Real Madrid manager, Xabi Alonso has admitted that Liverpool’s sharpness from set-pieces proved decisive in their 1-0 Champions League defeat at Anfield on Tuesday night. Alexis Mac Allister’s perfectly timed header from a first-half free-kick sealed the win for Arne Slot’s men,

Liverpool won 1-0 against Real Madrid in the Champions League, with Xabi Alonso and Jude Bellingham in agreement after the final whistle regarding the loss and the boos directed at Trent Alexander-Arn

In his return to Anfield — the stadium where he played for five years as Liverpool’s midfield maestro — Xabi Alonso admitted, “It’s beautiful to come back to a

Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso was heavily linked with the Liverpool job after Jurgen Klopp's exit, but the Reds later appointed Arne Slot

Trent Alexander-Arnold was booed by the Liverpool fans on his return to Anfield with Real Madrid as the Reds won 1-0.

Xabi Alonso reacts to his Real Madrid side's 1-0 Champions League loss to his, and the returning Trent Alexander-Arnold's, former club Liverpool at Anfield

Real Madrid manager Xabi Alonso speaking to media on the eve of his side's Champions League meeting with Liverpool at Anfield: "It's a Clasico of European football, Real Madrid and Liverpool because of their history in the Champions League,

The spanish coach prefesrs to train in Madrid.Xabi Alonso - Getty Images Next week Real Madrid will face Liverpool at the Anfield, and the match will undoubtly be one of the hardest for Los Blancos