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We didn’t create chances- Xabi Alonso on Real Madrid loss to Liverpool

Yaw Adjei-Mintah by Yaw Adjei-Mintah
November 5, 2025
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Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, consoles Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid after the team's defeat in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Xabi Alonso, Head Coach of Real Madrid, consoles Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid after the team's defeat in the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso believes that his team didn’t create chances and that played a role in the club’s loss to Liverpool.

Liverpool beat Real Madrid 1-0 at Anfield with midfielder Alexis Mac Allister scoring the winner from a free kick that prompted Liverpool head coach Arne Slot to acknowledge the importance of set-pieces. (Click highlighted text to read full story)

On the part of Xabi Alonso, who won the 2005 UEFA Champions League with Liverpool as a player, his team struggled to create chances hence the loss.

“It was [a] really tight, tight game. The momentum, they got the lead and after we tried it was always going to be an intense game.”

Jude Bellingham of Real Madrid reacts after Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool (not pictured) scored his team’s first goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. (Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images)

“Unluckily we couldn’t get anything. We have tried, for sure, we have reached the last line, but we didn’t create that many chances as expected” he said via Amazon Prime.

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool breaks away from Vinicius Junior of Real Madrid during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD4 match between Liverpool FC and Real Madrid C.F. (Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Real return to Spain to take on Rayo Vallecano away from home on Sunday, October 9 in the Spanish La Liga.

 

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