Since Vini Jr is injured at LeganésMbappé moved to his preferred position on the left and the Frenchman will almost certainly take up the same position tonight. Here’s Sid Lowe to explain a little more.

“If ever a game needed the Clash of the Titans moniker, this would be it.” Emails krishnamoorthy. “Real hasn’t won recently, it’s difficult to even write that statement, it’s absurd. The losing streak had to end and what better platform to do that than the tournament they own. But last night we thought the same thing about City. Real is not a city and Liverpool is certainly not Feynoord. I expect a 2-2 draw.”

I also think a draw is a good sign, although Madrid’s form and losses mean Liverpool are favorites tonight.

It is also worth mentioning that after suffering consecutive heavy defeats against Barcelona and Milan, Madrid have recently improved significantly after Carlo Ancelotti made some changes. After the 3-1 home defeat against Milan, the Italian explained: “We evaluated the situation with the players. We think we have found the solution. But we have to put this into action. That’s what we want to achieve, to play differently.”

Since then, Madrid have won 4-0 and 3-0 in La Liga against Osasuna and Leganés. Liverpool are not those teams, but the results are certainly encouraging.

Herefrom the archives just before the 2022 Champions League final (won 1-0 by Madrid), is a more detailed story of how these two teams met.

The last time Madrid traveled to Anfield was in February last year when, despite losing 2-0, Madrid beat Liverpool 5-2 in the round of 16. The injured Vini Jr. and Karim Benzema, who of course have now left for Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, were the main stars that evening.

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