Thibaut Courtois may have made a costly mistake during the first minutes of the match against Liverpool, but Alisson Becker "joined the party" to give Real Madrid quite a life line in the first half, which was taken without hesitation by Vinicius.
The Brazilian attacker led Los Blancos in one of his best UCL games just yet, and he did so by scoring two goals that had a little bit of luck in both. The first one of them came minutes after Mo Salah's second for Liverpool, where he was able to find a crack in Liverpool's defense to score a beautiful goal when there seemed to be no space to put the ball in (Image might be geo-restricted).
VINI JR. CREATES SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING. pic.twitter.com/37B1e2Xiw4
— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 21, 2023
Then, a huge mistake by Becker, who seemed to take a play from Loris Karius' playbook, granted Real Madrid their second of the evening with Vini Jr. not even looking at the goal when the ball hit his foot (Image might be geo-restricted).
Vini Jr. with an incredible no-look finish. pic.twitter.com/DGFLbZ0uiu
— CBS Sports Golazo (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 21, 2023
These goals were enough to give Vinicius the chance to re-write Champions League history in an iconic venue such as Anfield, writing his name alongside one of football's biggest legends.
22 - Aged 22 years and 224 days, Vinícius Júnior is the youngest visiting player to score twice against Liverpool at Anfield in major European competition since Johan Cruyff in December 1966 for Ajax in the European Cup (19y 233d). Historic. pic.twitter.com/II8AHGoRCO
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 21, 2023
And to make it even worse, the footballer is too hot to handle for the Reds whenever they have met in European competitions.
Vinícius Júnior is the first player in European Cup & Champions League history to score 5 goals against Liverpool.
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) February 21, 2023
He's only 22 years old pic.twitter.com/iCzxbcyf9g