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| Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool: Champions League final – live! | Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool: Champions League final – live! |
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| 75 min: A Liverpool attack founders and suddenly Spurs are on the charge. Son tries to run through the heart of their defence and for a moment it looks like he can do it, but then Van Dijk shifts into top gear and eases him off the ball. | |
| 74 min: Spurs substitution: Dier on, Sissoko off. The Frenchman may have been injured, he seemed to pick up a strain of some sort. | |
| 73 min: The game is loosening up now. Quality isn’t exactly soaring but gaps are opening up. Son skitters towards the Liverpool area and slips the all wide to Alli, who tries a dinky, Deulofue-esque lob over Alisson. But he doesn’t catch it right and it’s a comfortable save for the keeper. | |
| 71 min: Alison catches the Spurs’ defence out with a quick long kick to Salah, wide on the right. Salah finds Mané at the edge of the area but he runs into trouble, allowing Spurs to clear. | |
| 70 min: Vertonghn flights a fine long pass from deep to Tripper wide on the right. The fullback delivers a fine cross in the danger zone ... but there’s no teammates there to get on the end of it! | |
| 69 min: Mané skins Eriksen in midfield and scampers towards the box, zipping the ball in to Salah near the penalty spot. Salah lays it back to Milner, who takes one touch and then lashes a low effort just wide from the edge of the box! Good play! | |
| 67 min: Alexander-Arnold donks a pitiful corner to the near post, where Son whacks clear. Even the setpieces have been diabolical today, except for Salah’s penalty. | |
| 66 min: Spurs substitution: Moura on, Winks off. Eriksen drops a little deeper. | |
| 65 min: At the risk of repeating myself, this is very scrappy. Neither team can string a series of passes together. This is a great advertisement for rugby, or ice hockey or drinking. | |
| 62 min: Another Liverpool substitution: Milner on, Wijnaldum off. The Dutchman made no impression. | |
| 60 min: “Eriksen needs a big game now, he has hid so many times this season,” snaps Mark Goodchild. NO sign of him here yet. And on that note, he tries a shot from 30 yards. It’s a low whizzer than Van Dijk blocks at the edge of the area. | |
| 58 min: Liverpool substitution: Origi on, Firmino off. The Brazilian has not looked fit and was unable to make much of a contribution. Same goes for Kane, who I expect to be replaced by Moura soon. I can’t see any justification for leaving him on the pitch. | |
| 57 min: Alisson punches a away the corner to the edge of the area. Rose tires to lash it back at goal but Salah deflects it wide. Vertonghen meets the corner beyond the back post but can only guide a soft header a couple of yards over the bar. | |
| 56 min: Son tries to wriggle into the box and deliver a cross. Robertson makes a block at the expense of a corner. | |
| 55 min: Robertson curls over a vicious cross from the left. Lloris does well to snaffle it before Mané can pounce. | |
| 54 min: Wijnaldum releases Salah with a cute pass from deep. The Egyptian heads into the box, from the right-hand side. Vertonghen stands up to him ... and Salah tries to use him as a blind as he aims a curler towards the far corner. But Vertonghen is wise to his game and blocks. | |
| 53 min: A nice cross from the right by Alexander-Arnold floats just beyond Salah. “If this doesn’t pick up, this might end up being the worst ChampionsLeague final ever,” snalrs Kari Tulinius. “I can’t remember a duller spectacle. Admittedly I missed the Milan-Juve nil-nil in 2003, but every Champions Leaguefinal has been full of incident and fun. Anyway, here’s hoping for acrazy second half.” I’ll give you a duller spectacle: Red Star Belgrade 0-0 Marseille in the 1991 final, which, like this one, was painful because both teams had been so thrilling on their way to the final. Mind you, back then the problem was that Red Starr decided early on to play for penalties: here it’s that neither team can get going. | |
| 49 min: It’s still very scrappy. You know that both managers will have urged the players before kickoff to do their utmost to ensure they don’t come away full of regrets. Well, whoever loses this will agonise for ever over their non-performance ... unless they buck up their ideas pronto. | |
| 47 min: Spurs build well down the right, with Trippier releasing Son and then following up to receive the layback. He hoists a cross to the back post, over Alexader-Arnold. Alli tries to head it back across goal but misdirects it. | |
| 46 min: Spurs get the second half going... | |
| Here comes the players. Let’s hope they were all given a good boot up the backside during the break... | |
| “As a Spurs fan you wonder how many ways we can invent to shoot ourselves in the foot,” drawls Mike Nagle. “Sissoko has been great all season but to flail your arms around in the penalty area is dumb. The match needs to liven up. I hope Kane gets a hat trick but it was equally dumb to start him & leave out Moura, the hat trick hero. If you had to include Kane leave Ali out, he has been poor most of the season. Here’s hoping for a better second half.” | “As a Spurs fan you wonder how many ways we can invent to shoot ourselves in the foot,” drawls Mike Nagle. “Sissoko has been great all season but to flail your arms around in the penalty area is dumb. The match needs to liven up. I hope Kane gets a hat trick but it was equally dumb to start him & leave out Moura, the hat trick hero. If you had to include Kane leave Ali out, he has been poor most of the season. Here’s hoping for a better second half.” |
| “I hope Spurs come back and win simply because I want Liverpool to go down in history as the only team to lose two Champions League finals in a row,” snips Greg Rollins, who just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Juventus and Valencia have previously lose two finals in a row. | “I hope Spurs come back and win simply because I want Liverpool to go down in history as the only team to lose two Champions League finals in a row,” snips Greg Rollins, who just doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Juventus and Valencia have previously lose two finals in a row. |
| In the BT studio, all the talk is about the penalty decision, partly because there’s not been much else to discuss apart from the non-performances of so many fine players. All the pundits- except Glenn Hoddle - think giving a penalty was the right decision because Sissoko’s arm was outstretched (he was pointing at a position where he wanted a teammate to go) and therefore he blocked Mane’s pass illegally. Hoddle contends that that might have been a fair interpretation if the ball had struck his arm directly but since it rebounded on to his arm off his chest, it’s a bad call. | In the BT studio, all the talk is about the penalty decision, partly because there’s not been much else to discuss apart from the non-performances of so many fine players. All the pundits- except Glenn Hoddle - think giving a penalty was the right decision because Sissoko’s arm was outstretched (he was pointing at a position where he wanted a teammate to go) and therefore he blocked Mane’s pass illegally. Hoddle contends that that might have been a fair interpretation if the ball had struck his arm directly but since it rebounded on to his arm off his chest, it’s a bad call. |
| “I live for the final, the showpiece, on many occasions it lets you down, but it’s still unmissable,” says Bernard Folan. “This game is simply abysmal. While not a fan of spurs, if they could string two passes together they could win this. Danny Rose is the only player not afraid of the situation, fair balls to him. Pochettino could win this, winks off, Moura on.” Or Kane off. | “I live for the final, the showpiece, on many occasions it lets you down, but it’s still unmissable,” says Bernard Folan. “This game is simply abysmal. While not a fan of spurs, if they could string two passes together they could win this. Danny Rose is the only player not afraid of the situation, fair balls to him. Pochettino could win this, winks off, Moura on.” Or Kane off. |
| Liverpool go for their tea with a one-goal lead thanks to Salah’s penalty in the first minute. But there’s not much else for them to be pleased about because this has been a messy half in which Spurs have passed slightly better. It was jittery fare and quite a grim spectacle, evidence that the three-week buildup was too long: can’t help thinking that if this match had been played one week after the end of the Premier League, it would have been a more vibrant affair. Kane and Firmino wouldn’t have been fit for that, of course, but neither of them have had any impact here so far. Let’s hope for a big improvement in the second half from both teams. Victory is there for either one, even if Liverpool currently have the edge. | Liverpool go for their tea with a one-goal lead thanks to Salah’s penalty in the first minute. But there’s not much else for them to be pleased about because this has been a messy half in which Spurs have passed slightly better. It was jittery fare and quite a grim spectacle, evidence that the three-week buildup was too long: can’t help thinking that if this match had been played one week after the end of the Premier League, it would have been a more vibrant affair. Kane and Firmino wouldn’t have been fit for that, of course, but neither of them have had any impact here so far. Let’s hope for a big improvement in the second half from both teams. Victory is there for either one, even if Liverpool currently have the edge. |
| 45 min: Another Spurs attacking initiated by Son concludes with Eriksen shanking a shot 10 yards over from the edge of the area. Symptomatic off a dreadful first half, truth be told. | 45 min: Another Spurs attacking initiated by Son concludes with Eriksen shanking a shot 10 yards over from the edge of the area. Symptomatic off a dreadful first half, truth be told. |
| 44 min: Spurs spring forward on a three-on-three attack! But Alli botches it by overhitting a pass intended for Son. That’s easy pickings for Alisson. | 44 min: Spurs spring forward on a three-on-three attack! But Alli botches it by overhitting a pass intended for Son. That’s easy pickings for Alisson. |
| 43 min: A change of strategy as Salah takes the corner. He might not get another one, as this went straight to Son at the near post. The Korean walloped it away. | 43 min: A change of strategy as Salah takes the corner. He might not get another one, as this went straight to Son at the near post. The Korean walloped it away. |
| 41 min: Vertonghen is back in the action, just in time to see Liverpool elevate the quality of this game a tad. After promising bursts by Henderson and Firmino, Alexander-Arnold wins a corner, which he takes himself. Spurs scramble it out for another one, on the far side. | 41 min: Vertonghen is back in the action, just in time to see Liverpool elevate the quality of this game a tad. After promising bursts by Henderson and Firmino, Alexander-Arnold wins a corner, which he takes himself. Spurs scramble it out for another one, on the far side. |
| 39 min: Vertonghen is receiving treatment, seemingly to an injured elbow. he looks to be in quite a bit of pain. | 39 min: Vertonghen is receiving treatment, seemingly to an injured elbow. he looks to be in quite a bit of pain. |
| 38 min: Thats more like it! Matip spoon a decent pass wide to Robertson on the left. The Scot hurries forward and unloads a stinging shot from distance that Lloris pushes over with one hand! | 38 min: Thats more like it! Matip spoon a decent pass wide to Robertson on the left. The Scot hurries forward and unloads a stinging shot from distance that Lloris pushes over with one hand! |
| 37 min: Truth be told, this has been only marginally better than the first half of Arsenal-Chelsea the other day. It’s all very well English teams hogging all the final spots, but it’s be nice if they put on a bette show than this. | 37 min: Truth be told, this has been only marginally better than the first half of Arsenal-Chelsea the other day. It’s all very well English teams hogging all the final spots, but it’s be nice if they put on a bette show than this. |
| 35 min: Superb play by Henderson, up to a point. He did well to cut out a loose lofted pass by Alderweireld inside the Tottenham half, and then cleverly headed into space where he could run on to it himself down the right. But then he spaffed his cross out of play. | 35 min: Superb play by Henderson, up to a point. He did well to cut out a loose lofted pass by Alderweireld inside the Tottenham half, and then cleverly headed into space where he could run on to it himself down the right. But then he spaffed his cross out of play. |
| 34 min: Kane, who’s barely been involved so far, flicks the ball on to Son, Spurs’ most dangerous player. Two Liverpool players converge on him near the byline and deflect his cross out of play. | 34 min: Kane, who’s barely been involved so far, flicks the ball on to Son, Spurs’ most dangerous player. Two Liverpool players converge on him near the byline and deflect his cross out of play. |
| 32 min: Sissoko, in the D, tries to slip a pass through to Son, dashing in from the left. Matip makes a critical interception. | 32 min: Sissoko, in the D, tries to slip a pass through to Son, dashing in from the left. Matip makes a critical interception. |
| 30 min: It’s been a strange game. Quite slow, possibly because of the heat, and a little scruffy, possibly because of nerves. You get the feeling that if one team can truly pull themselves together, they could take this game away from the opposition. Liverpool have the lead but aren’t really flowing. | 30 min: It’s been a strange game. Quite slow, possibly because of the heat, and a little scruffy, possibly because of nerves. You get the feeling that if one team can truly pull themselves together, they could take this game away from the opposition. Liverpool have the lead but aren’t really flowing. |
| 27 min: A Foul on Mané gives Liverpool a freekick about 35 yards out, bang central. Alexander-Arnold fancies it. But he doesn’t shoot, instead he drops a cross to where he hoped runners would be. But there was no one there. | 27 min: A Foul on Mané gives Liverpool a freekick about 35 yards out, bang central. Alexander-Arnold fancies it. But he doesn’t shoot, instead he drops a cross to where he hoped runners would be. But there was no one there. |
| 25 min: A pause in play as Trippier receives treatment after being caught by Robertson. Nothing much to it. By the way, regarding the penalty in the first minute: if they’re going to be giving spotkicks for handballs in that situation - Sissoko could not get out of the way - then expect players to start aiming for opponents’ hands from close range. | 25 min: A pause in play as Trippier receives treatment after being caught by Robertson. Nothing much to it. By the way, regarding the penalty in the first minute: if they’re going to be giving spotkicks for handballs in that situation - Sissoko could not get out of the way - then expect players to start aiming for opponents’ hands from close range. |
| 24 min: Another Liverpool corner. Another delivery by Alexander-Arnold, this time short to Henderson, who whips it in. Winks heads clear. | 24 min: Another Liverpool corner. Another delivery by Alexander-Arnold, this time short to Henderson, who whips it in. Winks heads clear. |