Liverpool vs Real Madrid

Liverpool take on Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions League final. Follow all the latest updates from the Stade de France in Paris.

50 mins from kickoff: It's hard not to feel for Joel Matip, who has been superb for Liverpool this season, but the presence and problem of Vinicius Jr has probably played a part in Jurgen Klopp's thinking. Will it be number 14 for Real Madrid (and number four for Carlo Ancelotti) or will Liverpool add their seventh European Cup to the Carabao and FA Cup that are already at Anfield for safekeeping this season? Liverpool and Real Madrid have met in this very fixture in Paris once before: in 1981, Alan Kennedy scored the only goal of the game as the English side claimed a 1-0 win at the Parc des Princes. Andy Robertson said yesterday that he hadn't given much thought to the idea of becoming another match-winning left-back in the City of Light, but this is a fixture that still means more than any other. The opening ceremony - from the laying of the protective pitch cover, to the Camila Cabello choreography, to the fireworks - was slick and effective. Meanwhile, the costumed stars of the pre-match entertainment are standing to the side of the pitch, waiting. The Liverpool team bus got held up in traffic outside the ground and, as the teams warm-up on the pitch with less than half an hour to go before kickoff, there are still lots of empty seats in the Liverpool end. Liverpool have a free-kick about 35 yards out and Robertson is going to swing it into the box. Madrid have used the ball well and Luka Modric is starting to come to life, but it's Liverpool who've had the better chances. 36th minute: Vinicius gets the better of Konate this time but Jordan Henderson comes steaming back to clear behind and Liverpool deal with the corner. 43rd minute: GOOAA...no. Benzema brings the ball down beautifully in the Liverpool box and checks back, Dennis Bergkamp style. Anyway, irrespective of that decision, Madrid will probably be the happier of the two sides. Kroos aims a looping free-kick into the Liverpool box and Casemiro is unmarked after a late run.

Why is there a delay in the Liverpool vs Real Madrid Champions League final? ... The final of the Champions League has been pushed back 15 minutes due to crowd congestion outside of Paris' Stade de France.

Liverpool and Real Madrid went on to start the match on Saturday more than a half hour late as supporters still tried to enter the venue. With much of the crowd still outside as 8pm BST (3pm EST) loomed, the decision was made to wait 15 minutes in order to clear some of the bottlenecks outside and allow fans to take their seats. Why was there a delay in the Liverpool vs Real Madrid Champions League final?

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"We had a situation at the fan park this afternoon where some Liverpool fans were queuing up for three hours to get into a free event. "The situation here is a bit of a strange one. There are so many police, riot police and security guards here and their mindset has been to stop anybody without a ticket getting anywhere near the stadium. They don't want anybody near the stadium if they don't have tickets. "In the last few minutes, me and three of my crew were tear-gassed for no reason whatsoever by the French police. "From what I've seen, even at the Liverpool fan park, the French police's attitude has been very heavy-handed with absolutely zero tolerance. The agency reported seeing two fans - one wearing Liverpool attire - wrestled to the ground by stewards and bundled out of the gates. Sky Sports presenter Kelly Cates, attending the final as a supporter, had also tweeted: "Absolutely shambolic at the Stade de France. No way in, no way of knowing which way to go. "This is the greatest match in European football and supporters should not have to experience the scenes we have witnessed tonight. "It seems to me that the whole policing operation before this game was ineffective," Solhekol concluded. It has the potential to be very dangerous." "This created a build-up of fans trying to get in.

Premier League runners up Liverpool and Spanish La Liga kings Real Madrid will go head-to-head in Saturday night's UEFA Champions League final in Paris.

It is the experience of this core that Real Madrid is able to rely on when the going gets tough in key matches. Will his words come back to haunt him after the game tonight?. And this is the challenge that Jurgen Klopp and his Reds troop face in Paris tonight. From there, Los Blancos would pull one back before the interval from Ballon D'Or front runner Karim Benzema as the sides headed to half time with City 2-1 up. A date with destiny beckons tonight and Real will look to ensure that there is another party with their legion of fans at their customary point of title celebrations, the Cibeles Fountain in the heart of Madrid, come the early hours of Sunday morning when they return from the French capital. It is a comeback not only right up there with those that Real have pulled off against both PSG and Chelsea this season, but it can also take pride of place alongside Barcelona's famous comeback against PSG when the Blaugrana overturned a 4-0 deficit suffered at the Parc de Princes to slaughter the Parisians 6-1 at the Camp Nou in their Champions League round of 16 second leg clash.

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The 21-year-old became the fifth-youngest player to score in a Champions League final. Courtois continued to keep Liverpool at bay, notably with a superb save from Salah on the right-hand side of the 18-yard box to push the ball past the far post as Ancelotti's side ran out 1-0 winners. Liverpool again peppered the Madrid goal in the opening spells of the second half, but Madrid continued to deny them before Vinicius broke the deadlock on 58 minutes with a comfortable strike. Vinicius netted on 58 minutes as he fired into an empty net from a low cross from the edge of the 18-yard box from Federico Valverde, with Liverpool unable to score amidst a superb performance from Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois. Salah had the first chance of the game on 16 minutes as he flicked a low cross from Trent Alexander-Arnold only to be denied by Courtois, and Sadio Mane shortly after when he fired a shot into the left bottom corner only for the Madrid goalkeeper's outstretched arm to tip the ball onto the post. A Vinicius Junior strike helped Real Madrid to a record 14th European Cup -- their eighth in the Champions League era -- with a 1-0 win over Liverpool on Saturday in the final at the Stade de France in Paris.