'Scouser Virgin of Miracles' - Spanish media reacts to Liverpool beating Atletico Madrid
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Liverpool began its Champions League campaign with a victory over Atletico Madrid in dramatic circumstances at Anfield on Wednesday, as Virgil van Dijk scored a late header to secure a 3-2 victory.
When Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah scored early on in the game, it looked as though the Reds were heading for a routine victory, but a Marcos Llorente brace at Anfield meant the scores were level heading into second-half stoppage time.
Van Dijk's strike means Liverpool has scored winning goals beyond the 80-minute mark in each of the team's last five games in all competitions after victories against Bournemouth, Newcastle, Arsenal, and Burnley.
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Van Dijk and Ryan Gravenberch received high ratings for their performance on the night from Spanish outlet Marca, which gave the pair the highest ratings of Liverpool's players on the night, giving them three stars out of four — a mark which was also handed to Atletico's Llorente.
Another Spanish outlet, AS, made reference to Liverpool's summer spend and said that, although the Reds are relying on late goals to win at the moment, it won't be long before Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak start truly firing and securing some more routine victories.
"It's well known that no club has spent more money than Liverpool this summer," it said.
"Logically, they've outdone themselves at Anfield, breaking the Premier League transfer record twice?
Marcos Llorente scored twice at Anfield again
As for Mundo Deportivo, it focused on another memorable evening at Anfield for brace-getter Llorente, who also scored twice as Atletico knocked Liverpool out of the Champions League in 2020.
"If he scored two goals in 2020, he scored two more in 2025," it said
Once again, Llorente unleashed a madness on all Atletico fans at Anfield