What. Is. Happening?
Liverpool came out flying in their Champions League last-16 affair against Real Madrid on Tuesday, building a 2-0 lead after just 14 minutes thanks to a sumptuous Darwin Nunez flick for the first goal and a terrible error from Thibaut Courtois on the second.
But Vinicius Junior erased the deficit.
First, the Brazilian fired a wicked strike into the bottom corner to halve the deficit. Then, incredibly, he was gifted a second tally by Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson, who did his opposite number Courtois one better by smacking the ball against Vinicius and watching helplessly as it looped back into his net.
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Vini Jr. with an incredible no-look finish. ? pic.twitter.com/DGFLbZ0uiu
— CBS Sports Golazo ?? (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 21, 2023
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Now Alisson makes a HUGE mistake and we are tied at 2-2 ? pic.twitter.com/U4ufQ0Kxt7
— DAZN Canada (@DAZN_CA) February 21, 2023
There’s just something about this fixture and goalkeeper howlers.
Real Madrid added three more unanswered goals after the interval to claim a resounding 5-2 win at Anfield.