Liverpool’s player ratings vs Atletico Madrid as Andoni Iraola secures debut Champions League win

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Liverpool kicked off their Champions League season with a win on Wednesday night as they came from behind to beat Atletico Madrid.The Reds made tough work of Atletico at this same stage of the competition last year, and although it wasn’t always easy at Anfield, Andoni Iraola‘s team were good value for their win.Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister got the goals, with Ronald Araujo also turning in another excellent performance at right-back. The Reds played some brilliant football and are up and running in Europe Photo Credit: Getty Images/Jan Kruger- UEFA DefenceAlisson Becker: 7 – Made a great save from Julian Alvarez’s long-range effort which proved to be important.Ronald Araujo: 8 – Deserved to keep his place in the team and looked good at right-back again.

One piece of play to read a cut-back in the box during a dangerous Atletico move in the second-half was a real highlight and showed his awareness. Didn’t do much else wrong, but not his best outing.Milos Kerkez: 3 – Kerkez has been really poor recently and he was culpable of not tracking Marcos Llorente for the Spaniard’s goal.

There were some better moments, including a good piece of play to win the ball back in the build-up to Szoboszlai’s goal, but this was another very below-par performance.MidfieldDominik Szoboszlai: 6 – Was often seen breaking through the Atletico midfield with the ball to set the Reds on attack, but didn’t always choose the right option. Grew into the game to the extent he was somewhat running it, and should have had an assist after a slick link-up with Barcola saw Wirtz play the Frenchman in for a finish he really should have made.