Alexis Mac Allister sends surprising message to Liverpool teammates after win over Real Madrid

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Alexis Mac Allister scored Liverpool's winning goal against Real Madrid for a second year in a row — then said that the victory "doesn't mean anything." The Argentina international has faced criticism for his form in recent months, but he has shown his quality over the last couple of games to help the Reds return to winning ways. After the game, Mac Allister was keen to keep the win in perspective after pointing out that Liverpool beat Madrid on the way to topping the league phase last season, only to exit the competition at the last-16 stage.

"I think it was a good game against a really good team," Mac Allister said. He had a few saves, so again I think he is a really good keeper, but today I think we were better and deserved to win." Going into the weekend's game against Villa, Liverpool had not kept a clean sheet since mid-September, but the Reds have now managed two on the bounce in all competitions.

Liverpool has won back-to-back games after losing six of its previous seven fixtures (Image: 2025 Marc Atkins) "If you want to win this game you have to make sure that these two (Mbappe and Vinicius) are not on the scoresheet," Slot said. "I said to the players that the only thing I did not want was a mid block, because those two up front [Vinicius and Mbappe] have deep runs, unbelievable timing and incredible pace, so we either press them really high or sit in a low block.