Tottenham 0-2 Liverpool - 4 Talking Points | 2018/2019 UEFA Champions League final 

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Final
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Final

#3 The match failed to provide fireworks

Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Final
Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League Final

Over the last few years, Liverpool and Tottenham have been among the most exciting teams to watch, with both managers instilling an attacking blueprint at their respective teams which their players have followed to the letter.

In light of these, it was expected that both sides would go all out in the fixture, providing thrills and giving us a spectacle which we would not forget in a hurry.

However, this failed to happen, as the final turned out to be nothing more than a cagey affair, with both sides not really doing enough in an attacking sense to ensure the match failed to live up to expectation.

Between the two clubs, the winners of the Premier League Golden Boot in each of the last four seasons were on display, but other than Salah burying the contentious penalty won in the second minute of the match, neither men really offered any real spark for the duration of the match.

Harry Kane failed to get a shot on target, while the entire Liverpool squad could only muster three in total and this was a far cry from what was expected prior to kickoff, with both teams playing a role in ensuring we had the first Champions League final without a goal at both ends since 2010.

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