Liverpool secured a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid in an electrifying five-goal thriller at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano Stadium on Tuesday night.
Jurgen Klopp’s men secured a revenge of their round of 16 tie elimination (3-2 on aggregate) in last season’s UCL at Anfield.
Mohamed Salah began the cracker with an early lead for Liverpool after just eight minutes before Naby Keïta put The Reds in the driving seat,
Antoine Griezmann repaid Diego Simeone’s faith by netting a brace in the space of 14 minutes (20′, 34′) before the end of the first half to level up matters.
The Spaniards largely dominated the second half and should have gone ahead on different occasion but failed to beat Alisson who was sturdy for Liverpool.
Atletico were reduce to 10 men in the 52nd minute when Griezmann caught Roberto Firmino with his boots raised high in an unnatural position.
Although the tackle did not appear intentional, Griezmann was shown a straight red card as his boots carelessly caught the Brazilian around the head.
Things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Mario Hermoso who was on the verge of being substituted needlessly brought down Diogo Jota in the box, causing a penalty.
Salah who began the show closed with by sending Jan Oblak the wrong way in the 78th minute to send Liverpool five points clear atop Group B.
