Iraola will be relieved that his team were able to shake off Marcos Llorente’s opening goal — remarkably, his fifth at Anfield — courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai (after a lovely backheel by Ronald Araujo) and a thunderbolt from Alexis Mac Allister, whose future has been the subject of more debate this week.

Liverpool star Rio Ngumoha was given an opportunity to start once again for the side in the Champions League, as he helped the Reds on the way to another famous Anfield night in Europe.

The Reds kicked off their 2026–27 Champions League campaign with a gritty victory.

Liverpool are set to open up their 2026-27 Champions League game against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday night. Every single year without fail, the Reds somehow manage to get drawn to face Diego

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone was uncharacteristically sanguine after losing to Liverpool, with his side going down 2-1 in the Champions League at Anfield

Bradley Barcola limped out of Liverpool’s Champions League game against Atletico Madrid with an apparent calf injury