Ronaldo's opener leads Real Madrid to 3-0 win against Liverpool in CL clash

Real Madrid has maintained its winning spree with a three-nil victory over Liverpool in Champions League.

Christiano Ronaldo led the team with a superb opener after 23 minutes and Karim Benzema added two before the interval to leave the hosts facing a desperate exercise in damage limitation.

It was the first time Liverpool had been three down at half-time at Anfield in their long and glorious European history - a fact no doubt noted by Real coach Carlo Ancelotti, who was in charge of AC Milan in Istanbul in 2005 when the Reds claimed the Champions League after facing a similar heavy deficit at the interval, The BBC reported.

 

However, Liverpool enjoyed a comfortable second half as manager Brendan Rodgers's brave pre-match words about not being underdogs were put into context.