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Defending champions Real Madrid suffered their third defeat of the European Champions League campaign after losing 2-0 to runaway English Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday.
Argentina’s World Cup winner Alexis MacAllister gave Liverpool the lead on 52 minutes before Cody Gakpo headed home in the 76th minute for Liverpool’s first win over Real Madrid in their last nine meetings.
Mohammad Salah, for Liverpool, and Kylian Mbappe, for Real Madrid, both failed to convert penalties.
In other games, Aston Villa had a goal ruled out by VAR with the very last kick of the game and had to settle for a goalless draw with Juventus at Villa Park.
Benfica beat Monaco 3-2, Dynamo Zagreb crashed 3-0 at home to last season’s beaten finalist Borussia Dortmund and Celtic played out a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge.
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