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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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.
Re-live all the action from Madrid:
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He's awake!
Jamie Carragher has sharpened up after being caught out on live television earlier today.
Pochettino urges players to use "superior energy"
The Tottenham manager has urged his players to use the spiritual work they have been doing on the training ground to their advantage in tonight's final.
"That is proof of how, with your mind, you can create, you can connect with this energy," Pochettino said.
"It's a superior energy that you can connect with if you are open if you have opened your mind.
"With some strategies, you can connect with this energy, that is around us, that nearly touches you, but if you are not open to receive this energy, you cannot feel it.
"I think all these strategies were to try to help us, the team, connect with this energy. This energy that is so powerful. That makes you feel invincible.
"And one thing that is important that we were talking about the other day is that when the competition arrives... we all have fears, it's not that you are not going to fear anything, you are still going to have fears but you're going to be free to work (through them).
"I feel very positive. They make me feel very positive. The team translates to us a very good energy.
"That doesn't mean that we are going to win 3-0, 4-0 or 5-0. We need to go there and do our job.
"But I think the preparation we are doing is an amazing thing, and is an amazing experience, very positive."
Lucas reflects on that goal
Lucas Moura's hat-trick against Ajax, including the final kick of the game, set Spurs on their way to the Champions League final, the greatest moment of his playing career.
"It was the best day of my career," he told BT Sport. "The best game for me. I always believed everything is possible when you give your best.
"Football give us this moment. It was a special moment, it was impossible not to cry.It was an unbelievable day. I will never forget this."
Predictions
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Pressure on Liverpool?
With six consecutive defeats in finals, it's reasonable to think that Klopp is under a little bit of pressure to deliver tonight.
Rio Ferdinand on BT Sport: "There's no doubt in my mind Klopp is nervous. The amount of times he has been to finals and lot. He has to alleviate that from his players. You don't want that bad luck vibe."
Michael Owen: "The pressure is on Liverpool. It's inconceivable you can be that good but not collect something."
Team news
Liverpool: Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Henderson, Salah, Mane, Firmino
Subs: Mignolet, Kelleher, Lovren, Gomez, Moreno, Milner, Lallana, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Shaqiri, Origi, Brewster, Sturridge
Team News
Tottenham: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Dele, Son, Kane.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Vorm, Sanchez, Foyth, Davies, Aurier, Dier, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Lucas, Lamela, Llorente
Team news analysis
So, Harry Kane starts!
Gary Lineker on BT Sport on returning from injury: "From my experience you get by on enthusiasm then second third fourth or firth you struggle."
Rio Ferdinand "It's a huge gamble. A massive call. He's a talisman. For other players to see him in the changing room is huge boost."
"(If I was a defender) I'd be thinking he isn't going to be fully fit or sharp. I'd like that."
Glenn Hoddle: "If the game is tight and there's extra time, he's not lasting."
Spurs go with a back four
The three at the back was a real problem for Tottenham at Anfield and it quickly became a flat back five as Liverpool pressed high and found space behind.
They swapped to a back four after the break and the diamond in midfield worked a treat. Things went very well for Spurs, who may have won if Sissoko found the back of the net when through on goal, until Hugo Lloris chucked the ball in his own net.
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