Madrid Gilas Liverpool 3-0, Benzema Lesakkan Dua Gol
Benzema Made it 2-0 with a Looping Header on the Half-hour Mark
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
Liverppol (B2B) - Real Madrid tampil superior dengan mengalahkan Liverpool 3-0 dalam lanjutan Liga Champions di Anfield, Kamis, (23/10).
Gerrard mengetes Casillas lewat tendangan 25 yard, tetapi kiper Spanyol itu bisa menangkisnya.
Selama 15 menit babak pertama Liverpool bisa mengimbangi Real sejauh ini. Balotelli berhasil lolos dari Pepe ketika mendapat bola yang memantul, tetapi dianggap pelanggaran oleh wasit dan berhadiah tendangan bebas bagi tim tamu.
Namun, Cristiano Ronaldo membuka angka bagi Madrid menit 23.
Ronaldo bertukar umpan dengan Benzema sebelum menemukan Rodriguez yang mengirimkan umpan chip melewati pemain belakang Liverpool yang jatuh tepat ke kaki pemain Portugal itu. Ronaldo kemudian dengan mudah melawati Mignolet, seperti dilansir Yahoo Sports.
Tujuh menit kemudian Benzema menggandakan keunggulan Madrid. Itu terjadi ketika Mignolet meninju umpan Modric, tetapi kembali lagi ketika jatuh ke kaki Kroos. Kemudian pemain Jerman itu mengirimkan umpan dan ditanduk Benzema.
Cristiano Ronaldo mencetak gol dikunjungan terakhir mereka ke Inggris ketika dia mencetak dalam kemenangan 2-1 melawan mantan klubnya Manchester United dua musim lalu.
Sebelum jeda Karim Benzema mencetak gol keduanya berkat asis dari Pepe, menit 41.
Balotelli mendorong bola kepada Allen di kotak penalti, tetapi tendangannya melebar.
Babak kedua, Rodgers mengganti Mario Balotelli dengan Adam Lallana.
Ronaldo hampir mencetak gol keduanya ketika Isco melepaskan tendangan chip ke Benzema yang langsung menjentikan ke Ronaldo. Tetapi tendangannya mampu ditahan Mignolet.
Menit 75 Ronaldo keluar digantikan Sami Khedira.
Namun, hingga pluit babak kedua dibunyikan Madrid tetap unggul 3-0 atas Liverpool di Anfield.
Liverpool - Real Madrid earned their first-ever win over Liverpool with a wondrous Cristiano Ronaldo goal spearheading a 3-0 Champions League victory at Anfield on Wednesday which appeared as classy as it was dominant.
Ronaldo's glorious 23rd minute strike and a double from Karim Benzema sealed the champions' triumph before halftime, leaving Real's Portuguese icon insisting his side were in the mood to become the first team in the Champions League era to successfully defend the title.
The roar of one of Europe's most vociferous crowds, which contributed to a bright start for the hosts as they hoped to see Liverpool improve on their three-game, 100 percent record over Real in European competition, was muted once Ronaldo scored the most brilliant of openers.
There looked to be little cause for alarm as Ronaldo flitted around in midfield and passed to James Rodriguez, who was surrounded by red shirts. Yet a delightful, dinked pass somehow picked out Ronaldo again and his first-time finish, taken early almost on the half-volley, was exquisite.
It proved the signal for Real to take over and Liverpool's suspect defence to lose concentration under pressure.
Liverpool should have cleared their lines long before Benzema's precise, looping header from Toni Kroos's cross effectively put the game beyond their reach.
The third was a scrappy, messy affair, with Liverpool again guilty of missing a couple of opportunities to clear a corner before the ball fell obligingly for Benzema to nudge home his second.
After Philippe Coutinho almost pulled one back with a searing shot which hit the post, Liverpool were resigned to having to claw back a three-goal deficit in a Champions League match for the first time since they did just that against AC Milan in the 2005 Istanbul final.