Thibaut Courtois admitted his outstanding first-half save from Dominik Szoboszlai "wasn't exactly a save from the goalkeeper's manual" as Real Madrid fell to a 1-0 defeat to Liverpool on Tuesday.

Courtois made a total of eight saves at Anfield, with the highlight coming in the 27th minute, when the keeper denied Szoboszlai in a one-on-one at point-blank range.

The result is Madrid's first Champions League defeat this season after beginning the European campaign with three wins -- and ties away at Olympiacos , and at home to Manchester City , coming up next.

"You have to occupy space," Courtois told Movistar, when asked about the Szoboszlai save. "Szoboszlai was on his own, and if I stayed on the goal line it would have been almost like a penalty, it would be impossible to

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