Real Madrid lifted their third consecutive Champions League title, as they beat Liverpool.
The Spanish giants made history in a highly eventful final at Kiev, as they beat Liverpool . With this victory, Real Madrid won their third consecutive Champions League title, the first team ever to do so.
Liverpool started the game in emphatic fashion, creating chances after chances in the initial minutes of the game. The Reds received a blow when a clash with Sergio Ramos resulted in injury for Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian forward left the field teary-eyed, and soon, Dani Carvajal too went down injured and followed Salah. The first half ended at 0-0.
Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the second half with a huge goalkeeping error from Loris Karius. Liverpool reacted soon with Sadio Mane equalising, before Gareth Bale scored a screamer with an overhead kick.
Bale scored only 122 seconds after being subbed in for Isco. Bale scored his second goal as Karius made another howler, as Real Madrid overcame Liverpool 3-1 to win this year’s Champions League title.
Here are a few tweets from the game:
