Jurgen Klopp won the Champions League for the first time as a manager with Liverpool's Spurs winThe Reds downed Premier League rivals Tottenham at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid just one year after losing to Real Madrid in the Champions League final in Kiev. The Merseyside outfit have been deprived of consistent serious challenges for the biggest prizes, having yet to put together back-to-back tilts for the league title in the Premier League era. We arrived at this point because we were hungry for moments like June 1.” Looking back on a memorable season, Klopp added: “My players this year did ­remarkable things. “I called them mentality giants after we beat Barcelona [4-0 in the Champions League semi-finals after trailing 3-0 from the first leg] - but that’s not saying enough. Man City appear likely to be Liverpool's biggest rivals for the title again next seasonKlopp will hope his Liverpool can stop Pep Guardiola's City from winning a third straight title

Source: Express June 23, 2019 04:30 UTC