CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Juergen Klopp seeks perfect finale in Kiev
Liverpool will be back in the Champions League next season no matter the outcome in the Ukranian capital
Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp is quietly confident his side can upset the odds by preventing Real Madrid from claiming a third consecutive Champions League title on Saturday, to cap a stunning season engineered by the German. Klopp’s men started their Champions League campaign in a play-off against Hoffenheim just to make the group stages in August 2017. Now, after plundering 46 goals in 14 games, Liverpool have made it back to the Champions League final in Kiev for the first time in 11 years. "I don’t want to talk about confidence, but we feel good and think we deserve to be where we are because the boys really showed up in all the different games," Klopp said on Monday. "It was a very exciting journey so far and now we want to bring it to the best possible end." By contrast, Madrid are featuring in their fourth final in five years. But Klopp believes Liverpool can compensate for their lack of experience compared with the European champions with other qualities that have characte...
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