BIG CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL FACTS

REAL MADRID are the first team to win the European Cup/Champions League in three successive seasons since Bayern Munich (1974-1976).

ZINEDINE ZIDANE is the third manager to win the European Cup/Champions League three times (after Bob Paisley and Carlo Ancelotti), but the first to win it in three consecutive seasons.

JURGEN KLOPP has lost six of his seven major finals as manager (2 DFB-Pokal, 2 Champions League, 1 League Cup, 1 Europa League), only winning the DFB-Pokal with Borussia

Dortmund back in 2012. LIVERPOOL’S starting XI was the youngest (26y 170d) d) in a Champions League final since Klopp’s Dortmund in 2013 (25y255 d).

TRENT ALEXANDERARNOLD was the third English li teenager to start a European Cup/Champions League final, after Brian Kidd in 1968 & Gary Mills in 1980.

GARETH BALE scored two minutes and two seconds after coming off the bench. It was the second-fastest ever by a substitute in a Champions League final, after Lars Ricken for Dortmund against Juventus in 1997.

BALE is the first player to come on as a substitute and score twice in a European Cup/Champions League final.

LORIS KARIUS made more errors leading to goals in the final against Real Madrid (two) than he did in his previous 32 appearances for Liverpool this season.

LIVERPOOL became the first team to see three players score 10+ goals in a Champions League season (Salah 10, Firmino 10, Mane 10).

SADIO MANE became the third Liverpool player to score 20+ goals this season (Salah 44 and Firmino 27).