for the young Northern Ireland international.
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