HOW LIVERPOOL CAN HURT MADRID

RUN IN BEHIND THE FULL-BACKS

Both Marcelo and Dani Carvajal like to play high up the pitch. Mo Salah and Sadio Mane can expose space behind them. Joshua Kimmich showed the way in the semi-final, getting forward down the Madrid left to score with Marcelo up the other end.

PRESS REAL’S UNPROTECTED CENTRAL DEFENDERS

Zinedine Zidane seems to have lost faith in his only holding midfielder Casemiro. The Brazilian was taken off at halftime against Juventus and dropped to the bench for the second leg against Bayern. Without him it tends to be Luka Modric and Toni Kroos in central midfield and neither is effective at protecting the defence.

START QUICKLY

Madrid have been notorious slow-starters this season. It has infuriated Zidane in La Liga where it has contributed to them falling so far behind Barcelona. Against both Juve and Bayern in the Champions League they leaked early goals.