Liverpool vs Real Madrid LIVE score: Champions League result as Real come from two goals down to win

3 mins: Nearly! Eduardo Camavinga loses possession deep in his own half and the ball rolls over to Jordan Henderson. He threads it into the penalty area for Cody Gakpo arriving from the left.

Mo Salah is wide open on the other side of the box but Gakpo slips as he tries to play the pass and knocks it to the nearest defender who boots it clear.

It’s the visitors who get the match started at Anfield. Real Madrid are attacking the Kop end in this half. Already the noise inside Anfield is booming.

After a few weeks of inconsistent results the home fans are up for this one tonight.

Here come the teams.

Tonight’s last-16 clash is a repeat of the 2022 Champions League final. Real Madrid were victorious on that occasion despite Liverpool dominating the majority of the match.

With the backing of Anfield behind them can the Reds get one over the Spanish champions tonight?

Warm-ups are done and dusted. Can Liverpool beat Real Madrid tonight and take an advantage into the second leg at the Bernabeu?

Liverpool’s Mo Salah has scored 43 goals in the Champions League.

If the Egyptian scores tonight, he will equal Chelsea and Ivory Coast legend Didier Drogba (44) as the top-scoring African player in the competition.

Jurgen Klopp has lost 5 of his 10 Champions League games against Real Madrid (W3 D2), more than against any other opponent.

The German has also lost to Carlo Ancelotti four times in their 7 meetings in the competition (W2 D1), also his highest record of defeats.

Jurgen Klopp’s men have won 15 of their last 19 fixtures in Europe, with one draw and three defeats. They are two goals away from reaching 150 in the Champions League during the tenure of Klopp.

This will be his 66th fixture.

This is the eighth successive campaign in which Liverpool have faced a side from Spain.

It is the Reds’ 52nd meeting with a Spanish opponent – their highest number against clubs from any single nation.

Liverpool are aiming to record a third successive home win over Spanish opposition for the first time in their history, following victories last season against Atletico Madrid and Villarreal.

Jurgen Klopp said there is no excuse for the racist abuse Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior has repeatedly faced in Spain and said it would be “insane” to try and justify it.

The Brazil winger has been accused of provocation by opposing fans and players with his trickery on the ball and dancing celebrations, but Klopp said that is no reason to treat him in such a way.

The Liverpool manager said: “That he is doing something on the pitch that could cause it? There is nothing in the world that could justify that. Imagine if I say yes, that would be completely insane.”

Liverpool are winless in their last six matches against Real Madrid, drawing one and losing five. Those five defeats include the 2018 and 2022 finals.

The Reds had actually won their previous three meetings between 1981 and 2009.