Carlo Ancelotti and Jude Bellingham make huge Liverpool claim after Real Madrid defeat

Carlo Ancelotti has described Liverpool arsenic Real Madrid’s ‘most hard rival’ successful the Champions League aft their 2-0 decision astatine Anfield connected Wednesday evening.

Arne Slot’s broadside delivered an awesome show against the Champions League holders to marque it 5 wins from 5 games successful Europe this season.

Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring successful the 2nd earlier Kylian Mbappemissed the accidental to equalise for Madrid arsenic helium saw his punishment saved by Caoimhin Kelleher.

Mohamed Salah past missed from the spot for Liverpool earlier Cody Gakpo recovered the nett with 14 minutes remaining to seal the triumph for the hosts.

‘It was a hard match, arsenic we knew, it was the astir hard stadium successful Europe,’ Ancelotti told Movistar.

‘We competed good until the penalty, but past we dropped a spot successful level, we could person made much of the counter-attacks.

‘I liked the team, we competed good against the astir hard rival successful Europe and they deserved to win.’

In his post-match property conference, Ancelotti added: ‘I deliberation to beryllium wholly honorable with you it’s a just result, Liverpool deserved to win.

‘They person a existent bully dynamic astatine the moment, they’re successful large form, they’re truly switched on, connected and playing with a precocious intensity.

‘We did good successful the archetypal half, we held them, we acceptable up rather well, defended good arsenic a unit, we tried to make our ain opportunities arsenic well, successful transitions we were good but past we mislaid the ball, we made the incorrect decisions erstwhile we were going guardant successful the last shot arsenic well.’

Meanwhile, Jude Bellingham described Liverpool arsenic ‘the best-performing squad successful Europe’ aft Madrid’s loss.

‘I deliberation to beryllium just from the archetypal infinitesimal they conscionable took control, we ne'er maximised the spells we had successful possession,’ Bellingham told TNT Sports.

‘We tried to unit the antagonistic excessively galore times, turned the shot implicit truthful overmuch that they conscionable kept control. I conscionable deliberation they were much up for it than us, which is truly disappointing to say.

‘It’s astir apt a atrocious effect against the best-performing squad successful Europe truthful it’s nary disgrace to travel present and lose, but we are disappointed successful however we performed.

‘We request to usage it successful the close way, we’ve got 3 games near and it’s important we triumph those.’

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