Champions League final live – Tottenham v Liverpool – Live – BBC Sport

The originate-as a lot as this sport to this level tonight has been all the pieces Wednesday evening in Baku wasn’t.

Beefy home, passion, volume, tension, pleasure, sense of occasion.

Silent some English followers struggling to get it of direction…

Harry Kane has scored 5 targets in nine fits towards Liverpool, whereas also offering two assists. Kane’s closing scheme versus Liverpool came back in February 2018.

Andy Gates: Houston, Texas sport on at 2: 00pm, 50 years a fan – never a day fancy this. My wife, children will all be kitted up wisely in the Sizable Ben Tavern – COYS!!

Oakelfish: On the Hilton in Liverpool to peep the game advance on you reds.

Kenny Kim: Watching from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on a sofa with pillows to veil in the back of. Now not bringing my contemptible supreme fortune to Madrid having been to Athens and Kiev. For the elevated factual you survey.

The amount within the Wanda hits unique peaks because the two sides advance out to warmth up. A minute extra Liverpool followers interior I would bet, but no longer a noticeable gulf.

Harry Kane appears focused. How fit is he? We’re about to search out out.

Guillem Balague

Spanish soccer journalist on BBC Radio 5 are living

Everybody knows Liverpool hold a resounding facet. At Anfield Spurs managed to terminate them, but this can interact one thing special for Tottenham to grab this.

Liverpool hold the belief that nothing is rarely any longer potential.

What a closing now we hold forward.

This is in a position to per chance per chance be the first Champions League closing to salvage the luxurious VAR (video assistant referee) abilities, with the added bonus that it parts the teams whose Premier League meetings hold produced extra achieve of abode-kicks (22) than any diversified fixture.

Will the distant referees support up some 12-yard drama? In the occasion that they attain, then Spurs and Liverpool – in Harry Kane and James Milner – hold just among the finest males in the alternate, with easiest six mess ups between them from 42 attempts in the Premier League and Champions League mixed.

Hugo Lloris leads out his Spurs gamers for a warmth up. Appealing on he had a wobbly spell of compose this season – in my scrutinize – he could per chance per chance find yourself with a World Cup and a Champions League in his back pocket interior a year.

Now not too contemptible!

Set Lawrenson

Ex-Liverpool defender

Everybody is asserting Liverpool are favourites to grab, but they are able to easiest be petite favourites.

I attain mediate if Klopp’s facet are on it then they’ve received too phenomenal for Spurs, for the reason that front three raise such a scoring threat and the width from their paunchy-backs manner that you can mediate they’ll compose adequate probabilities to grab.

I also think Liverpool shall be in the next achieve of abode mentally for his or her abilities in closing year’s closing. They are able to know what it feels fancy when they traipse away after shedding an big sport fancy that and this could occasionally per chance even be one thing else riding them on to make certain there could be a weird consequence this time.

So, by hook or by prison, I mediate Liverpool will grab – even when this could occasionally per chance even be extraordinarily terminate.

Mo Salah had an shatter nightmare closing season and he could per chance per chance no longer declare what he’s all about on the supreme of phases.

Some gamers never salvage one more probability. He’s easiest had to wait 12 months…

Sean Dyche

Burnley manager on BBC Radio 5 are living

Mauricio Pochettino has slightly just a few faith in Harry Winks. I mediate he’ll be ragged to take care of Tottenham’s form tonight.

Nonetheless it no doubt’ll be gripping to sight how the teams morph towards every diversified – both in and out of possession. It shall be very gripping to sight who gets the upper hand in the more than just a few tactical scenarios.

Luke Reddy

BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden

Meet Lin and Jean, over in Recent York from Crosby, Liverpool.

Jean, on the factual, has two sons in Madrid, one with a label and one on the hunt.

They’ve had to reserve a desk in the bar such is build a question to and additionally they’re most frequently loving every minute of the buzz.

I anticipated this bar to be filled with Recent Yorkers but there are Liverpudlians in each place.

I’ve asked Jean who wins and she says she’s had two omens. One, a busker playing You’ll By no manner Shuffle Alone on the subway, one more, recognizing this Mo Salah mural from an delivery prime bus.

Will Salah be on an delivery prime bus after recently?

SMS Message: Sizable call by Poch, also Winks initiating – two gamers who haven’t played for weeks. Hope the gamble will pay off. coys. from Neill

Sizable call by Poch, also Winks initiating – two gamers who haven’t played for weeks. Hope the gamble will pay off. coys.

SMS Message: Origi and Moura no longer initiating. Each and every teams hold natty-subs ready to advance on at 60 mins. from Steve K, Swindon

Origi and Moura no longer initiating. Each and every teams hold natty-subs ready to advance on at 60 mins.

SMS Message: How can Poch no longer launch up Moura after the semis. He could per chance per chance scenario Van Dijk with his tempo so phenomenal – important mistake. from Jasper in London.

How can Poch no longer launch up Moura after the semis. He could per chance per chance scenario Van Dijk with his tempo so phenomenal – important mistake.

Finally the temptation modified into too phenomenal to resist – Harry Kane starts the Champions League closing for Spurs.

Kane has been out since 9 April when he sustained an ankle shatter in the quarter-closing towards Manchester City but a 3-week gap between the end of the Premier League season and this closing has opened the window of recovery.

Sizable disappointment for Lucas Moura and an big call from Mauricio Pochettino.

Harry Kane talking to Glenn Hoddle on BT Sport on the eve of the closing: “The ankle is factual. It’s been seven or so weeks of laborious work.
I’m back coaching with the group.

“The semi-closing modified into an very supreme sport. I couldn’t think it took achieve of abode. Correct
to be there, the feelings took over. I well-known to be there and make stronger them and
race my abilities on to anybody that well-known it.

“It’s very supreme that we’re right here but we won’t salvage one more
probability to capture the Champions League trophy so we’re right here to grab the game.

“There’ll be loads
of talking and thinking but I’m sure that every person looks to be having a peep forward to
getting available to play.”

Groundstaff are out and the sprinklers are on all over Wanda Metropolitano – the pitch appears most practical possible but it is getting an actual hosing down.

No surprises in the Liverpool group. Roberto Firmino is fit and Jurgen Klopp’s tried and relied on midfield trio of captain Jordan Henderson, Gini Wijnaldum and Fabinho gets the nod.

Atmosphere constructing successfully after an intense and celebratory originate-up in Madrid metropolis centre.