Liverpool vs Atlético Madrid, 2026-27 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
· UEFA Champions League
FT
2 - 1
2 - 1
Mac Allister stunner sees Liverpool edge Atlético Madrid
Liverpool rallied to beat Atlético Madrid 2-1 with goals by midfielders Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Attempt missed. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai following a fast break.
- 2': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 2': Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 3': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Marcos Llorente is caught offside.
- 4': Offside, Liverpool. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
- 5': Attempt saved. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Lee Kang-In.
- 6': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 6': Foul by Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid).
- 7': Attempt blocked. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 8': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 8': Foul by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
- 10': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Koke.
- 13': Attempt missed. Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Koke.
- 15': Attempt saved. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai.
- 17': Goal! Liverpool 0, Atletico Madrid 1. Marcos Llorente (Atletico Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Julián Alvarez with a through ball.
- 20': Handball by Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool).
- 22': Foul by Bradley Barcola (Liverpool).
- 22': Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 24': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marcos Llorente.
- 27': Attempt saved. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Álex Baena.
- 27': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Alisson Becker.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Giuliano Simeone (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Barrios.
- 28': Foul by Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool).
- 28': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 29': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Giuliano Simeone is caught offside.
- 30': Offside, Liverpool. Alexander Isak is caught offside.
- 34': Foul by Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool).
- 34': Lee Kang-In (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 36': Attempt blocked. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
- 38': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marcos Llorente.
- 39': Foul by Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool).
- 39': Koke (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Attempt saved. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Milos Kerkez.
- 40': Goal! Liverpool 1, Atletico Madrid 1. Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ronald Araujo.
- 42': Attempt missed. Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Pablo Barrios with a cross.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Álex Baena is caught offside.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 1, Atletico Madrid 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Liverpool 1, Atletico Madrid 1.
- 46': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Dávid Hancko.
- 47': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister following a corner.
- 48': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Milos Kerkez.
- 49': Attempt missed. Bradley Barcola (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Florian Wirtz following a fast break.
- 50': Attempt blocked. Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
- 50': Goal! Liverpool 2, Atletico Madrid 1. Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexander Isak.
- 51': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 51': Foul by Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid).
- 51': Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 54': Handball by Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid).
- 55': Delay in match because of an injury Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
- 56': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 57': Rio Ngumoha (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 57': Foul by Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid).
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Bradley Barcola (Liverpool).
- 59': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Alejandro Grimaldo replaces Lee Kang-In.
- 59': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Ademola Lookman replaces Koke.
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong replaces Rio Ngumoha.
- 60': Substitution, Liverpool. Víctor Muñoz replaces Bradley Barcola because of an injury.
- 61': Foul by Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool).
- 61': Alejandro Grimaldo (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool).
- 61': Pablo Barrios (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Virgil van Dijk.
- 63': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Pablo Barrios.
- 64': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
- 64': Foul by Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool).
- 64': Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 66': Foul by Marc Pubill (Atletico Madrid).
- 68': Foul by Florian Wirtz (Liverpool).
- 68': Álex Baena (Atletico Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt saved. Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Alisson Becker (Liverpool). Assisted by Giuliano Simeone.
- 69': Substitution, Liverpool. Ryan Gravenberch replaces Alexis Mac Allister.
- 72': Handball by Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool).
- 73': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Jonathan David replaces Álex Baena.
- 77': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Robin Le Normand replaces Cristian Romero.
- 77': Substitution, Atletico Madrid. Morten Hjulmand replaces Pablo Barrios.
- 77': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid).
- 78': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Marc Pubill.
- 79': Attempt blocked. Alexander Isak (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 79': Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Robin Le Normand.
- 80': Attempt missed. Ronald Araujo (Liverpool) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dominik Szoboszlai with a cross following a corner.
- 82': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Jérémy Jacquet.
- 82': Attempt missed. Dávid Hancko (Atletico Madrid) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 83': Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 83': Foul by Julián Alvarez (Atletico Madrid).
- 85': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Giuliano Simeone is caught offside.
- 86': Corner, Atletico Madrid. Conceded by Ronald Araujo.
- 87': Attempt missed. Morten Hjulmand (Atletico Madrid) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alejandro Grimaldo with a cross following a corner.
- 87': Offside, Atletico Madrid. Robin Le Normand is caught offside.
- 88': Substitution, Liverpool. Lewis Koumas replaces Alexander Isak.
- 88': Substitution, Liverpool. Kostas Tsimikas replaces Milos Kerkez because of an injury.
- 89': Attempt saved. Víctor Muñoz (Liverpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid). Assisted by Florian Wirtz.
- 89': Offside, Liverpool. Jeremie Frimpong is caught offside.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+4': Jeremie Frimpong (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Ademola Lookman (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+5': Lewis Koumas (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Robin Le Normand (Atletico Madrid).
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Liverpool 2, Atletico Madrid 1.
- 0': Match ends, Liverpool 2, Atletico Madrid 1.
Statistics
 ATM |
LIV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 11 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 5 | Offsides | 3 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 54.7 | Possession | 45.3 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 4 | ON GOAL | 5 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 438 | Accurate Passes | 355 |
| 515 | Passes | 421 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 15 | Crosses | 17 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 54 | Long Balls | 50 |
| 26 | Accurate Long Balls | 27 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 21 | Tackles | 14 |
| 0.4 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 14 |
| 21 | Clearances | 14 |
Game Information
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 59,870
Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 59,870
UEFA Champions League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paris Saint-Germain | 1 | +5 | 3 |
| 2 | Bayern Munich | 1 | +5 | 3 |
| 3 | Barcelona | 1 | +4 | 3 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 1 | +4 | 3 |
Line-Ups
Liverpool (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alisson Becker (GK) |
| 4 | Virgil van Dijk |
| 5 | Jérémy Jacquet |
| 6 | Milos Kerkez |
| 33 | Ronald Araújo |
| 7 | Florian Wirtz |
| 10 | Alexis Mac Allister  |
| 8 | Dominik Szoboszlai |
| 9 | Alexander Isak |
| 73 | Rio Ngumoha |
| 29 | Bradley Barcola |
Atlético Madrid (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Jan Oblak (GK) |
| 21 | Cristian Romero |
| 17 | Dávid Hancko |
| 18 | Marc Pubill |
| 10 | Álex Baena |
| 8 | Pablo Barrios |
| 6 | Koke |
| 20 | Giuliano Simeone |
| 14 | Marcos Llorente |
| 19 | Julián Álvarez |
| 7 | Lee Kang-In |
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