Football. ua remembers the way Liverpool to the Kiev Champions League final and the history of the "red" in this tournament.

Hardly anyone at the beginning of this season could predict that Liverpool will be able to reach the decisive match of the Champions League. "Reds" in the Premier League started very mediocre - so much so that after the defeat of Tottenham's 1: 4 in the media, the statistics were compared with Jurgen Kloppe and Brendan Rogers with hints that it's time for the German to leave. Draws with Sevilla and Moscow Spartak did not inspire optimism either.

The way of Liverpool in the current draw Group stage In the previous season, the Merseyside took the fourth place in the Premier League, so began their journey from the fourth qualifying round of the Champions League.

There Liverpool went to Hoffenheim, which team Klopp beat twice - 2: 1 away and 4: 2 at home.

The draw was very favorable to the "red": from the first basket fell Spartacus, and complemented the four in Group E Sevilla and Maribor.

The beginning of the group stage, as we already mentioned, was not the best for Liverpool - the world 2: 2 with Sevilla and 1: 1 with Spartacus. But on Maribor, the British came off in full - 7: 0 and 3: 0.

In the fifth round, Liverpool vividly relished victory over Sevilla - by the end of the first half, the "red" won 3: 0. According to the legend, during the break players of the Spanish club learned that coach Eduardo Berizzo had cancer. Whatever it was, in the second half, three goals flew into the gates of Liverpool - 3: 3!.

And finally, the Merseyside "fed" on Anfield Spartacus, sending "meat" seven unanswered goals. In that meeting, the hat-trick was made by Filipe Coutinho, who after a month left for Barcelona, ??but still get a medal for winning the Champions League if Liverpool beat Real Madrid.

Playoffs In the playoffs Liverpool in the first matches thundered rivals, and in the second already acted on the situation.

To start, Jose Sa from Porto received five goals from the Salah - Firmino - Mane. The Portuguese did not answer once, and the second match turned into an empty formality - 0: 0.

In the quarter-finals Liverpool got the first really big opponent - Manchester City. "Townspeople" were considered one of the main contenders for the trophy, given their confident leadership in the Premier League and a bright attacking game. However, the first match at Anfield gave a sensational result - 3: 0. So painful team Pep Guardiola in this season, no one has beaten. In the second match, the "reds" were missed by Gabriel Jesus on the second minute, but stood up, and then responded with two goals - 1: 2.

In the semi-finals, Liverpool decided to challenge Roma, who had just knocked out Barcelona. And again in the first match, the "reds" created an excellent background, having beaten the Romans 5: 2. Everything would be even better if Liverpool did not miss two goals under the curtain of the duel. And in the second meeting, the Reds led 2-1 and relaxed, allowing Roma to win 4-2, and they were seriously lucky that the referee recorded a non-existent offside with Edin Dzeko (instead of a penalty and a possible red Kariusu in the 63rd minute) and did not give penalty for playing with a hand from Alexander-Arnold. However, that's history. Liverpool in the final!.

The best match Among all Eurocom campaign matches of Liverpool, the home win over Manchester City 3: 0 stands apart. It was then that the "reds" announced themselves at the top of their voice, testing that they could beat anyone in their "day".

The key to success The attacking troika of Liverpool, Mohammed Salah - Roberto Firmino - Sadio Manet forced to talk about herself all over Europe. Whether it's a joke - Liverpool strikers have already scored 29 goals in the Champions League (Salah and Firmino 10, 9 - Manet), beating the tournament record set by the Madrid Air Force!.

Liverpool - a mood team, and it is the mood of these guys can decide the outcome of the Champions League final in Kiev. There can be no doubt that Real Madrid will have the chances to score "red", the question is, how many of the gates of Navas will be scored by Salah, Manet and Firmino?.

History of performances in the Champions League Liverpool shares with Bayern and Barcelona third place in the number of wins in the Champions League / European Champions Cup - five triumphs. More wins only in Milan (7) and Real (12).

The most recent success was 13 years ago - in 2005. Then the "reds" lost after the first half 0: 3 to Milan Andriy Shevchenko, and after the break they created a feat that went down in history as an "Istanbul miracle". They scored three times, and then won the trophy in the penalty shootout!.

Two years later, the "reds" met again with the "Rosso Neri", but lost 1: 2. This was only the second defeat in the finals of the Champions League / LEC for Liverpool - in these matches they are used to winning.