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Champions League review: Liverpool crowned kings of Europe

Here’s what happened in Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final, in case you missed it…

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• Tottenham 0, Liverpool 2: Game report || Game stats

MATCH RECAP IN A SENTENCE

Tottenham never recovered after Mohamed Salah converted an early penalty, as Divock Origi scored late in regulation time to lift Liverpool to a 2-0 victory in Madrid, giving the Reds their sixth European crown.

WHAT STOOD OUT

Salah’s penalty
Twenty-three seconds. That’s how quickly it fell apart for Tottenham on the night. After a quick start by Liverpool, Sadio Mane received the ball down the left flank and his shot was adjudged to have been handled by Tottenham’s Moussa Sissoko.

Only 23 seconds had elapsed, but Slovenian referee Damir Skomina did not hesitate in pointing to the spot. Spurs’ hopes for a reprieve were denied after the Video Assistant Referee reviewed the play, and Mohamed Salah made no mistake, converting from the penalty spot by firing a blistering attempt past goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

In doing so, Salah became only the fifth African player to score in a Champions League/European Cup final. Salah’s opener at 1:48 of the match was the second-fastest goal in a Champions League final, behind only AC Milan’s Paolo Maldni who scored at the 50-second mark against Liverpool in 2005. It was sweet redemption for Salah, after he was forced to be subbed out of last year’s final with a shoulder injury, a game the Reds eventually lost to Real Madrid.

The Kane gamble
Tottenham striker Harry Kane was deemed fit to play in Saturday’s final after sitting out close to two months with an ankle injury. His last appearance came in Spurs’ 1-0 win over Manchester City in the first leg of the quarterfinals on April 9, so manager Mauricio Pochettino took a big gamble by including the Englishman in his starting 11.

As it turned out, the gamble didn’t pay off. Kane was poor on the night, comfortably kept in check by Liverpool’s superb centre back duo of Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip. The Liverpool pair kept Kane in their back pocket all night, routinely outjumping and outmuscling him for high balls, and not giving him any time or space to operate.

Kane was barely involved in the first half, which led to some second-guessing of Pochettino as to why he didn’t start Lucas Moura, Spurs’ hat trick hero from the second leg of the semifinals vs. Ajax. Kane was clearly not up to the task on the night after such a lengthy absence, but Pochettino unwisely kept the faith with him for 90 minutes.

Klopp comes good
After coming out on the losing end in two previous Champions League finals, Jurgen Klopp finally tasted victory on Saturday, as he joined Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Rafa Benitez as the only other Liverpool managers to win the Champions League/European Cup.

Had Tottenham prevailed, Klopp would have become only the second manager to lose three successive finals – Marcello Lippi (1997, 1998 and 2003) of Juventus is the other. The German had yet to lift a trophy since joining Liverpool in 2015, and right or wrong, questions were being asked about whether he could finally get his team over the hump.

Klopp managed this game beautifully, setting up Liverpool in a way to allow Tottenham to control possession but not the game. The Reds defended brilliantly and never let the match get away from them. When Tottenham looked to be surging, Klopp replaced the ineffective Roberto Firmino with Divock Origi early in the second half. That gave Liverpool more pace up front, and the Belgian repaid his manager’s faith by scoring in the 87th minute to seal the deal for the Reds.

BEST GOAL

With Liverpool sitting on a 1-0 lead in the 87th minute, Tottenham couldn’t clear its lines off a corner kick. The ball eventually fell to second-half substitute Divock Origi, who beat Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris with a brilliant shot from a tight angle that nestled inside the far corner.

BEST SAVE

With Spurs looking for an equalizer in the 79th minute, Son Heung-min unleashed a low, rocket of a shot from 25 yards out that seemed destined for the far corner. But Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson read it all the way and did well to get down and deflect the ball out of danger.

BEST MOMENT

Jose Antonio Reyes was honoured before kickoff at the Wanda Metropolitano. The ex-Atletico Madrid and Sevilla star died in a traffic accident on Saturday. He was 35.

BEST TWEET

THE GAME WITHIN THE GAME

Tottenham’s lack of finishing – and urgency for much of the game – ultimately led to their downfall.

BURNING QUESTION OF THE DAY

SHOULD HARRY KANE HAVE STARTED FOR SPURS?

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SIX PACK OF STATS

• Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold (20 years and 237 days) is the first player under the age of 21 to start in consecutive Champions League finals.

• Tottenham failed to lead at half-time in any of their 13 Champions League games this season.

• Saturday marked the first time that Liverpool used this starting 11 in 53 games across all competitions this season.

• Liverpool is the first side to win the Champions League final despite having less possession (35.4%) than the opposition since Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan beat Bayern Munich in 2010.

• Egypt’s Mohamed Salah is the fifth African player to score in a Champions League/European Cup final, after Rabah Madjer (Algeria), Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) and Sadio Mane (Senegal).

• Divock Origi is only the second Belgium to score in a Champions League/European Cup final, after Yannick Carrasco for Atletico Madrid vs, Real Madrid in 2016.

Stats courtesy of Opta

THREE STARS

1) Virgil van Dijk and Joel Matip, Liverpool: The centre-back pairing did a number on Harry Kane, and anchored a back line that frustrated Tottenham all night.

2) Andrew Robertson, Liverpool: The fullback gave the Reds’ attack width with his probing runs down the left wing, and delivered several dangerous crosses.

3) Alisson, Liverpool: The Reds’ goalkeeper made a trio of great saves in the final 15 minutes to deny Spurs an equalizer and a way back into the game.

Salah scores early as Liverpool beats Tottenham for Champions League title

MADRID — No tears of pain this time, just redemption for Mohamed Salah.

Only 108 seconds were needed to banish the Champions League final heartbreak of a year ago.

Once Salah dispatched his early penalty against Tottenham, Liverpool was on the path to a sixth European title with a 2-0 victory on Saturday.

And a year after defeat in the final to Real Madrid, Juergen Klopp has his first title after four years as Liverpool manager.

A shoulder injury forced Salah out of the Kyiv showpiece last year.

This time it was Tottenham midfielder Moussa Sissoko’s arm that gifted Liverpool the early penalty opening — blocking Sadio Mane’s shot after 21 seconds — and Salah converted from the spot after a video review check.

"I have sacrificed a lot for my career," Salah said. "To come from a village, to go to Cairo, and to be an Egyptian at this level is unbelievable for me."

On a hot and humid night in Madrid, Tottenham came to life only in the final 20 minutes of its first European Cup final.

But Liverpool completed the job in the 87th minute thanks to one of its semifinal saviours.

Divock Origi had to accept a place back on the bench despite producing two goals while deputizing for the injured Salah last month. But the substitute had the final big say in the Spanish capital, rifling a left-footed shot inside the far post.

"Every single player fought hard today," Origi said. "So it’s just special."

After two losing finals since triumphing in 2005, Liverpool finally rose to third in the all-time list of European champions behind 13-time winner Real Madrid and AC Milan on seven titles.

Few fans — even from Liverpool — will want to watch just how it was achieved.

Both sides had gone three weeks without playing. It showed.

The sharpness was deficient, as was the ability to string passes together.

"When we look back on tonight we aren’t going to think it was a sluggish game," Liverpool-born defender Trent Alexander-Arnold said. "We are going to think we have just won the European Cup."

Tottenham will have only regrets as its luck run out after a season of comebacks and great escapes in the competition with a squad that had no additions.

Lucas Moura’s goal in Barcelona in December carried Tottenham into the round of 16. The Brazilian’s hat trick last month then completed a turnaround against Ajaxe. The reward in Madrid was a watching brief from the bench for two thirds of the game.

Instead, Harry Kane was thrust into the starting lineup despite 53 days without a game since limping off with an ankle injury in the quarterfinal first leg against Manchester City.

The striker was largely anonymous as Tottenham, which finished 26 points behind Premier League runner-up Liverpool in fourth place, couldn’t even get a shot on target until the 73rd minute.

Alisson Becker scooped up a spinning shot from Dele Alli and made a double-save from Son Heung-min and Moura with 10 minutes to go.

It was goalkeeping that made the difference, showing $85 million was well spent by American owner John Henry after Loris Karius was banished for making costly mistakes in last year’s final.

"You have a goalkeeper who makes difficult things look easy," Klopp said. "Thank you very much."
No wonder Klopp was relieved after six losing finals, stretching back to his spell at Borussia Dortmund.

"Did you ever see a team like this? Fighting with no fuel in the tank," the German said.

Victory against Tottenham came six years after Dortmund was beaten by Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

Klopp is now European champion for the first time.

"I am so happy for my family," he said. "They suffer every year when we go to a final, the last game of the season."

The penultimate game saw Klopp miss out on ending Liverpool’s 29-year English title drought by a point to Manchester City in the Premier League title race.

"We are doing good stuff," Klopp said on the field amid the celebrations in Madrid. "People are always saying, ‘Why didn’t you win anything?"’

They can’t anymore at Liverpool.

Apoteosis del rock & Klopp

El Liverpool de los mitos y los símbolos tiene su sexta gran corona. El equipo de Anfield, de The Kop, del sonido Beatle, del You'll never walk alone, de las pecas de Dalglish y el bigotillo de Rush, de Klopp y los rizos de Salah, tocó el cielo en el Wanda Metropolitano. El slogan manoseado decía que el fútbol le debía una Champions a Klopp. Ya la tiene.

La fiesta del fútbol inglés fue la fiesta de la intensidad. Poco fútbol y sobredosis de ambiente. A los rojos les sirvió el gol de penalti de Salah tras la primera jugada y el latigazo final de Origi, prólogo y epílogo de una manera de entender el fútbol. Un egipcio y un belga en la corte de Lennon, El Tottenham reaccionó tarde.

Video thumbnail — Final Champions 2019: gol de Salah (p.) (0-1) en el Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool

El Liverpool respeta el protocolo, escucha el himno, saluda al contrario y después quema el piano cuando se pita el inicio de partido, un código de identificación en un equipo que no sabe jugar despacio. A los 25 segundos ya estaba en la esquina de la cocina del Tottenham. El balón le llegó a Mané y su envío, después de recorrer la anatomía de Sissoko, le dio en el brazo de forma involuntaria. Un penalti de debate que transformó Salah.

La final de sus vidas

Un gol en la primera jugada debió ser una concesión de los dioses para el Liverpool. Para ellos era una final más, el territorio que pisaron las camisetas de Dalglish, Rush, Gerrard y otros santos de la ciudad. Para el Tottenham, el equipo de Ardiles, Jimmy Greaves y Hoddle, era la final de su vida, la mejor oportunidad de la historia de ganarse un sitio en el callejero. A los 25 segundos el equipo estaba inconsciente.

La final coronó el estilo de Klopp, el fútbol heavy que electrifica Anfield. Hace un año y medio perdió a Coutinho, al que se consideraba rey del talento del equipo, quien llevaba meses haciendo la cobra a la institución. La respuesta ha sido llegar a dos finales de Champions.

Pochettino, el chamán de la tribu de los Spurs, se encontraba con un nuevo desafío, voltear una final de Champions. Lo había hecho en rondas anteriores, pero en Madrid sus estrellas estaban presentando la dimisión de manera ordenada.Harry Kane notaba la inactividad, Dele Alli no tocaba bola y sólo Son y Eriksen aparecían con el intermitente puesto.

Decía Ronaldo Nazário el otro día que el Liverpool fue un camión que aplastó al Barça. Klopp tiene las llaves de la escudería. Con un gol a favor activó la máquina de emboscadas en el centro del campo. No había una jugada tranquila y cómoda para el Tottenham. En cada acción sus futbolistas tenían un rival enseñándole las caries.

El mariscal Van Dijk

No hacía falta que se viera a los mejores cromos de las delanteras. En el Liverpool, petado de musculatura, reinaban los rascacielos, Van Dijk y Matip, la pareja antivirus. Alexandre-Arnold y Robertson eran dos cazas por la banda. Ellos fueron los que buscaron la sentencia en cada internada, el póster de lo que quiere su entrenador, jugadores que sirvan para todo el campo.

Ante la falta de reacción Pochettino retrasó la entrada de Lucas Moura, el héroe de Amsterdam. Cuando entró conectó con Son, el mejor de su equipo. Al Tottenham le sobra carácter, un equipo con muchas capas de entereza. Se desvivió por encontrar una rendija en el área contraria. Allí se encontró con un gigante, Van Dijk, una especie de ciempiés.

El partido del holandés es para exhibirlo en el pasillo de Anfield y mandarlo por correo a todos los seguidores del equipo. Portentoso en el cruce, poderoso en el pase y majestuoso por el aire, el central mostró que haber sido elegido mejor jugador de esta Premier no fue un regalo. Allison, detrás de él, se encargó de meter el guante a los mejores remates del Tottenham.

Con el partido roto le llegó un balón a Origi, el cartel de la remontada al Barça, que había sustituido a Firmino. El zancudo belga plantó un remate en la patilla de la portería de Lloris. Era el último símbolo de la gloria roja. Sonaban los Beatles en la sexta del Liverpool.

Champions League: Mohamed Salah, Divock Origi help Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur, clinch sixth title

Madrid: Mohamed Salah scored one of the fastest ever goals in a Champions League final and Divock Origi struck late as Liverpool beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in Madrid on Saturday and won the trophy for the sixth time.

Less than two minutes had been played when Salah smashed in his spot-kick after Moussa Sissoko had been penalised for a handball in the area.

he club. The German ends a run of six straight defeats in finals.

More importantly, Liverpool have their sixth European Cup, further cementing their status as one of football's most storied clubs.

They now have more than Barcelona or Bayern Munich, and twice as many as their great rivals Manchester United.

Perhaps the occasion was just too much for Tottenham in their first ever appearance in the Champions League final. Beating Liverpool was always going to be a big ask, and they have now lost all three meetings with these opponents this season, winning just one of their last 15 encounters.

Mauricio Pochettino's decision to start Harry Kane after nearly two months out did not pay off, and he is still looking for his first trophy after five years in charge.

Nevertheless, if they can keep him, and with the impetus from the move to their new stadium, maybe they will be back on such a stage before long.

That they were here at all was remarkable, Lucas Moura's sensational hat-trick that dumped out Ajax in the semi-finals capping a memorable Champions League season all round.

The stage was set for this match, only the second all-English final, but after all the hype and the stories of fans paying thousands for tickets for a game they simply could not miss, this was a strangely subdued affair between the two goals.

Kane gamble backfires

Perhaps the stakes were simply too high, or perhaps the three-week break since the end of the Premier League season was to blame.

Most likely the suffocating Madrid heat impacted on the players and prevented this from being like a typical Premier League clash.

However, it might also have been a result of the opening goal coming so early, badly affecting Tottenham's confidence.

Pochettino had opted to start Kane after an ankle injury, meaning Lucas was on the bench. Kane hardly touched the ball.

Eight members of Liverpool's team also started last season's final, when Salah went off injured and in tears in the first half.

This time Liverpool were the ones celebrating after a whirlwind start, Slovenian referee Damir Skomina pointing to the spot inside 25 seconds when Sissoko blocked Sadio Mane's cross with his arm.

Salah confidently blasted home the penalty for the second-fastest goal ever scored in the final of the modern Champions League.

The only faster effort was Paolo Maldini's effort for AC Milan against Liverpool in Istanbul in 2005 when the Anfield side famously won on penalties.

Spurs just did not get going, and there was none of the frenzied pressing and attacking associated with Klopp's side, although Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson both came close in the first half.

Pochettino's team did improve after the break, but Virgil van Dijk was immense for Liverpool and there was no way past Alisson, with the Brazilian saving well from Son Heung-min and Christian Eriksen late on.

It was left to Origi, one of the heroes of the stunning semi-final win over Barcelona, to wrap it up with three minutes left as he swept home inside the box to end any doubt.

Liverpool domine Tottenham en finale (2-0) et remporte sa sixième C1 !

Grâce à un penalty de Salah à la toute première minute et à un but d'Origi en fin de rencontre, Liverpool a pris le meilleur sur Tottenham en finale (2-0) et remporté la sixième C1 de son histoire.

La leçon : Liverpool un peu plus dans l'histoire

Il ne fallait pas arriver en retard au Wanda Metropolitano, samedi soir pour cette finale 100% anglaise de Ligue des champions. Pas le temps de respirer, ni même de profiter de l'ambiance survoltée du stade de l'Atlético que Liverpool menait déjà au score. Bien lancé en profondeur dès la 28e seconde, Mané centrait et voyait Moussa Sissoko contrer la balle de la main dans la surface. Damir Skomina n'hésitait pas, penalty. Mohamed Salah ne tremblait pas et trompait Hugo Lloris (1-0, 2e). Malgré cette ouverture du score précoce, c'est Tottenham qui avait davantage le monopole du ballon, sans pour autant être suffisamment précis dans les dernières passes ou les derniers gestes pour inquiéter Alisson. Les hommes de Pochettino ne parvenaient pas à être véritablement dangereux, avec une seule frappe au compteur à la pause. Les tentatives étaient en revanche plus nombreuses du côté des Reds, emmenés par un Mohamed Salah bien en jambe, et perturbant la défense londonienne.

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Dans le rythme et le jeu, on ne parvenait pourtant pas à identifier un grand Liverpool. Les protégés de Klopp paraissaient inhibés. Seuls les latéraux, Alexander-Arnold et Robertson, se montraient particulièrement à leur avantage, solides défensivement et dangereux de par leurs centres. Le début de seconde période était clairement à l'avantage des partenaires d'Eriksen, qui prenaient en main cette finale. Liverpool se contentait de quelques tentatives par à-coups, comme cette énorme occasion de Milner à vingt minutes du terme (68e). Les longs ballons dans le dos de la défense se multipliaient de part et d'autre, en vain pour Tottenham, malgré un dernier quart d'heure animé. Les entrées en jeu de Lucas puis de Llorente faisaient du bien aux offensives des Londoniens, permettant à Alisson de montrer l'étendue de son talent. Une inefficacité sanctionnée par le héros de la demi-finale, Divock Origi, d'une belle frappe du gauche en toute fin de match (87e). Sixième Ligue des champions pour Liverpool !

Le gagnant : Jürgen Klopp, enfin

La quatrième est la bonne pour le technicien allemand. Après deux défaites en finale de Ligue des champions, avec Dortmund en 2013 et Liverpool en 2018, et une en finale de Ligue Europa avec les Reds en 2016, voilà Klopp qui triomphe enfin sur la scène européenne. Si la finale ne fut pas vraiment brillante de la part des partenaires d'Handerson, l'essentiel est ailleurs. Ce succès apparaît comme l'accomplissement de tout le travail mis en oeuvre par Klopp depuis son arrivée dans le nord de l'Angleterre. On retiendra forcément la demi-finale contre le Barça, et le come-back historique de ses hommes. Après une finale frustrante l'an passé et un titre de champion d'Angleterre perdu in-extremis cette saison, cette victoire vient récompenser une équipe à l'état d'esprit irréprochable dont le coach allemand est l'artisan principal. Encore un peu plus dans la légende de Liverpool...

Le perdant : Harry Kane, retour perdant

Il était l'homme le plus attendu du côté des Spurs. Tout juste de retour après 51 jours d'absence causés par une blessure à une cheville, Harry Kane était aligné d'entrée au détriment de Lucas, pourtant héros de la demi-finale à Amsterdam. Un vrai choix de la part de Mauricio Pochettino, et un choix perdant puisqu'on a peu vu l'attaquant anglais durant l'ensemble de la rencontre. Malgré une multitude de ballons aériens sur lesquels il était visé, il n'a jamais su se démarquer correctement et faire la différence face à la charnière Matip - Van Dijk. Les Spurs n'ont d'ailleurs été que rarement dangereux avant l'entrée de Lucas à l'heure de jeu, et Kane ne sera jamais parvenu durant ce match à mener efficacement le front de l'attaque de Tottenham. L'un des grandes déceptions de cette finale.

Klopp-Fluch besiegt: Liverpool gewinnt die Champions League

Jürgen Klopp konnte sein Glück nach dem Abpfiff kaum fassen

Am Ziel seiner Träume nahm Jürgen Klopp jeden seiner Helden in den Arm, dann klopfte er sich vor der tobenden Fankurve immer wieder auf die Brust. Der deutsche Trainer hat mit dem FC Liverpool dank eines Blitz-Treffers von Mohamed Salah und eines späten Tores von Divock Origi endlich die Champions League gewonnen und sich selbst ein Denkmal gesetzt. Die Reds entschieden das mäßige, aber spannende Finale gegen Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid mit 2:0 (1:0) für sich und stemmten zum sechsten Mal den begehrten Henkelpott in die Höhe.

Salah (2.) verwandelte schon nach 108 Sekunden einen Handelfmeter und traf Tottenham im mit 63.272 Zuschauern ausverkauften Stadion Wanda Metropolitano mitten ins Herz. Der frühere Wolfsburger Origi (87.) entschied die Partie. Die Spurs hatten erstmals in ihrer Vereinshistorie im Endspiel der Königsklasse gestanden, Liverpool gar zum zweiten Mal in Folge.

"Jetzt stehen wir hier, haben den Titel gewonnen und ich habe das Tor erzielt. Genau dafür spielen wir Fußball. Wir hatten einen starken Gegner, aber wir waren auch selbst stark", sagte Origi, der 2018 mit Wolfsburg noch in der Relegation um den Klassenerhalt gekämpft hatte, bei "Sky". Torhüter Alisson Becker meinte: "Unglaublich, ein Kindheitstraum wird wahr. Davon werde ich noch den Kindern meiner Kinder erzählen."

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Für Klopp endete sein Final-Fluch. Zuletzt hatte der 51-Jährige sechs Endspiele in Folge verloren, davon zwei in der Champions League. Der Sieg im wichtigsten Vereinswettbewerb Europas ist der größte Erfolg seiner Karriere. Erst als zweiter deutscher Coach nach Jupp Heynckes gewann er mit einem ausländischen Klub die Trophäe.

Bei Temperaturen von 30 Grad begann die Begegnung spektakulär: Nur 23 Sekunden waren gespielt, als Schiedsrichter Damir Skomina (Slowenien) nach einem Handspiel von Moussa Sissoko auf den Punkt zeigte. Salah nutzte die Chance und drosch den Ball trocken ins Netz. Auf der Bank jubelte Klopp nur verhalten, seine Hände verschwanden schnell wieder in den Hosentaschen.

Hoch lebe Jürgen Klopp

"Im Grunde ist es ein normales Fußballspiel", hatte Klopp vor dem Anstoß bei Sky gesagt. Dennoch setzte er auf eine Startelf, die in keinem der 52 vorherigen Pflichtspiele zum Einsatz gekommen war. Vom Offensiv-Trio Salah, Roberto Firmino und Sadio Mane war allerdings nur wenig zu sehen. Auch das zweitschnellste Final-Tor der Champions-League-Geschichte brachte den Reds in der hektischen Anfangsphase nicht die erhoffte Ruhe.

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Stattdessen war Tottenham mindestens ebenbürtig. Die Spurs standen extrem hoch und zwangen die Reds mit Erfolg zu langen Bällen. Allerdings fehlten den Londonern offensiv jegliche Ideen. Auch der lange verletzte WM-Torschützenkönig Harry Kane, der erstmals seit siebeneinhalb Wochen wieder auf dem Platz stand, hing häufig in der Luft und hatte bis zur Pause nur elf Ballkontakte. Für Kane hatte Halbfinal-Held Lucas Moura auf der Bank Platz nehmen müssen.

In dem von Taktik geprägten Spiel gab es folglich kaum Chancen. Ein Fernschuss von Liverpools Trent Alexander-Arnold rauschte knapp am langen Pfosten vorbei (17.), Andrew Robertson versuchte es mit Gewalt aus der Distanz (38.). Auf der Gegenseite fiel Ex-Bundesliga-Star Heung-Min Son zumindest mit Einzelaktionen auf.

Spurs engagiert, aber ohne Fortune

Die jeweils 16.000 Fans beider Klubs sorgten dennoch für Gänsehautstimmung - kein Vergleich zum dürftigen Europa-League-Finale in Baku drei Tage zuvor. Schon vor dem Spiel hatten die Anhänger friedlich gefeiert, viele waren ohne Karte angereist. Auf dem Schwarzmarkt wurden bis zu 5000 Euro für ein Ticket geboten.

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Geboten wurde den Fans aber auch in der zweiten Halbzeit zunächst nicht viel. Die Spurs strahlten nun zwar etwas mehr Gefahr aus, am Strafraum war aber meist Endstation.

Teammanager Mauricio Pochettino ging schließlich höheres Risiko und brachte Stürmer Moura für den defensiven Mittelfeldspieler Harry Winks (66.). Die nächste Chance hatte aber Liverpool, als der eingewechselte James Milner aus 14 Metern das Ziel um Zentimeter verpasste (69.). Moura (80.) vergab in der Schlussphase Tottenhams erste Möglichkeit der Partie, fünf Minuten später scheiterte Christian Eriksen mit einem Freistoß an Alisson Becker.

É hexa! Liverpool supera Tottenham e vence Champions League do 'impossível'

Equipe inglesa fez valer sua força em Madri, superando os Spurs com gols de Salah e Origi

Salah e o Liverpool ergue a taça da Liga dos Campeões, 1º de junho de 2019 em Madri

O Liverpool conquistou o sexto título europeu de sua história ao vencer por 2 a 0 o Tottenham, neste sábado na final da Liga dos Campeões disputada no Estádio Metropolitano de Madri, dando a volta por cima após a decisão perdida no ano passado em Kiev diante do Real Madrid.

O egípcio Mohamed Salah abriu o placar para o Liverpool logo no segundo minuto de jogo de pênalti e o belga Divock Origi, que entrou no segundo tempo, selou a vitória dos Reds a três minutos para o fim da partida.

O Liverpool voltou a levantar a 'Taça Orelhuda' quatorze anos após conquistar pela última vez a Champions, na memorável final em que venceu nos pênaltis o Milan, depois de sair perdendo por 3 a 0.

Em uma partida que começou com um emocionante minuto de silêncio em homenagem ao jogador espanhol José Antonio Reyes, falecido neste sábado em um acidente de carro, o campeão não demorou para dar pinta em Madri.

Uma bola levantada na área por Sadio Mané foi cortada por Moussa Sissoko com o braço e o árbitro não hesitou em marcar pênalti, que o VAR confirmou e Salah cobrou com perfeição logo aos 2 minutos de jogo, para a alegria dos milhares de torcedores dos Reds presentes na capital espanhola.

Salah entrou assim para a história da Champions anotando o segundo gol mais rápido de uma final da maior competição de clubes da Europa.

O gol foi um duro golpe para o Tottenham, que não conseguiu desenvolver seu futebol reativo, com medo de cometer um erro que pudesse custar um segundo gol, acordando de fato somente nos minutos finais da partida.

Chutes de fora da área de Sissoko (10) e Christian Eriksen (45) para longe do gol do Liverpool foram as melhores ações da equipe de Mauricio Pochettino no primeiro tempo.

Enquanto isso, o Liverpool, em vantagem, se fechava atrás e tentava matar o jogo no contra-ataque.

Após o intervalo, o Tottenham arrumou a casa e reencontrou seu ímpeto ofensivo, começando a assustar gol de Alisson.

A entrada aos 20 minutos do segundo tempo de Lucas Moura, herói das semifinais contra o Ajax com três gols no jogo de volta, deu novos aires e uma nova dinâmica aos Spurs.

Nos últimos minutos, a pressão do Tottenham foi intensa, mas o Liverpool contou com grande atuação de Alisson, que defendeu com segurança todas as ações perigosas dos londrinos.

E, aos 42, Origi garantiu a vitória dos Reds com um chute cruzado de dentro da área, aproveitando sobre após cobrança de escanteio, pintando de vez a Champions em vermelho ao som de "You'll Never Walk Alone".