"Liverpool" team's dream of becoming the second team after Madrid's "Real" to defend the UEFA Champions League title will not come true. Dramatically the match between "Liverpool" and Madrid's "Atletico" ended in failure for the "reds" with a score of 2:3. "Liverpool" dominated almost the entire game, but "Atletico" maintained a minimal deficit until extra time, during which they already punished the hosts for their mistakes. In the 97th minute, the first long shot by "Atletico's" Marcos Llorente ended with a goal, and just 8 minutes later his second attempt also brought a goal for the "rojiblancos" team. The final blow was delivered at the very end of extra time by Alvaro Morata. Such a loss, when "Liverpool" dominated the entire regular time, is hard to comprehend for Jurgen Klopp. "I don't understand why 'Atletico' plays this style of football when they have so much quality in their squad. They can play real football," J. Klopp stated. "Top-class players standing in two defensive blocks. They didn't even have counterattacks. Look at players like Koke, Saul, and Llorente and can't understand why they don't play real football, but just stand in their half and wait to counterattack. Yes, they beat us and we have to accept it, although it doesn't seem fair. I realized I am a loser, as the players put in maximum effort and we still lost. Sometimes luck accompanied us on the journey when we reached two Champions League finals. However, today was the opposite situation - everything depended on us," the strategist did not hide his disappointment.
