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A look at some of the best 'moments missed' from Liverpool's 1-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions LeagueLiverpool made it back-to-back home wins in the Champions League after a 1-0 victory over Real Madrid on Tuesday night. Alexis Mac Allister's second-half header was enough for Arne Slot's side, who also beat Real's city-rivals Atletico in September at home.The result moved the Reds up to sixth in the group stage of the competition ahead of Wednesday night's fixtures with Slot's Premier League champions next in action away at Manchester City on Sunday afternoon.But you knew all of that, of course.
What you might have missed, however, were a series of intriguing subplots on the night as Liverpool beat the 15-time champions of Europe for a second successive season in the Champions League. Here, as ever, are the best of the ECHO's 'moments missed'.READ MORE: National media reacts to Liverpool win as 'Galactico' shines against Real MadridREAD MORE: Van Dijk highlights Liverpool importance of two team-mates as Man City visit loomsRobertson leads the fumeA check with the pitchside monitor by referee Istvan Kovacs, in his efforts to determine whether or not it was a Liverpool penalty, led to several from the Real Madrid team following the official towards the screen.As the players lined up to get a look at the replay alongside the Romanian referee, Andy Robertson could be seen leading the Liverpool charge, arriving on the scene to express his unhappiness that Real were brazenly watching the incident back themselves.Robertson, flanked by Ibrahima Konate and Alexis Mac Allister, voiced his frustration to the linesman while Kovacs watched the replays involving Aurelien Tchouameni.
The Liverpool left-back was seen remonstrating with the fourth official in an effort to get the Madrid players moved away from the scene.It was the sort of combative edge that Liverpool have missed in recent weeks, even if the Scotland captain and his team-mates eventually disagreed with Kovacs's decision of a drop-ball for no handball by Tchouameni.Konate gets his message acrossA red-hot Anfield needed no excuse to turn the decibel levels up on the night but it was inside the first five minutes when Ibrahima Konate demanded they were cranked up to 11.After carrying the ball out before seeing a Jude Bellingham tackle earn a Liverpool throw, Konate could be seen geeing the crowd up in an effort to keep the intensity levels as high as possible. The gesture worked, with Anfield as its best for quite some time on the night.Konate clearly knew the importance of a superb atmosphere on the night towards getting a big result and he was determined to see the fans put in just as good a performance as the players with his early message.Later in the game, Konate could be seen making a beeline for Dominik Szoboszlai to give him huge praise after the midfielder had helped earn a goal kick with the score at 1-0 and Liverpool defending their lead with everything they have.On a night when Konate was up against the side who covet him as a free agent next summer, it was a performance that proved he is still all-in at Anfield.Steve Gerrard, Gerrard...There were huge chants for the legendary Steven Gerrard in the 83rd minute of this one, with the inference clear about Real Madrid's Trent Alexander-Arnold.Gerrard was at Anfield on Saturday for the visit of Aston Villa and didn't get a reception like he did on Tuesday when he was not in attendance.The famous chant in honour of the 2005 Champions League-winning captain was sung loud and proud by the Reds fans and while it would usually be belted out to salute the achievements of one of the club's greatest-ever players, this time it felt more as a dig at Alexander-Arnold, who, unlike Gerrard, was a local-born player who was unable to resist the lure of Real Madrid.Can you hear that, Jeremie?The smile on Hugo Ekitike's face was as wide as the River Mersey as he made his way off the Anfield pitch at full time.And as the fans were singing his terrace anthem - set to Black Lace's novelty hit Do the Conga - the French striker made sure his team-mate Jeremie Frimpong heard what was being sung.Ekitike and Frimpong embraced on the touchline at full time before the forward gestured to the injured Netherlands international about the anthem that was echoing around the ground.Former Eintracht Frankfurt striker Ekitike was clearly overjoyed with the reception his performance had merited in the eyes of the fans, gleefully telling Frimpong about it as they made their way to the tunnel.
