He Real Madrid met the forecast and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Champions League after beating Liverpool 1-0 at the Santiago Bernabéu with a goal from Karim Benzema for the second leg of the round of 16. The series was almost sentenced after the first leg at Anfield: although the English did not lose hope, they could not recover from the blow.
those of Charles Ancelotti they had dominance in practically the entire game, except in a passage of the first half in which those of Jürgen Klopp generated several opportunities through Darwin Núñezbut Thibaut Courtois was very solid and kept a clean sheet.
Meanwhile, the Merengue had spoiled some chances through Karim Benzemabut at 78′ the Frenchman had revenge: after a rebound that Vinicius took, the Brazilian assisted him and the world champion in 2018 just had to push her into the net. It was 1-0 in the game, but more importantly, 6-2 in the series.
Regarding the closure, Liverpool kept trying but at all times knew that it was impossible to reverse the series. The next Friday March 17 will be the draw of the quarterfinals. Real Madrid, Napoli, Bayern Múnich, Manchester City, Chelsea, Inter, Milan y Benfica they continue in the race.
Real Madrid vs Liverpool: minute by minute
Alisson; Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil Van Dijk, Andrew Robertson; Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Stefan Bajcetic; Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo and Darwin Núñez.
Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Nacho; Luka Modric, Aurelien Tchouameni, Toni Kroos; Federico Valverde, Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior.
The round of 16 revenge is played at the Santiago Bernabéu, after the impressive 5-2 victory achieved by Madrid in the first leg played at Anfield.
