Real Madrid vs Liverpool, 1st Leg
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Who won: Liverpool 1-0
Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 in 1st Leg on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Santiago Bernabéu. Goals for Liverpool: Yossi Benayoun (82').
Play by play
- 94'
Well, an excellent night for Liverpool is complete and Rafa Benitez has a precious win at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid, it has to be said, were pathetic, but Liverpool put them away and are huge favourites to go through to the quarter finals. Thanks for your company. See you next time..
- 93'
The Bernabeu is emptying very quickly as Liverpool edge towards victory...
- 92'
Kuyt comes off and Lucas is on. It's all about running down the clock for Liverpool now.
- 91'
Three minutes added as the first chorus of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' rings out. Looks like there's some bother in the crowd too.
- 90'
Well, unless they are transformed in the next two weeks Liverpool will breeze past this lot at Anfield, even in their patchy form of late.
- 89'
Now it's Real pumping the ball upfield after having run out of ideas. I honestly reckon Newcastle would have given them a decent game tonight.
- 88'
Oh look, Stevie G's coming on! Riera is given a blanket by the medical staff as he hobbles off.
- 87'
That's a terrible tackle from Gago on Riera. He's lucky only to see a yellow for that. It was a horrible rake to the shin and deserved red.
- 85'
Well, Liverpool do it again. They sit back, invite pressure and nick a goal on their rare forrays upfield. Don't get me wrong though, they probably deserve it, but only because Madrid have been lamentable.
- 84'
That epitomises Real tonight. A rubbish free kick is nodded high and wide by Raul.
- 83'
Riera is penalised for handball and gets booked. He'll miss the return leg now and Madrid have a free kick in exactly the same place Liverpool just did.
- 82'
Well, that was all Heinze's fault. He had no need to give away a free kick but he did and Aurelio whips in a devillish ball which Benayoun flashes into the net from eight yards out.
- 82'
GOAL! Benayoun!
- 81'
Henize hauls Kuyt down for no reason at all and Liverpool have a free kick wide on the right. A crazy challenge.
- 80'
Skrtel heads clear a Ramos cross but looked as if he caught Raul with a stray arm. Not intentional though.
- 79'
Higuain proves himself to be utterly useless after finally finding space, having options right and left but choosing to dribble into traffic instead. Awful.
- 77'
Diarra's slide rule pass is ruined by Robben's awful touch. It was his insistance on taking it with his left that cost him his balance.
- 76'
Ramos wins the award for 'wildest attempt of the night'. He was searching for the net from the touchline for some reason.
- 75'
Guti loses the ball three times in quick succession for being utterly laborious before Gago clatters Kuyt and concedes a free kick.
- 74'
Heinze curls in an early cross but Reina comes a long way to claim it well.
- 73'
Aurelio is penalised for high feet, largely because Robben screamed for the free kick like a little girl. The replay showed Robben's foot touched the ball. Does it really hurt that much?
- 72'
Another poor corner and another Liverpool clearance.
- 71'
Robben cuts inside after Kuyt failed to get the foul he was looking for and unleashes a dipping, swerving shot that Reina does well to tip over.
- 70'
Alonso goes down after a collision with Guti, then the Madrid player is taken out by Gago. All very unsightly.
- 69'
Robben cuts along the edge of the penalty area but refuses to unload because he was on his weaker right foot. He then spreads it wide for Ramos but his cross is too deep and no-one can profit from it.
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