2021-22 UEFA Champions League

Between this and United's run in '99 for me. United had Barca and Bayern in the group, then Inter, Juve and Bayern again.

For anyone just in.

If Liverpool win cup finals despite being outplayed, how must Real Madrid feel? They've just won a cup final despite being outplayed.

I presume they feel like winners, took on the top three in the Premiership and beat them all

Another nice thing about Madrid winning is that it upsets the dogma nowadays that football must be about pressing. That's not Madrid's game and they're way down in La Liga when you look at the pressing stats, yet they've romped home to La Liga, and won a Champions League with one of the hardest runs imaginable. Goes to show there is no set way to win in this sport.

Well 2 of those finals were won so not too shabby, suppose if your over the fence looking in it might seem like it's not great.

How many goals did Arsenal score in cup finals this season?

Not a Liverpool supporter, but was it not strange there was no VAR check for the goal? Vinicius looked slightly offside in replays.

Diaz was poor, jota gave a bit more when he was on the pitch. Dont think Real played great football but they were smart to keep the ball at times and kill the game. Not a great final for the neutrals. Couple of months to go now without many matches :(

No he was just on. It was a very well worked goal for Real with a very well timed run.

Diaz was good as well but Carvajal was excellent and probably Reals best player after Courtois.

It's more the manner of how they got through those ties. The semi final for example, two late goals after the Grealish chance to put it to bed. PSG, Chelsea will also feel they should have knocked them out. So while it's not the underdog Roy of the Rovers type of fairytale it still had the drama along the way and I think that's what people have enjoyed about it

I work with three other Liverpool fans, two United fans and a Chelsea fan and every single one of us were saying during the week that Madrid had a great chance, especially given they had the league wrapped up two weeks ago and Liverpool were fighting until the last day and had picked up a few injuries in the last few weeks which meant players wouldn't be 100% and Madrid would be fresher.

Liverpool played well tonight, created plenty of chances but came up against a very experienced Real side and Courtois in top form and just missed out. They took their chance and that's what mattered.

Congratulations to Real.

Benzema may not have pressed much tonight but he did close off plenty of the usual Liverpool passing lanes and made them play wider quicker where Valverde and Vinicus Jnr were able to squeeze the space.

That doesn't read as being a bad loser. Just that Real did what they needed to do to win and both teams could have played better.

Both teams did have periods of poor passing and wasted opportunities.

Thibaut Courtois the hero keeper

I agree ..best keeper in Europe at the moment by a mile... outstanding performance

I am surrounded by Liverpool fans both at work and among my friends. Most thought it was a foregone conclusion.

I don't read Facebook or Liverpool forums.

Even bt sports showed next to no respect to Madrid before the game tonight.

And I'm not bitter, I'm over the moon! Great result

"Winning the double"

Thats one way of describing failing the quadruple.

A great team without doubt but thats 3 finals without scoring a goal and the lethal 2 in Mane and Sarah ageing and looking and new contracts/ideas.

Kloop is top notch but how do you replace those 2. The midfield looks a doing over as well.

TAA and Robertson were unheard of in the match

Konante looked immense at times, lad is only 23.

Courtois had a blinder of a game after loosing some form when leaving Chelsea, some serious instinct gk reflexes for some of the close saves. This lad is 6ft 5, and he looked every bit of it in controlling his nets and perfect age for a keeper to be coming into that sort of prime.

I'm sure it's been mentioned but Klopp losing 4 out of 5 European finals is a bit of a black mark. His only win is against a poor spurs team. What he has done domestically cannot be questioned but on the biggest stage his teams have choked.

here's a good breakdown as to how and why the issues started outside the ground. And that's before you get to the heavy handedness at the fanzone.

Crazy policing. And lots of intimidation from locals before and after the game.

Let's hope Paris doesn't get to host a game like this again.

Michael Owen “I still think Liverpool are the team to beat.”

Real Madrid just beat them Michael

Not one sane fan I know thought it was a foregone conclusion.

I also thought BT's dismissal of Madrid was mental. They've hung in every game and taken their chances. There was nothing to suggest they couldn't do the same to Liverpool, especially with the 2 or 3 weeks prep.

Yes, they relied on Courtois for a worldie performance. But keepers are as entitled to big performances as much as elite attackers or defenders.

It's a great result for rivals. Of course it is. Nobody outside of Liverpool fans wanted their season to be almost perfect. Why would they? The media enjoyed the original quadruple story, so maybe they wanted it, but no other football fan really enjoyed it. I get that.

This Liverpool team is brilliant. And it's unfortunate that in the league they're fighting a relentless machine. But I get that multiple big trophies are the currency of a transcendently great team. So while the notion some rivals online have taken to say the team isn't great, or that Klopp is overrated, are complete nonsense or trolling, I do think that the team is a couple of CLs and/or PLs short of being allowed in the conversations with the likes of the 90s Utd teams, Arsenal 98, Arsenal 04, Chelsea 05, Utd 08/09 and Pep's City.

And by the way, there's no shame in that.

I liked how he calmly shot down all of Didi's doom and gloom about how Liverpool will struggle to rebuild.

Owen is a horrific pundit. Didn't he say last night that Liverpool were the best team in Europe? Yes, they're a very good team. Klopp has worked wonders with them since going there. But that's guff from Owen. He was a great player, but he's stealing a living these days