Liverpool Beat Atletico Madrid
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CL Player RatingsThe Champions League return saw the Reds host Diego Simeone and his ferocious Atletico Madrid side, and the opening round of games in this
Andoni Iraola takes charge of his first Champions League match as Liverpool begin their European campaign against Atlético Madrid - follow live with ESPN.
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Liverpool 2 Atletico Madrid 1: Mac Allister’s statement, a magical backheel and Barcola’s early exit
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.
Alexis Mac Allister scored a brilliant winner to hand Andoni Iraola's Liverpool victory after they recovered from a goal down at Anfield to Atletico Madrid in their Champions League opener.
Liverpool got their UEFA Champions league campaign off to the perfect start as they came from behind to beat Atlético Madrid 2-1 -- with goals from Dominik Szboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.
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Atletico failed to claim a positive result during their Champions League trip to Anfield, falling to defeat against Liverpool in their opening match of the campaign.