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Real Madrid have suffered their worst start to a Champions League campaign in club history as a result of their 2-0 defeat to Liverpool.
Los Blancos were second best at Anfield on Wednesday night in the fifth week of fixtures in the revamped European Cup league phase.
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Second half goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo proved to be the difference.
But things could have been different had Kylian Mbappe dispatched his 61st minute penalty to level up the scoring.
However Caoimhin Kelleher expertly parried away his effort from 12 yards to stop the ball from nestling into the bottom right corner.
Mohamed Salah then blasted a penalty wide shortly later, however Liverpool held on for the victory as Real's nightmare continues.
They have now lost three games from their five matches - the most they have managed in a single group phase in the competition.
Carlo Ancelotti's men have also lost away at Lille and at home to AC Milan so far.
Their latest loss leaves them in 24th spot of the 36-team table - the final play-off position.
In contrast, Liverpool have now won all five of their group matches to remain top of the table.
It is just the second time in their history that they have won their opening five fixtures of a major European campaign.
The last time came in the 2021/22 season, where they won their opening seven matches en route to losing to Madrid in the final.
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