Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham: 5 Hits and Flops

#1 Hit: Joel Matip

van Dijk, Matip and Gomez celebrate at the full-time whistle after Liverpool's Champions League Final win

The impenetrable wall that is Virgil van Dijk gets all the praise and deservedly so. However, this was an important night for Joel Matip and he certainly thrived.

Joe Gomez's fractured foot meant the experienced Cameroonian would have an extended run in the side, but the general consensus was that things would return to normal once the young Englishman had fully recovered. With defiant displays like these, Matip has proven his worth and shown why he kept his starting berth under Klopp's guidance this term.

His two key passes was a game-high for Liverpool, a worrying stat for their more creative players, though he won three aerial duels and created the assist for Origi's late strike. He didn't make a tackle nor interception but didn't need to: the rest of their backline made six between them over the 90 minutes.

Instead, he made an eye-watering 14 clearances and with his long legs making important challenges, found himself always on hand to complete defensive interventions when called upon - sweeping up danger and pushing Tottenham players back.

Fortunate early on after fouling Kane, it wasn't a sign of things to come. Often he's criticised for being clumsy in challenges and error-prone, but that didn't faze him. Instead, he grew.