Liverpool’s Champions League campaign has started with a bang.Andoni Iraola’s first match in this competition delivered the kind of drama that Liverpool-Atletico matches have consistently provided in recent seasons, with three fine goals, some fine saves and no shortage of needle.Iraola will be relieved that his team were able to shake off Marcos Llorente’s opening goal — remarkably, his fifth at Anfield — courtesy of Dominik Szoboszlai (after a lovely backheel by Ronald Araujo) and a thunderbolt from Alexis Mac Allister, whose future has been the subject of more debate this week.Our writers analyse the main talking points.Has Mac Allister made his point?Alexis Mac Allister didn’t play it safe when he faced the media ahead of the game.He revealed that he had been “very sad” to learn in the summer that Liverpool were not prepared to offer him a new contract despite new deals being handed out to fellow midfielders Ryan Gravenberch during last season and Dominik Szoboszlai over the summer. Despite interest from elsewhere, he remained at Anfield.If Liverpool were essentially asking Mac Allister to prove why he deserved a new contract, then scoring a thumping winner against Atletico Madrid to seal three points for Liverpool in Andoni Iraola’s first Champions League game as a head coach is a good start.UK viewers watch here: