If all eyes were on the Parc des Princes for the PSG-Bayern summit clash between the 2 best students of this League phase, another poster worthy of an early final enlivened this great European evening.
On the other side of the Channel, Liverpool hosted Real Madrid for a remake of the finals of the 2018 and 2022 editions. Between these big names who were riding opposing dynamics, the balance of power shifted in favor of the Reds, quite surprisingly in the game.
Kylian Mbappé at Anfield.
Because if Arne Slot’s team had to wait until the middle of the second period to find the opening on a helmet hit from Mac Allister (81st), they dominated head and shoulders, forcing Courtois to multiply his prowess in his goal. Always threatening, Kylian MbappĂ© was well muzzled. It’s a success that sounds like a benchmark match for a Liverpool team in doubt this season, and a real setback for Madrid.
Monaco is finally relaunching
In the other evening matches, AS Monaco collected a very valuable victory in polar lands, in the rural setting of Bodö/Glimt (1-0). Balogun delivered the Principality club just before half-time (0-1, 43rd). A first victory which revives the Principality club by allowing it to overtake its evening host in the standings.
Tottenham had no difficulty in taming Copenhagen (4-0), while Juventus was held by Sporting (1-1). Atlético de Madrid, winner of Union Saint-Gilloise (3-1) with a new goal from the inevitable Julian Alvarez, and Arsenal, who had delighted in Prague at the start of the evening (3-0), also performed well.
