Champions League final reaction: Real complete incredible run | Liverpool denied by Courtois | Pre-match chaos
Sky Sports Premier League Podcast
Sky Sports
4.0 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2022
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The panel reflect on the twists and turns on the pitch, picking out the standout performers and fine margins which swung it the Spanish side’s way, and also discuss the off-field issues, which saw Liverpool supporters struggle to get into the stadium and the match delayed by 37 minutes.
We also analyse what this result means for how Liverpool’s season as a whole will be assessed – and how they bounce back from this disappointment in 2022/23.
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| 0:54.9 | Hello and welcome to a special edition of the Essential Football podcast where we are reacting to a chaotic night in Paris and a Champions League final which eventually saw Real Madrid crowned European champions for a 14th time and Liverpool forced to settle for just the two trophies this season. |
| 1:00.5 | I'm Peter Smith and I'm joined by Nick Wright and Adam Bater who are in Star de France right now. |
| 1:03.1 | They've been there watching the game. How are we doing guys? |
| 1:05.1 | Yeah, yeah, doing well Pete. |
| 1:08.4 | Kind of an amazing spectacle here really, wasn't it? |
| 1:12.9 | A kind of surreal night at times and obviously a really disappointing one for Liverpool in the end. |
| 1:13.3 | But a pleasure to be here and cover it. |
| 1:16.2 | And yeah, a dramatic night on and off the pitch, really. |
| 1:19.4 | Yeah, hi Pete. |
| 1:20.2 | It's Adam here. |
| 1:21.1 | It's, yeah, eventful 1-0 doesn't really do it justice as it. |
| 1:24.1 | It was a lot going on. And we're just sort of watching the confetti being blown from |
| 1:28.4 | the pitch as we speak by a man with a leaf blur. So the less glamorous side of a Champions |
| 1:35.3 | League final, the calm after the storm. And well, Nick, let's start with you because in brief, |
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