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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Richard Garnett

Liverpool fans all make the same point after Spain's shock World Cup exit

The World Cup in Qatar has claimed another huge scalp after former winners Spain were dumped out by Morocco on penalties.

With the Last 16 tie ending goalless after 90 minutes and extra time, it was left to spot-kicks to decide the match. And as things transpired, Luis Enrique's men were pretty useless under pressure from 12 yards, missing their first three attempts, which allowed the Madrid-born Achraf Hakimi to seal their fate with an audacious Panenka-style chip down the middle that put the North African side into their first-ever World Cup quarter-final.

The embarrassed Spaniards were left dumb-struck, but it didn't take long for the talk on social media to turn to the Liverpool player missing from Spain's squad.

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