LFC v Real Madrid: Past encounters

Liverpool 1-0 Real Madrid, European Cup final, Parc des Princes - May 27, 1981

Liverpool's first encounter with Real came on the biggest stage of all - the European Cup final. The match was a meeting between old European royalty and the now dominant English upstarts, with Real having won the first five finals but having only won it once since, and then way back in 1966.

A tight encounter was decided with just nine minutes left, when Alan Kennedy thundered in a left-footed shot to send the travelling Kop wild with delight. Liverpool had won their third European Cup and had arguably supplanted Real as the kings of European football.

Real Madrid 0-1 Liverpool, Champions League round of 16, first leg, Santiago Bernabeu - February 25, 2009

After the 1981 final it would be another 28 years before Real and Liverpool met again in a competitive encounter, and much had changed since.

Real had won three European Cups and spent big on 'galacticos', while Liverpool had won 'Old Big Ears' again in 1984. After winning it for a fifth time under Rafael Benitez in 2005, ahead of the 2009 encounter on paper the teams were roughly equals - Real had won La Liga the previous season, while the Reds finished third in the Barclays Premier League.

On the pitch, Benitez's tactical discipline stifled a Real side who were incapable of turning their domination of possession into a decisive advantage. Despite the absence of Steven Gerrard for much of the match, Liverpool held their nerve and when Yossi Benayoun broke the deadlock in the 82nd minute with a magnificent header, incidentally exactly the same point in the match Kennedy had scored 28 years earlier, Benitez could take satisfaction in a job well done.

Liverpool 4-0 Real Madrid, Champions League round of 16, second leg, Anfield - March 10, 2009

If the first leg had been a classic Champions League smash-and-grab away performance, the second leg saw Real Madrid put to the sword by a rampant Liverpool side.

The Reds dominated a nervous Real from the first minute, and when Fernando Torres scored after a quarter of an hour, the goal had long been coming. Before the half-hour the tie was over as a contest, as Gerrard tucked away a penalty to make it 2-0. Juande Ramos' Real side's morale was at a low ebb, and they had no answer to a Liverpool team who wanted to make it one of the most famous Anfield nights.

Moments after half-time Gerrard again made it 3-0, and the only surprises about Andrea Dossena's 88th-minute strike were the scorer and that it hadn't come sooner.

Liverpool's majestic victory over Real may have had lasting repercussions, though. Determined to never be humiliated like this again, the following summer Real spent an eye-watering £225m on the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, and from Anfield, Xabi Alonso and Alvaro Arbeloa. Along with rivals Barcelona, they arguably changed the face of the European game.

Liverpool 0-3 Real Madrid, Champions League group stage, Anfield - October 22, 2014

When Real met Liverpool in last season's Champions League it was in very different circumstances to 2009. The Reds were playing in the competition for the first time since 2009-10 and Real had spent the previous five years building a new 'galacticos' project - possessing players like Gareth Bale, Ronaldo and James Rodriguez.

Real clearly had revenge for their 2009 humiliation in mind when they came to Anfield. It was a difficult night for Brendan Rodgers' charges against a Madrid team inspired by Karim Benzema. The Frenchman's brace came after a Cristiano Ronaldo opener and made it 3-0 at half-time.

Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool, Champions League group stage, Santiago Bernabeu - November 4, 2014

Brendan Rodgers took a risk when Liverpool went to the Bernabeu for the return fixture by blooding some of his younger players in one of the harshest environments in European football.

His gamble appeared to pay off as they gave a better account of themselves than the team had at Anfield in the 3-0 defeat. Benzema fired the only goal of the game to seal a victory but a lot of the Reds youngsters emerged from the game with real credit, with Adam Lallana in particular shining and coming close to an equaliser.

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