Reaction to Liverpool’s Champions League final win over Tottenham

Soccer Football – Champions League Final – Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool – Wanda Metropolitano, Madrid, Spain – June 1, 2019 Liverpool fans celebrate after the match REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach




Reaction to Liverpool’s 2-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final on Saturday.

LIVERPOOL MANAGER JUERGEN KLOPP

“I am so happy for the boys all these people, and my family. They suffer for me, they deserve it more than anybody. “Did you ever see a team like this, fighting with no fuel in the tank? And we have a keeper who makes difficult things look easy. It is the best night of our professional lives.

“It took a while, it is important for our development and improvement, This little mark helps a lot, now we can carry on. The owners never put pressure on us. “Normally 20 minutes after the game I am half drunk, but now I have only had water!”




LIVERPOOL STRIKER MOHAMED SALAH

“Everyone is happy now, I am glad to play the second final in a row and play 90 minutes finally. “Everyone did his best today, no great individual performances today, all the team was unbelievable. “I have sacrificed a lot for my career, to come from a village to go to Cairo, and to be an Egyptian at this level is unbelievable for me.”

LIVERPOOL DEFENDER TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD

“It is hard to put into words. The season we have had, we deserved it more than any other team. We have done something special, we dominated the game.“We will not look back and think it was sluggish game, we will see we are European champions. “I am just a normal lad from Liverpool whose dream has just come true.”

LIVERPOOL SCORER DIVOCK ORIGI
“It was important for the team, for the club, for the city.”

FORMER LIVERPOOL WINGER STEVE MCMANAMAN

“It hasn’t been the greatest game, or advert for English football, because of the climate and circumstances but Liverpool won’t care a jot!”

Source: Reuters