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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rob Smyth

Liverpool 2-5 Real Madrid: Champions League last 16, first leg – as it happened

Jurgen Klopp looks dejected at full time as Real Madrid hammer Liverpool at Anfield.
Jurgen Klopp looks dejected at full time as Real Madrid hammer Liverpool at Anfield. Photograph: Alex Livesey/UEFA/Getty Images

Time to wrap up our coverage of an extraordinary night at Anfield. Thanks for your company and emails – goodnight.

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Jordan Henderson’s reaction

Very difficult. It’s hard to sum it up straight after the game – mixed feelings, frustration with the result, but for large parts of the first half, definitely, I thought we performed well. Probably unlucky to go in at half-time level. We made too many mistakes around the goals especially, and when you do that a team like Madrid punish you. They punished us every time tonight.

We didn’t help ourselves. The set-piece – which I didn’t think was a foul to be honest – we didn’t defend well enough, and the game went away from us at the point. [Is it worrying how many goals you’re conceding?] The last two games we keep clean sheets, didn’t we? It’s hard to come here and speak because… we caused ourselves problems at times. It’s a tough one to take.

We played a good first half. There was a big chance at 2-0 [it was at 2-1], a bit of a scuffle on the line; if that goes in it’s a big moment in the match. The second leg is a few weeks away, so we’ve got to move on quickly – we’ve got games in the Premier League that we need to concentrate on, and cross this bridge when we come to it.

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