Liverpool have cruised into the last eight of the Champions League after an emphatic 4-0 victory over Real Madrid at Anfield, thanks to goals from Steven Gerrard (2), Fernando Torres and Andrea Dossena. What can I say? The Reds totally outplayed and outclassed Los Merengues tonight when they dominated from start to finish. Fernando Torres opened the scoreline on 16th minutes when he taps home a lovely pass by Dirk Kuyt. Steven Gerrard adds second from the spot when Gabriel Heinze allegedly handled the ball in the penalty area. After the break, Liverpool didn't let complacency set in and got their 3rd goal for the night when the skipper hammered home a brilliant pass from Ryan Babel on 47th minutes. Real Madrid showed no real sign of coming back into the game and substitute Andrea Dossena rounded up the game with his first ever goal in a Reds jersey near injury time. Iker Casillas was excellent today and if it wasn't for him, Madrid would have lost by even a bigger margin. His opposite number Pepe Reina was even better when he kept a clean sheet for both fixtures. Liverpool progressed to the quarterfinals 5-0 on aggregates.
I offer my deepest condolences to all Madrid supporters out there. Looks like good looks alone cannot help you win matches. The Madrid team sheet would probably look good on a runway in Milan but in football, they're totally hopeless especially when managed by rejects like Juande Ramos (what did they expect?. Time to support a real club (pun intended).
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