Liverpool Player Ratings Vs Atletico Madrid: Two Midfielders Stand Out As LFC Secure European Win

Andoni Iraola and Liverpool emerged victorious from a tough opener against Diego Simeone's Atletico Madrid. With goals from midfield duo Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister enough to cancel out Marcos Llorente's opener for the Spanish side and ensure the Reds got off to a winning start in the UCL.

Here are our LFC player ratings, with everyone's performance rated out of 10 following a fascinating Champions League fixture.

Made an important save in the first half, and couldn't have done much about Atletico Madrid's goal.

A roller coaster of a game for LFC's left back, let his man in Marcos Llorente get ahead of him for the Atletico goal, but won the ball back high up the pitch and helped towards the equaliser. 

Wasn't at fault for the goal conceded, an steady performance from the skipper.

Similar to Van Dijk, could do little about the opening goal of the game, but a solid overall performance.

Dealt with the threat posed by Giuliano Simeone and flicked a ball through to Szoboszlai for the Reds' leveller.

Despite the midfielder's upset at not being offered a new deal at the club, the Argentine had a fantastic game, played the role of a deeper-lying midfielder well, and capped his performance off with a wonderful goal to win the game.

As always work rate in abundance, and quality both defensively and offensively, and secured the goal to get Liverpool back into the game.

Looked lively throughout his 58 minutes on the pitch, could have had two goals, but showed real quality when he had the ball, hopefully more to come from the summer signing.

A very good game from Anfield's number seven, his pressing and winning the ball back were impressive, especially in the first half, could have had a goal and an assist if he and Barcola had finished their chances.

Struggled to get into the game, was marshalled well by Atletico Madrid and Marcos Llorente in particular.

Didn't get many opportunities to get shots off, and had a quiet game overall.

Looked okay without the defensive responsibilities on the right wing when he came on, had a goal correctly ruled out for offside late in the game.

Had nothing to do given how late he came on.

Came on for Mac Allister, who was on a yellow card, and was solid defensively, helped to see out the game in midfield.

Came on late, won some important free kicks to ensure Liverpool won the game.

Had a quiet cameo off the bench.

Another strong performance from Liverpool's number 10 as he continues his bright start to the season, timed his runs forward well, knew when to stay back, and scored a thunderous strike to win the Champions League opener for LFC. If he continues to play like this, he will start making the Anfield hierarchy question their decision to not offer him a new deal over the summer.