Champions League final result: Liverpool lift sixth European trophy after beating Tottenham in Madrid
Salah and Origi scored a goal in each half to give the Reds the win in Madrid
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Your support makes all the difference.Welcome to our live coverage of the 2019 Champions League final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah gave Liverpool the perfect start when he hammered home a second minute penalty after Moussa Sissoko was adjudged to have handballed the ball in the area. A streaker interrupted proceedings before Divock Origi sealed the win late on with a smart finish.
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Levy has grown in emotion in Champions League run
Daniel Levy has become more emotional during Tottenham's run to Champions League final, Mauricio Pochettino revealed.
The Tottenham owner is known for his stern personality, but he has been opening up to the players ahead of the final.
“The people and the players know him very well, and he was at the training ground, talking with the players and all of us,” Pochettino revealed.
“He said: ‘Thank you, we’re living a dream and it’s amazing all we’re achieving until today’.
“Some of the players said: ‘It’s amazing, Daniel is more human!’
“It’s a side he never showed too much. He was always more distant, trying to keep the emotion inside.
“Now, I don’t know why, but his improvement is like, ‘If the manager is crying, why can I not show more my emotion? It’s not so bad’.
“But sometimes people in business believe they cannot show that. He was like a little bit this type of person who cannot show his emotion.
“He was believing it was a show you are weak. Now he is believing on the opposite side.
“This transformation of the club, that we feel very well, he is a good example of how it is changing.
“It’s not that he’s going to give us more money now – this area is not going to change, he’s going to be strong – but of course in the personal relationships he’s improving a lot from when we arrived here.”
This is the greatest show!
The Champions League has produced enough drama, thrills and shocks to make the latest season of Game of Thrones look like a school production.
Real Madrid's early exit, Manchester United's late comeback against Paris Saint-Germain, that game at Anfield, that game in Amsterdam. It's been a blast.
But why, with so many other sports and competitions thriving, does the Champions League remain in a league of its own when it comes to this kind of quality.
Moussa Sissoko interview
Tonight Moussa Sissoko is playing in a Champions League final. He didn't get there as a supporting member of the cast, but as a integral part of a quality team.
To think that this statement would be true three years after he joined Tottenham from Newcastle in a £30m transfer would be bordering on deranged,
A memorial plaque has already been placed outside the Wanda Metropolitano for former Atletico Madrid, Arsenal and Sevilla forward Jose Antonio Reyes, who died earlier today.
Jurgen Klopp: ‘Life is a present. We have to deal carefully with it and have fun with it’
Austin shows his support
Southampton forward, yes Southampton, Charlie Austin has made it clear which side he is backing tonight.
In fact, Austin is not along in briefly ditching his club loyalties and dusting off a Liverpool shirt. Crystal Palace team doctor, Dr Zaf, who worked at Liverpool, is also showing his support.
'Don't worry lads, it's Spurs'
It's the Sir Alex Ferguson quote that nailed the 'Spursy' tag that has clung onto Tottenham like a nasty rash over recent years.
But victory tonight, says Christian Eriksen, will finally rid them of their unwanted nickname.
"Spurs as a club, if you look from a historical point of view from Tottenham at how many trophies they've won before, where they've been before, it's new.
"It's something that will change the club, how people look at the club, how people think about us players at Spurs.
"We're not going to be Spursy, or whatever they call it. As a player you just go for the moment and hope it falls your way."
Is this a sign?
A horse called Anthony Van Dyck has just won the Epsom Derby, will Virgil Van Dijk follow his racing namesake and produce a win tonight?
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