The Reds were one of three teams who won all six group games this season, along with Ajax and Bayern Mnchen. They lifted the UEFA Super Cup in 2002, 2014, 2016 and 2017 alongside defeats in 1998, 2000 and 2018, and won the European/South American Cup in 1960, 1998 and 2002, losing in 1966 and 2000. Madrid have never lost a UEFA Champions League final. [94] Following a corner kick in the 87th minute that was not cleared away by Spurs, Divock Origi struck from inside the penalty area and scored into the bottom right corner of the net. [24], Liverpool reached their ninth overall final, an English record, as well as their second in a row, having lost to Real Madrid in 2018. Liverpool beat Madrid 5-0 on aggregate in the 2008/09 round of 16. This was also their 14th final in UEFA competitions, having played in one Cup Winners' Cup final (losing in 1966) and four UEFA Cup/Europa League finals (winning in 1973, 1976 and 2001, and losing in 2016). They were the first final debutants since fellow English and London club Chelsea in 2008. [77] Despite Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino being absent with injuries, Liverpool overturned the deficit with a 40 win at Anfield, advancing to the final 43 on aggregate, in what was described as one of the greatest comebacks in Champions League history. [36] They were drawn into Group B alongside Spanish champions Barcelona, Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven and Inter Milan of Italy, all of whom are former European champions. The most recent of the teams' two finals came at Kyiv's NSC Olimpiyski on 26 May 2018, Zidane's Madrid becoming the first club to win three successive European Cups twice with a 3-1 victory against a Liverpool side managed, as now, by Klopp. Liverpool enjoyed a faultless record in this season's group stage having won 2-1 against AC Milan on Matchday 6 to conclude their perfect Group B campaign. All you need to know about the semi-final second leg between Real Madrid and Man. [54] Moura then scored a second goal five minutes later, his tight footwork helping him beat several Ajax players after an initial save by goalkeeper Andr Onana. They also lost in the 1965/66 European Cup Winners' Cup final, and the 1981 and 1984 European/South American Cup. [14], UEFA announced on 3 February 2017 that the associations of Azerbaijan and Spain had expressed interest in hosting the Champions League final. [72] Liverpool won their quarter-final tie against Portuguese club Porto with an aggregate score of 61, winning 20 in the first leg at home and 41 away at the Estdio do Drago. Previous meetings, form guide, past UEFA finals, trivia and stats: Everything you ever wanted to know (and more) ahead of the 2022 UEFA Champions League final. Their overall record in UEFA finals is therefore W13 L9. [82], With a stadium capacity of 63,500 for the final, a total of 38,000 tickets were available to fans and the general public; the two finalist teams received 17,000 tickets each and another 4,000 tickets were made available for purchase by fans worldwide via UEFA.com from 14 to 21 March 2019 in four price categories: 600, 450, 160 and 70. Karim Benzema finished as the 2021/22 Liga's top scorer on 27 goals, nine more than any other player, and has five goals in his last five games in all competitions. [26] In twenty matches, Liverpool had a record of seven wins, eight draws (one of which they won on penalties) and five losses in European competitions against fellow English clubs. The parade began at Allerton Maze and continued for 8 miles (13 kilometres) towards the city centre, ending on the Liverpool Strand. Spanish clubs were triumphant on the two previous occasions, Real Madrid beating Valencia 3-0 in 2000 and Barcelona defeating Arsenal 2-1 in 2006. [93] The match was briefly interrupted in the 18th minute by a pitch invader. That made Carlo Ancelotti the oldest coach to win the Liga title, aged 62 years 325 days, and also the only manager to win league titles in Spain, Italy, Germany, England and France. In eight matches, they had a record of four wins, one draw and three losses in European competitions against fellow English clubs. He passed the 20-goal mark in the Spanish top flight for the fourth season running, the seventh player to achieve that feat. Hazard has faced Liverpool 15 times, scoring LOSC Lille's goal in a 1-0 home win in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 16 first leg, a tie the English club won 3-1 on aggregate. [15] On 7 June 2017, UEFA confirmed that they submitted bids for the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final, with Azerbaijan proposing the 68,700-seat Baku Olympic Stadium and Spain proposing the then-unfinished Wanda Metropolitano, which would hold 67,000 spectators. [47] Tottenham hosted the first leg, the first European tie at the newly-completed Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, and won 10 thanks to a goal scored by Son Heung-min in the 78th minute, following an earlier penalty from City's Sergio Agero in the first half that was saved by Hugo Lloris. Gareth Bale has not featured since 9 April due to a back problem. Ancelotti has faced Klopp nine times as a coach (W4 D3 L2). Liverpool's only other European final against Spanish opponents was a 5-4 golden goal win against Alavs in the 2001 UEFA Cup final in Dortmund. Madrid are also the first team to reach the UEFA Champions League final after losing one leg of their ties in the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals. They lost only two league matches all season (W28 D8) and are unbeaten since a 1-0 defeat at Leicester on 28 December. The remaining tickets were allocated to the local organising committee, UEFA and national associations, commercial partners and broadcasters, and to serve the corporate hospitality programme. [46], The club was drawn in the quarter-finals against their compatriots and reigning English champions Manchester City, with two legs scheduled within 11 days of a Premier League fixture between the clubs. The official licensed stores are operated by 3rd party commercial partners appointed under license by UEFA. As winners, for the sixth time overall and the first time since 2005, Liverpool earned the right to play in the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup, as well as against Chelsea, the winners of the 201819 UEFA Europa League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup, winning in both competitions. [12][13] The bidding process was opened on 9 December 2016 and associations were given until 27 January 2017 to express interest and 6 June 2017 to submit bid dossiers to UEFA. [38] At Wembley Stadium in London, the club's temporary home, Tottenham lost 42 to Barcelona and fell to third place in Group B. [95] Liverpool won their sixth European Cup and Jrgen Klopp won his first trophy for the club. Eden Hazard came on as a second-half substitute against Cdiz on 15 May, his first appearance since 19 February. This was the fifth European Cup/UEFA Champions League Final held in Madrid, after the 1957, 1969, 1980 and 2010 finals, all held at the Santiago Bernabu Stadium. Marco Asensio hit a career-best ten Liga goals this term. Benzema's second-leg goal against City was his tenth in this season's knockout rounds, matching Cristiano Ronaldo's record in Madrid's victorious 2016/17 campaign. [80][81], The ambassador for the final was former Spain international Luis Garca, who played for Atltico Madrid in 200203 and from 2007 to 2009, and won the UEFA Champions League with Liverpool in 2005. Madrid have four wins to Liverpool's three in the sides' eight meetings, all in the European Cup. [23] The match was the third Champions League final for manager Jrgen Klopp, who had lost both previous finals, with Borussia Dortmund in 2013 and with Liverpool in 2018. The Reds had managed four successive clean sheets before the semi-final second leg at Villarreal; they have managed one in their last six matches. Gareth Bale, Samuel Eto'o, Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Ral Gonzlez, Mario Manduki and Cristiano Ronaldo, who is the only player to find the net in three, have all struck in multiple finals. The Reds, meanwhile, are facing a second successive tie against Spanish opposition having beaten Villarreal in the semi-finals. In addition to those six, Toni Kroos and Casemiro both featured in 2016, 2017 and 2018 while Asensio came on as a substitute in 2017 and 2018, as did Lucas Vzquez in 2016 and Nacho in 2018. Have played in England:Luka Modri (Tottenham 200812)Gareth Bale (Southampton 200507, Tottenham 200713, 2020/21 loan)Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea 201418)Eden Hazard (Chelsea 201219)Dani Ceballos (Arsenal 201921 loan). The UEFA word, the UEFA logo and all marks related to UEFA competitions, are protected by trademarks and/or copyright of UEFA. [43], Tottenham faced German club Borussia Dortmund in the round of 16, marking the second time in three years that the two teams had met in a European competition. Benzema has scored 15 goals in this season's UEFA Champions League, two more than Bayern's Robert Lewandowski. Thiago Alcntara had to be replaced in a 3-1 home victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers on 22 May, also with a thigh problem. No use for commercial purposes may be made of such trademarks. [27], The final was the 171st competitive meeting between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, with a record of 79 Liverpool wins, 48 Tottenham wins and 43 draws. 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[70], Liverpool were matched against German champions Bayern Munich in the round of 16 and played to a scoreless draw in the first leg at Anfield, mirroring the two sides' semi-final tie in the 198081 European Cup. He was joined by two of his fellow countrymen, with Jure Praprotnik and Robert Vukan as assistant referees. Marco Asensio also played his 50th game in UEFA club competition on Matchday 12. [68] Liverpool won their final group stage match, played on 11 December against Napoli at Anfield, with Salah scoring the only goal of the game. [73], In the semi-finals, Liverpool faced tournament favourites Barcelona. They were the first team to retain the European Cup since Milan (1989, 1990). In addition to their 16 European Cup appearances, they were UEFA Cup winners in 1985 and 1986 and European Cup Winners' Cup runners-up in 1971 and 1983. His fellow German Mark Borsch served as the offside VAR official. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, James Milner, Jordan Henderson, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Man all started as Jrgen Klopp's Liverpool lost to Madrid in the 2018 final. That made Jrgen Klopp only the second manager to win the European Cup, FA Cup, League Cup and the English title with the same club, after Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United. Fourth official:[2] [10], The 67,000-seat Metropolitano Stadium is the home of Atltico Madrid, who have occupied it since major renovations were completed in September 2017. Mohamed Salah finished as the Premier League's joint top scorer with 23 goals, and the leading assist provider on 13. City. Madrid won their 35th Liga title, and a second in three years, with four games to go the earliest they have clinched a championship since 1988/89, when they also managed it with four games to spare. Benzema then scored three of Madrid's six goals against Manchester City (3-4 a, 3-1 h aet) including the decisive penalty in extra time of the second leg, as Madrid recovered to win a European Cup semi-final after a first-leg defeat for the first time at the ninth attempt. [17] The Wanda Metropolitano was selected as the venue by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 September 2017, while the Baku Olympic Stadium was successful in its bid to host the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final.[5][18][19]. For the best possible experience, we recommend using. His Madrid side ousted Klopp's Borussia Dortmund in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals on their way to lifting the trophy (3-0 h 0-2 a), Bale and Isco scoring in the first leg. He was joined by his compatriot Pol van Boekel as one of the assistant VAR officials, with Felix Zwayer of Germany appointed as the other assistant VAR for the final. Two of the most successful sides in European Cup history, Liverpool and Real Madrid, meet in the final for the third time as the 2021/22 UEFA Champions League comes to a conclusion at Stade de France. Robert Vukan (Slovenia) On 27 February the Reds won the League Cup for the record ninth time, also in the final against Chelsea, beating the London club 11-10 on penalties at Wembley after a goalless 120 minutes. [61][62], In the opening match of the group stage, Liverpool faced Paris Saint-Germain at Anfield and won 32 with a goal in stoppage time by substitute Roberto Firmino. Vincius Jnior scored twice at the Santiago Bernabu (27, 65) either side of Asensio's 36th-minute strike; Salah's 51st-minute reply was all Liverpool could muster. A victory would also make Ancelotti the first coach to win the UEFA Champions League twice with more than one club. Real Madrid Nacho made his 50th appearance in both the UEFA Champions League, group stage to final, and UEFA club competition in the semi-final second leg. [28] Domestically, the sides had met once in a cup final, with Liverpool winning 31 after extra time in the 1982 Football League Cup Final. This season's wins against Atltico and Villarreal have made it six victories in Liverpool's last 18 fixtures against Spanish clubs (D3 L9) a sequence that also includes 3-1 losses under Klopp in the 2016 UEFA Europa League final to Sevilla and the 2018 UEFA Champions League final to Madrid. Aside from their European Cup finals against Liverpool, they beat Manchester United 2-1 in the 2017 UEFA Super Cup in Skopje having lost 1-0 to Chelsea in Monaco in the same competition in 1998, and were also beaten by the London club in the 1971 European Cup Winners' Cup final in Athens (1-1, 1-2 replay).