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Liverpool 1-3 Real Madrid (26 May, 2018)
Liverpool's 4th-place finish in the 2016/2017 Premier League season saw them qualify for the Champions League and when they finished top of Group E, it meant that they made it to the knockout rounds of the Champions League for the first time since 2009.
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Not much was expected of them but they defied all expectations, dispatching Porto, Manchester City, and AS Roma to set up a meeting with Spanish giants Real Madrid in the showpiece event in Kiev.
Los Blancos were two-time defending champions and came into the match as overwhelming favorites and their stand was strengthened when Liverpool talisman Mo Salah was substituted midway through the first half with a dislocated shoulder.
Despite the setback, they, however gave a good account of themselves and were undone by two harrowing errors by goalkeeper Lorius Karius gifted Real Madrid score two goals, with Gareth Bale scoring another through a spectacular bicycle kick after Sadio Mane had earlier drawn Liverpool level.
Although they lost, It was a statement defeat for Liverpool as it marked their return to the big-time and this is a status that they have consolidated in the one year since.
