Lasun Alagbe
If there is anything called god of soccer, it was unkind to Liverpool on Saturday night as their sterling performance against Real Madrid could not earn them victory.
In the Champions League final match played in Paris, France, Madrid beat them 1-0, despite the fact that much of the pressure was in the winners’ goalmouth.
Vinicius Jnr scored in 59th minute to put Real Madrid ahead in Paris. VAR took a look for offside but the goal remained.
In a match in which Madrid top scorer Karim Benzema was largely marked out of shine, Mo Salah did everything to see his boast against the opponent come true.
He surely played glaringly well but he had Madrid’s keeper Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois as his albatross.
Indeed, if the keeper well qualifies to be called the man of the match based on the vital saves he recorded.
If Liverpool did not deserve to lose, but did Madrid deserve to win?
They surely did because they gave the match their tactical best, especially in the defence where they were able to match the firepower of Jurgen Klopp’s boys.
