Liverpool host Real in the first leg of their much-anticipated last-16 tie in the Champions League on Tuesday night. But Benitez, who oversaw Liverpool’s famous 2005 Champions League winning campaign, believes that the key battle will take place on the flank between the Reds’ right-back and Real’s fleet-footed winger. Vinicius’ winning goal in the Champions League final last season came about after he got the better of Alexander-Arnold. "He was that night [Champions League final], with a really young age, didn't get fazed by the way the game went, how they were not always dominant and stuff like that. He was there in the decisive moment, I'm pretty sure that already makes him a Real Madrid legend at a very young age.
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