Jordan Henderson and Mohamed Salah celebrate as Liverpool win the Champions League, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the final. The revered German has his first trophy as Liverpool manager, three and a half years on from his arrival at the club. Perhaps the occasion was just too much for Tottenham in their first ever appearance in the Champions League final. That Spurs were here at all was remarkable, Lucas Moura's sensational hat-trick that dumped out Ajax in the semi-finals capping a memorable Champions League season all round. Suffocating heatPerhaps the stakes were simply too high, or perhaps the three-week break since the end of the Premier League season was to blame.

Source: Bangkok Post June 01, 2019 23:26 UTC