Liverpool fans applauded former Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo after he helped Real Madrid romp to victory in the Champions League.
As Liverpool gear up to host Real Madrid in the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday night, why not take a trip down memory lane to the last time Anfield witnessed this fixture with fans in attendance? It’s a memory many a Liverpool fan will have opted to forget in the nine years since.
After a three-year hiatus, the Reds returned to the Champions League in 2014 after finishing second in the Premier League under Brendan Rodgers.
It’s a competition in which the club have enjoyed success en masse throughout their history as six-time winners.
But Liverpool found out the hard way that Europe’s elite had left them behind upon their return in the 2014/15 season.
The Reds were pitted against reigning champions Real Madrid in Group B, hosting Los Blancos at Anfield on matchday three.
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They had already edged past Ludogorets 2-1 on Merseyside – their only victory as they exited in the group stage – before losing the first of three successive games 1-0 at Basel.
Their second defeat of the campaign came at the hands of Real and Cristiano Ronaldo, who made Anfield his playground in October 2014.
Cristiano Ronaldo stole the show as Real Madrid thumped Liverpool. (Image: YOUTUBE/GETTY)
Carlo Ancelotti’s were without the injured Gareth Bale, but the absence didn’t show as Ronaldo opened the scoring on 23 minutes.
The five-time Ballon d’Or winner started the move before James Rodriguez found him with a perfect chipped pass, and he fired an unstoppable half-volley past Simon Mignolet.
Karim Benzema doubled the lead seven minutes later, heading Toni Kroos’ looping cross past the Liverpool goalkeeper.
source:express.co.uk
