What Xabi Alonso said about Liverpool immediately after Real Madrid victory as warning issued

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCLiverpool will face Real Madrid in the Champions League at Anfield on Tuesday night - and Xabi Alonso has made his feelings on the game knownXabi Alonso wasted little time in turning his attention to Liverpool following Real Madrid’s victory over Valencia. In the second half, we were able to manage the game well because we knew we had a match on Tuesday," Alonso said."We had to be smart because some players had played a lot of minutes, and a lot of things went well.

We don't want to relax, and we want to approach every game with the necessary mental preparation."Today we did that. Starting tomorrow, it's Liverpool and Liverpool.”Reflecting on his side returning to winning ways, Reds boss Slot said: "Happy with the result, with the performance and what I saw today, not only from the players but also the support we got from the fans, was what we needed today."Maybe we were a bit more on the lucky side than we've been in the last few weeks, where in my opinion we were also unlucky.

I think in other games we've created more from open play than we did today. Sign up to one of the Liverpool Echo's free daily and weekly newsletters on Liverpool FC by clicking here.Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.