Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: result and report

Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021

Result

Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool

Champions League · Tuesday 6 April 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Real Madrid 3-1 Liverpool: match report

Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Champions League on Tuesday 6 April 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Vinicius Junior opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Real Madrid's goals came from Vinicius Junior (27'), Marco Asensio (36') and Vinicius Junior (65'). Liverpool scored through Mohamed Salah (51').

Discipline: Real Madrid received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Real Madrid were 10th on 16 points from 8 and Liverpool 4th on 19 points from 8. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

Real Madrid lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid (8.8), ahead of Toni Kroos (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Real Madrid win, 2 draws and 2 for Liverpool.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 1-0
  • 36'Goal · Marco AsensioReal Madrid · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Sadio ManéLiverpool
  • 49'Yellow card · Lucas VázquezReal Madrid
  • 51'Goal · Mohamed SalahLiverpool · 2-1
  • 56'Yellow card · Milovan MilovicLiverpool
  • 65'Goal · Vinicius JuniorReal Madrid · 3-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Real Madrid 1, draws 2, Liverpool 2.

Team news

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Real Madrid line-up (4-3-3)

Thibaut Courtois, Lucas Vázquez, Éder Militão, Nacho Fernández, Ferland Mendy, Luka Modrić, Casemiro, Toni Kroos, Marco Asensio, Karim Benzema, Vinicius Junior

Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Nat Phillips, Ozan Kabak, Andrew Robertson, Naby Keïta, Fabinho, Georginio Wijnaldum, Mohamed Salah, Diogo Jota, Sadio Mané