Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham: 5 Hits and Flops

#2 Hit: Alisson

Alisson celebrates with his Champions League winners medal and a video call with family

The manner of last season's finale was horrifying for Liverpool. Having come so close, only to lose the way they did against Real - with two big mistakes by goalkeeper Loris Karius, Klopp and his men had no choice but to regroup and build from their experience.

Alisson, a £66.8m signing from Roma last summer, has had his critics this season but the value of trust and communication between a goalkeeper and his backline cannot be understated.

When they're struggling, you can sense the tension between them. That's certainly not the case from their perspective: they trust the Brazilian number one to bail them out at tricky moments and although he too has had shaky instances in games this season, he's also proven a pivotal part in the run-up to their Champions League success.

That continued against a Tottenham side who, for all their quality, struggled to get going in the first hour or so. Once they did and were probing, Alisson was unmoved. He made good saves to deny Christian Eriksen, Lucas Moura and Heung-Min Son, while Rose and Dele Alli both came close upon occasion too.

Made to work for it, he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a Champions League final since compatriot Julio Cesar did so against Bayern in the 2009/10 campaign. If nothing else, that deserves acclaim.