Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 thanks to Alexis Mac Allister’s header as Trent Alexander-Arnold endured a difficult return to Anfield in the Champions League.

Thibaut Courtois, Madrid's best player, produced a trio of first-half saves to deny Dominik Szoboszlai, before tipping over headers for Virgil van Dijk and Hugo Ekitike after the break, the luckless Florian Wirtz fashioning the best of those chances on his recall.

Madrid also escaped a debatable penalty decision in the first half but Liverpool could not be kept out forever, Mac Allister heading in Szoboszlai's cross from point-blank range. Xabi Alonso's team, top of LaLiga, never really came close to finding an equaliser. Monterosa This content is provided by Monterosa , which may be using cookies and other technologies. To sh

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