Liverpool Win The Uefa Champions League Final

Europe is red once more, however sadly, it’s not the shade of red we might like.
For the sixth time in club history, Liverpool FC have won the Champions League. After defeating Bayern Munich in the Round of 16, they proceeded to beat Porto and Barcelona in dramatic fashion, before beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 to claim the greatest prize in club football.

controversial handball in the box from Mousa Sissoko just two minutes into the game led to Liverpool’s Egyptian king Mohammed Salah converting a penalty to put The Reds up 1-0.

An uninspired first half was followed by a tense second half, where Tottenham pressed, but couldn’t convert. A Divock Origi goal in the 88’ sealed the victory for Jürgen Klopp’s men.

Liverpool reached their ninth overall final, an English record, as well as their second in a row, having lost to Real Madrid in 2018. They have won the competition on five occasions (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, and 2005), and lost three times (1985, 2007, and 2018).

Tottenham Hotspur reached their initial ever Champions League final, changing into the eighth distinctive rival from European nation and also the fortieth overall. It will be the fifth time they need appeared within the final of a UEFA competition.

The winners can earn the proper to play against the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Galilean League within the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They were to conjointly qualify to enter the cluster stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League