Liverpool 2-3 Atletico Madrid player ratings: The Ox superb, Adrian gets a 1

Defense

Andrew Robertson should have buried that header from in the box. It rattled the woodwork but went bar-out rather than bar-down. A fraction of an inch lower and it’s in.

Add four shots, three key passes, an 84.3 percent passer rating, five tackles, three interceptions, and two interceptions to his performance. Robertson was a busy boy down the left-flank for Liverpool.

The big man was exactly as you’d expect him to be. Stoic on the back end and generally trying to keep things tight and leak proof. In extra-time, he was used as a target man as Liverpool flung long-ball after long-ball up the pitch.

It wasn’t a great performance from Joe Gomez. His indecisiveness lead to Alvaro Morata‘s goal in the 121st minute. The tie had already been decided by that point but letting up the goal stung all the same.

His turn and pray reaction to Morata’s shot was a perfect encapsulation of Gomez’s night.

He was fantastic. Superb. Everything Liverpool was creating offensively went through Trent Alexander-Arnold. His 165 touches lead the team as did his 85.8 percent passer rating. Alexander-Arnold also lead the team with seven key passes. Again, everything went through the right-back for Liverpool.

And it was a good plan. Time after time he found himself in space and delivered crosses (25) or long-balls (18) for the forwards to get on.

His efforts were not justly rewarded against Atletico. He (and the team) deserved better than what they got.

(I’m not going to knock him for that silly yellow card at the end. I don’t blame him for getting stuck in with Morata rather than dropping to the ground like a bag of hammers hopping for a red.)