What Jude Bellingham did in Anfield tunnel after Liverpool beat Real Madrid

Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham endured a frustrating evening against Liverpool on Wednesday. Bellingham witnessed his Real side lose 2-0 to Arne Slot's side courtesy of goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo.

It was a deserved win for the Reds, who missed five clear-cut chances on the night and could have scored more with Mohamed Salah firing a second-half penalty wide. Kylian Mbappe also missed a spot-kick himself, with Caoimhin Kelleher producing a fine save to deny him and preserve his clean sheet.

As for Bellingham, it wasn't the performance he was wanted from his Real team but the England international at least got what he wanted after the final whistle. Bellingham waited in the Anfield tunnel alongside two Real teammates and asked Ryan Gravenberch for Trent Alexander-Arnold's shirt.

Gravenberch duly obliged and went into the Liverpool dressing room before bringing out Alexander-Arnold's unworn jersey from the game and giving to Bellingham. It appears that Bellingham - or one of his Real teammates - wanted Alexander-Arnold's shirt despite the fact he didn't play a single minute.

Alexander-Arnold picked up a hamstring injury during Liverpool's win over Aston Villa before the international break and has since missed the last two matches, with Conor Bradley impressing in his absence.

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In a post-match interview with TNT Sports, Bellingham praised Liverpool's performance against Real and believes that the Reds wanted it more. "They were more up for it than us to be honest.

"It's a bad result against the best-performing team in Europe. It's no disgrace to come here and lose but we are disappointed in the way how we performed.

"From the first minute, they took control of the game. We never really maximised the spells we had in possession. When we got the ball back we tried to force a counter-attack a few too many times.

"We turned it over so much that they managed to keep control. Defensively they kept us in a place where we couldn't really harm them as much."