Liverpool defender Joe Gomez has been slammed by French newspaper L'Equipe for his performance in the 5-2 defeat against Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old, who started alongside Virgil van Dijk, was part of the defence that capitulated during the second half at Anfield as Karim Benzema, Vinicious Jr and Eder Militao inspired Real to a remarkable comeback, having fallen behind to early strikes from Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah.
Fingers were pointed at the England international for the first and fourth goals of the tie as he first afforded Vinicius Jr enough time and space to bend an effort past Alisson Becker into the far corner and halve the deficit after 21 minutes. Meanwhile, Benzema's first strike shortly after half-time deflected off Gomez and wrong-footed the Brazilian between the sticks.
