Jürgen Klopp claimed defeat in the Champions League final should not detract from Liverpool’s “special season” but admitted his team had themselves to blame for the defeat by Real Madrid.
Thibaut Courtois produced an outstanding display to deny Liverpool, and Mohamed Salah in particular, as the Anfield club’s dreams of a seventh European crown and cup treble vanished in Paris. Klopp refused to blame a 63rd game of the campaign as the cause but rued Liverpool’s failure to beat the former Chelsea goalkeeper.
