Published: 02:00, 5 November 2025 | Updated: 02:00, 5 November 2025

Liverpool put in their performance of the season to extinguish any lingering thoughts of a blip or crisis by beating Real Madrid on Tuesday night.

Alexis Mac Allister headed home on 61 minutes as the Reds toppled the 15-time champions of Europe in style.

Merseyside man LEWIS STEELE kept a keen eye on the Premier League champions and here are his key talking points…

'The biggest problem Conor Bradley has is that he is not Trent Alexander-Arnold,' was a line from Daily Mail Sport's match preview on Monday afternoon.

Yes, the right back may not have the unique and unorthodox creative style of his predecessor.

Conor Bradley (left) impressed at right back for Liverpool - dealing with the threat of Vinicius Jr

But in hindsight, that sentence was doing the Northern Irishman a mass disservice. Bradley may lack some of Alexander-Arnold's attributes but he does put in steely defensive shifts and can contribute in an attacking sense.

This was his best game since, er, the last time Liverpool played Real...