Liverpool players, staff and management rode three open-top buses around town. They arrived only hours earlier from Madrid, after beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the final Saturday.

Beginning with club captain Jordan Henderson, the players passed around the large European Champion Clubs' Cup, as it paid its sixth visit to the city.

It was the first Champions League celebratory parade in Liverpool since 2005. The club also took home European honors for the tournament's predecessor, the European Cup, in 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1984. Divock Origi of Liverpool -- who came on to score the second goal -- celebrates with his medal after the match. The Champions League trophy is seen on display inside the stadium prior to the start of the final between Liverpool and Tottenham on Saturday. Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur players and their fans observe a minutes silence in memory of Jose Antonio Reyes prior to the start of the final at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid. Moussa Sissoko of Tottenham Hotspur pleads with referee Damir Skomina after a hand ball call early in the final. Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah celebrates after scoring the opening goal on a penalty in the second minute of the match. Liverpool supporters in the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool react to Salah's goal. MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 01: Liverpool fans show their support prior to the UEFA Champions League Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on June 01, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) Liverpool defender Joel Matip (L) and Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane battled for the ball. Kane made his first appearance in 55 days, after an injury sustained in the Champions League quarterfinal. Tottenham supporters in Flat Iron Square in London react as they watch the final. Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp earned his first Champions League final win and broke his spell of six consecutive defeats in major finals. The parade began at Allerton Maze and will culminate in the city's waterfront area. Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson estimated in a tweet that 250,000 people were in attendance, along with 250 members of the global media. </s> May 31 (UPI) -- The UEFA Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur is set for Saturday in Madrid. UPI has you covered with the full rosters and game time information.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp named his 23-man traveling squad on Friday. The Reds are bringing Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson, Rhian Brewster, Fabinho, Roberto Firmino, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson, Caoimhin Kelleher, Adam Lallana, Dejan Lovren, Sadio Mane, Joel Matip, Simon Mignolet, James Milner, Alberto Moreno, Divock Origi, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Andy Robertson, Mohamed Salah, Xherdan Shaqiri, Daniel Sturridge, Virgil Van Dijk and Georginio Wijnaldum.

Klopp and Pochettino are permitted to name up to 12 substitutes for the clash.

Spurs reached the final after beating Ajax 3-2 in the second leg of a semifinal match. Liverpool made the final in dramatic fashion, beating Barcelona 4-3 in aggregate scoring, capped off with a 4-0 blowout on May 7 at Anfield in Liverpool, England.

Liverpool will be a different team in the final, playing with formerly injured stars Salah and Firmino. Spurs also managed to get to the final without Kane, their superstar striker.

Real Madrid defeated Liverpool in the 2017-2018 Champions League final. Liverpool is a five-time champion of the tournament, with its last title in 2007.

"We learned a lot in that time since we are together," Klopp told reporters Friday. "A lot of players have been together for three years, some players have been together for a year. This year we learned a lot again, we are a completely different side to last year. So the final was not too important for our improvement, the final was like a starting point again for the next steps. That's how we saw it, that's how we wanted to use it and that's what we did. But from the game we couldn't learn a lot, to be honest.

Tottenham has never won the Champions League. Liverpool and Tottenham each have two wins and a tie in their last five meetings.

"I think now, we're living the dream and I hope the dream finishes in the best way and we win the final," Pochettino said. "That could be the most beautiful history in football. We are going to give our best to win the trophy. We have an amazing opportunity but the journey was also amazing." </s> Liverpool F.C. beat Tottenham 2-0 to become the champions of the 2019 UEFA Champions League on Saturday, June 1, 2019, in Madrid, Spain. To celebrate, the soccer team held a parade in Liverpool, England on June 2, 2019, with their new trophy in hand. </s> Former Liverpool forward El Hadji Diouf believes his old club has the edge going into the Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur.

The two English clubs will go head-to-head in a battle to claim Europe's elite club competition in Madrid on Saturday.

The Reds failed in their bid to lift Europe’s most prestigious club trophy last season, having stuttered to a 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kiev.

Liverpool have impressively managed to beat former champions Barcelona and Bayern Munich en route to the showpiece event, whereas Spur have made their way past the likes of Manchester City and Ajax to meet them.

Diouf, who was contracted to the Anfield giants from 2002 to 2005, reckons Jurgen Klopp’s men are in a great position to get the better of their fierce rivals in the final.

“I want Liverpool to win because I’m a Red boy,” Diouf told Goal.

“Also, winning the title will be an icing on the cake for what they did in the semi-final against Barcelona.

“Tottenham are a fantastic side because no one expected them to get this far, so Liverpool must be focused against them because most times the best team end up losing.

“Everyone is optimistic about the Reds winning because they are playing back to back in the Champions League final, but I think they are a really powerful team with a great manager in Jurgen Klopp.”

The teams will contest the first all-English final since Manchester United defeated Chelsea on penalties in Moscow in 2008.

Tottenham are expected to parade their full squad for this match at Wanda Metropolitano, with an adductor injury ruling out Naby Keita for Liverpool. </s> The Champions League trophy once again resides at Anfield. On Saturday in the Champions League final, the Reds beat Tottenham 2-0 to lift the trophy for the sixth time, the first since 2005. Mohamed Salah scored the winner just two minutes in thanks to a controversial penalty kick, while Divock Origi replaced Roberto Firmino in the second half and scored in the dying minutes to put it away.

The loss sees Tottenham's Cinderella run fall just a game short of the ultimate European club glory, but it put Spurs on the map as a contender in all competitions for years to come.

Here are three takeaways from the match:

Reds benefit from early call but are worthy winners

It took just 23 seconds for this one to get heated thanks to a handball from Moussa Sissoko, who saw the ball hit him near the armpit before touching his hand. The referee called the penalty kick.

Here's the handball:

A PENALTY CALL 23 SECONDS IN 😱 pic.twitter.com/4gAaYBhPFG — Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) June 1, 2019

And here's the goal:

Liverpool 1-0. Minute 2. Mo Salah 🔥 pic.twitter.com/G45zZCFWvR — Bleacher Report Live (@brlive) June 1, 2019

It doesn't get much more controversial than that in the early going, as any penalty would be. Sure, it hits his hand, but that is after it hits the core of his body. I don't think that is a handball, as it didn't hit his hand first and was far from intentional or him trying to make himself bigger. The Reds took advantage, and the rest is history, but it feels harsh.

Harry Kane played, but it was hardly noticeable

Kane returned from injury in what was expected to be a big boost for this team, but Mauricio Pochettino will be questioned as to if he should have played him. He wasn't his sharpest and didn't have a whole lot of chances, but he did had some solid build-up play. Tottenham actually outshot Liverpool on the night.

It's easy to say that they could have done better without him, but they needed Kane in this game to have a realistic shot. Spurs gave it their all, and there was little more they could do against a Liverpool defense that played cautiously and took care of business.

Jurgen Klopp completes promise

When Jurgen Klopp signed with Liverpool four years ago, he said he expected this team to have a title by his fourth season. But after losses in the Champions League final last year and both the Europa League and League Cup in years prior, the pressure was on here to deliver, and the Reds did just that. It wasn't an attacking outburst but it was a showing for the Reds that has characterized their season -- strong defensively and taking chances in the final third. They did it against Barcelona in the semifinals, they did it all year long in the Premier League and then on the biggest stage, they take two chances to win the title and produce the most memorable day in their careers.

Klopp saw the potential to revive Liverpool, and he did just that by lifting them to the summit.

Relive Liverpool vs. Tottenham



Miss any of the action? You can find our live coverage of the Champions League final below. If you are unable to view the live updates below, please click here. </s> BRIGHTON, England (AP) — Earning 97 points is almost always enough to win the Premier League. Not for Liverpool, which had the misfortune of running up against a Manchester City team setting new standards of excellence.

Only for 21 minutes during Sunday's season finale was the title in Liverpool's hands.

But by completing the season with a 14th successive victory — coming from behind to overwhelm Brighton 4-1 — City finished a point ahead of Liverpool and retained the trophy.

An English title drought that has clocked up 29 years rolls on for Liverpool. It's no consolation that Juergen Klopp's side combined with City to amass 195 points for the highest Premier League tally for the top two.

The only comfort for Liverpool is that it didn't sign off the season on Sunday with a 2-0 victory over Wolverhampton. While City has an FA Cup final to come to try to complete a domestic treble, Liverpool can win a sixth continental title if it beats Tottenham in the June 1 Champions League final.

The one major trophy missing in the City trophy cabinet is the European Cup. It's the target for the Abu Dhabi ownership and manager Pep Guardiola who has shown he can conquer the Premier League.

Captain Vincent Kompany has been part of City's four title triumphs since 2012, having previously won under Roberto Mancini and Manuel Pellegrini before the Guardiola double.

"It was the hardest and most satisfying Premier League title win ever," Kompany said. "Liverpool was exceptional, I don't mean to rub it in, it is what it is, they didn't deserve to lose."

Ten minutes after Liverpool went in front against Brighton through the first of Sadio Mane's two goals, City fell behind at Brighton.

Although Sergio Aguero leveled 83 seconds after Glenn Murray's header, it took Aymeric Laporte's header in the 38th minute to put City back in control of its title destiny.

That goal turned out to be the title-clincher, with City's anxieties only eased in the second half by record-signing Riyad Mahrez netting and Ilkay Gündogan scoring from a free kick.

It was on the south-coast exactly 21 months ago where Guardiola's first title-winning campaign began.

By the time the blue-and-white streamers had rained down on the City players on Sunday night, 201 goals had been scored and 198 points collected across the two title-winning campaigns.

Long forgotten is the spell four months ago when Liverpool blew the chance to go 10 points clear of City.

Instead the title hinged on Liverpool's only defeat of the campaign in January to City, which could afford to lose four times and still emerge victorious.

"As long as City are around," Klopp said, "with the quality they have, the power, the financial power and that stuff, then it's not any other team will pass them easily, that is clear. So we need to be very, very close to perfection to win the Premier League as long as this is the case."

Tottenham qualified for a fourth successive season in the Champions League after an unlikely series of results failed to materialize, leaving north London rival Arsenal finishing a point behind in fifth.

Christian Eriksen's free kick clinched Tottenham's 2-2 draw with Everton and Arsenal beat Burnley 3-1. Arsenal could still make the Champions League if it beats Chelsea in the Europa League final on May 29.

Chelsea was already sure of its return to the Champions League going into the final day and sealed third place — 25 points behind Liverpool — with a 0-0 draw at Leicester.

Manchester United slumped to its first league loss to Cardiff since 1960 in front of many empty seats as fans left Old Trafford before the final whistle.

The 2-0 collapse ensured United finished in sixth place — just where the record 20-time English champions were when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replaced the fired Jose Mourinho in January. A bright start to Solskjaer's interim reign saw him rewarded with a three-year contract in March, but United has endured a miserable run since then.

There was a three-way split for the Golden Boot as Liverpool duo Mane and Mohamed Salah finished level on 22 goals with Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. Both Mane and Aubameyang netted twice on Sunday.

With doubts over his future, Rafael Benitez will hold talks with Newcastle owner Mike Ashley after completing the season with a 4-0 victory over relegated Fulham.

Crystal Palace's club doctor has said he and his family were racially abused by a young child near Selhurst Park ahead of the team's 5-3 home victory over Bournemouth. </s> Real Madrid go for their record third straight title of the Champions League era, but they must get by the highest-scoring team in the tournament's history in Liverpool.

Real Madrid play for their third consecutive UEFA Champions League title — which would be a record in the Champions League era — but to win it, they must get past Liverpool, the team that scored more goals than any team ever to play in the Europe’s elite tournament, as the UEFA Champions League Final will live stream from 70,000-seat Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kiev, Ukraine on Saturday.

Liverpool scored a stunning 46 goals with 10 of them coming from Premier League scoring champion Mo Salah, the major reason the Reds who finished fourth on the domestic table will play in their first Champions League Final in 11 years.

But Liverpool remains the most successful English team on the European stage, with five continent-wide championships. But only one of those came in the Champions League era, which began in 1992, when Liverpool defeated AC Milan in 2004. The English side returned to the Champions League Final three years later, but fell to Milan in that title match.

Liverpool enters this contest tipped as underdogs by the oddsmakers, which seems unsurprising given that they are facing the reigning, back-to-back European champions — a club that has a record 12 European championships in their trophy case.

To find out how to watch alive stream of the Real Madrid vs. Liverpool 2018 UEFA Champions League Final, see the streaming instructions at the bottom of this article. Kickoff for the biggest game of the year in European soccer is scheduled for 9:45 p.m. Eastern European Summer Time at NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, on Saturday, May 26. In the United Kingdom, that start time will be 7:45 p.m. British Summer Time, while fans in the United States can log in to the live stream at 2:25 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, or 11:45 a.m. Pacific.

While Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has a chance to win his fifth UEFA Champions League title, more than any other single player since 1992, Liverpool Manager Jurgen Klopp is battling a personal curse. Klopp has been on the losing end of his last five championship final matches in all tournaments. But Klopp says his side enters the game with full confidence in their ability to send the defending champs home on the losing side.

“Experience is very important and I’m pretty sure a second before the game Madrid will be more confident than us. But it doesn’t matter because the game doesn’t stop there, it only starts,” Klopp said. “They’ve not played us and we are Liverpool — not only a good football team, but we have in our DNA to go for big things.”

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In the U.K., a live stream of the Real Madrid vs. Liverpool match will be carried by BT Sport, and may be accessed inside the U.K. only, at this link. </s> Liverpool beat Tottenham 2-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano with Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi scoring the only goal of the game in the 2nd minute.

The Egypt international converted from 12 yards after Moussa Sissoko was adjudged to have handled inside the area.

Liverpool were not at their blockbuster best against Tottenham but got the job done, ensuring they win the Champions League for the sixth time in their history.

For Spurs, though, it means that their sparkling European campaign ends with nothing to show for it. </s> Manchester City's Belgian defender Vincent Kompany (2nd R) shows the Premier League trophy to supporters outside the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, northern England on May 12, 2019.

Manchester City retained the Premier League title in style on Sunday, holding their nerve to come from behind and thrash Brighton to hold off a charging Liverpool after a nailbiting campaign.

Pep Guardiola's team won 4-1 at Brighton to finish with 98 points -- the second-highest total in Premier League history -- as Liverpool beat Wolves 2-0 at Anfield to finish a single, agonising, point adrift.

City, who strung together 14 league wins at the end of the season, are the first side to retain the title since their bitter rivals Manchester United managed the feat in 2009, and remain on course for the first domestic treble in English football history.

But Guardiola's team did not have it all their own way as they won a fourth English title in eight seasons and the sixth in the club's history.

A day of drama on England's south coast was in keeping with an astonishing season in which the lead switched hands time after time.

Liverpool drew first blood on Sunday, with Sadio Mane striking in the 17th minute to put them mathematically top of the table and on course for their first English top-flight title since 1990, before the Premier League era even started.

City fans' nerves were shredded even further when Glenn Murray put Brighton in front from a corner in the 27th minute, drawing a huge roar at Anfield.

But those cheers were quickly muted, with Guardiola's side level just 83 seconds later, Sergio Aguero staying onside and keeping his cool to finish after a brilliant ball from David Silva.

Ten minutes later, the unmarked Aymeric Laporte rose to head in Riyad Mahrez's corner to complete the turnaround for City and second-half goals from Mahrez and Ilkay Gundogan put the result beyond doubt.

"We have to say congratulations to Liverpool and thank you so much -- they pushed us to increase our standards," Guardiola told Sky Sports.

"It's incredible, 98 points, to go back-to-back. We made the standard higher last season and Liverpool helped us -- to win this title we had to win 14 in a row. We couldn't lose one point."

"It's the toughest title we have won in all my career, by far," added the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss.

City jetted back north to celebrate with around 10,000 of their own fans at their Etihad Stadium late into the evening, with supporters singing along to "Wonderwall" by Oasis.

Players took it in turns to hoist the Premier League trophy, with club captain Vincent Kompany and Guardiola last to lift it, together.

"I'm so, so proud," said Kompany as the party got underway at 22:45 local time. "This team is amazing. We're able to fill this place at this time of night. Thank you so much."

City finished a record 19 points clear of Manchester United last season, but this term has been a totally different campaign.

Guardiola's side had to dig deep to see off the relentless challenge of Liverpool, who lost just one Premier League game all season.

The outcome was cruel on Liverpool, who are second behind only United in the all-time list of English champions with 18 titles.

Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp praised City but vowed his side would be back.

"City got the points they have because we were there," he told the BBC.

"They have 198 points in two years, that's special. We made such big steps. It's only the first step. Always after a good year we lost key players (in the past) but we won't (this time) so we'll be there again."

Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah shared the Premier League Golden Boot award with teammate Mane and Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang after they all scored 22 goals.

The Merseysiders' points tally is the third-highest in Premier League history.

Klopp's side travelled to face City at the Etihad in January with the chance to open up a 10-point lead but the defending champions won 2-1 in what turned out to be the pivotal match of the campaign.

Liverpool suffered a blip in late January and February, held to a series of draws, but they found their form again and relentlessly harried City, finishing with nine straight league wins.

Klopp's team will have to put the disappointment behind them as they prepare to face Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final in Madrid on June 1.

Elsewhere on the final day of Premier League action, Spurs made mathematically certain of a place in the top four, drawing 2-2 against Everton.

Arsenal beat Burnley 3-1 while fellow Europa League finalists Chelsea were held to a goalless draw at Leicester but secured third place.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Manchester United finished their season with a whimper, losing 2-0 at home to relegated Cardiff -- a side he once managed.

There were also wins for Crystal Palace, Newcastle and West Ham. Southampton and relegated Huddersfield drew 1-1.
Liverpool F.C. defeats Tottenham Hotspur F.C. by a score of 2–0 to win the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final.