"Pulverized. There is no other word for it. Fittingly, for a team nicknamed The Meringues [Los Merengues], Real Madrid were splattered and dispersed over a wide area of Anfield in the manner of an airy fairy dessert. One that has been run over by a steamroller. Then another one. Then a herd of rampaging elephants. Driving more steamrollers." Daily Mail (UK) columnist Martin Samuel, writing about Liverpool's 4-0 rout of Real Madrid, the Spanish power's worst ever Champions League loss.