Liverpool 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 9 September 2026

Result

Liverpool 2-1 Atlético de Madrid

Champions League · Wednesday 9 September 2026, 19:00 UTC · Anfield, Liverpool · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 2-1 Atlético de Madrid: match report

Liverpool won against Atlético de Madrid 2-1 in the Champions League on Wednesday 9 September 2026 at Anfield. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Marcos Llorente opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Dominik Szoboszlai (40') and Alexis Mac Allister (50'). Atlético de Madrid scored through Marcos Llorente (17').

Discipline: Liverpool received 1 yellow card; Atlético de Madrid received 1 yellow card.

In the current table Liverpool are 4th on 9 points and Atlético de Madrid are 22nd on 4 points.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Atlético de Madrid in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool (8.4), ahead of Julián Alvarez (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 0 for Atlético de Madrid.

Going into the match Liverpool's last five read W-D-D and Atlético de Madrid's L-W-D-W.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Marcos LlorenteAtlético de Madrid · 0-1
  • 28'Yellow card · Alexis Mac AllisterLiverpool
  • 40'Goal · Dominik SzoboszlaiLiverpool · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Alexis Mac AllisterLiverpool · 2-1
  • 51'Yellow card · Marc PubillAtlético de Madrid

Form and table

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4Liverpool3300127+59WWW
22Atlético de Madrid411245-14LWDL

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Head-to-head

7 meetings: Liverpool 3, draws 4, Atlético de Madrid 0.

Team news

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Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Alisson, Ronald Araujo, Jérémy Jacquet, Virgil van Dijk, Milos Kerkez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister, Bradley Barcola, Florian Wirtz, Rio Ngumoha, Alexander Isak

Atlético de Madrid line-up (3-5-2)

Jan Oblak, Marc Pubill, Cristian Romero, Dávid Hancko, Marcos Llorente, Pablo Barrios, Koke, Álex Baena, Giuliano Simeone, Kang-in Lee, Julián Alvarez

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