The 2018-19 Champions League concluded on Saturday as Liverpool beat Tottenham in the final 2-0 behind goals from Mohamed Salah and Divock Origi. The title is the sixth for the Reds in their history, as the English club bounced back from the defeat to Real Madrid in the final one year prior. Champions League format Each team plays the other group members twice in the group stage, with the top two on points advancing to the Round of 16 and the teams finishing third place ending up in the Europa League knockout stage. From there, two-leg ties until the final. Champions League bracket Wikipedia screengrab Final June 1 Liverpool 2, Tottenham 0 Semifinals April 30 Ajax 1, Tottenham 0 May 1 Barcelona 3, Liverpool 0 May 7 Liverpool 4, Barcelona 0 (Liverpool advances 4-3 on aggregate) May 8 Tottenham 3, Ajax 2 (3-3 on aggregate; Tottenham advances on away goals) Quarterfinals Apr. 9 Tottenham 1, Manchester City 0 Liverpool 2, Porto 0 Apr. 10 Barcelona 1, Manchester United 0 Juventus 1, Ajax 1 Apr. 16 Ajax 2, Juventus 1 (Ajax advances 3-2 on aggregate) Barcelona 3, Manchester United 0 (Barcelona advances 4-0 on aggregate) Apr. 17 Manchester City 4, Tottenham 3 (4-4 on aggregate; Tottenham advances on away goals) Liverpool 4, Porto 1 (Liverpool advances 6-1 on aggregate) Round of 16 Feb. 12 Roma 2, Porto 1 PSG 2, Manchester United 0 Feb. 13 Tottenham 3, Dortmund 0 Real Madrid 2, Ajax 1 Feb. 19 Lyon 0, Barcelona 0 Liverpool 0, Bayern 0 Feb. 20 Atletico Madrid 2, Juventus 0 Manchester City 3, Schalke 2 March 5 Ajax 4, Real Madrid 1 (Ajax advances 5-3 on aggregate) Tottenham 1, Dortmund 0 (Tottenham advances 4-0 on aggregate) March 6 Porto 3, Roma 1 (Roma advances 4-3 in aggregate) Manchester United 3, PSG 1 (United advances on away goals, 3-3 on aggregate) March 12 Man. City 7, Schalke 0 (City advances 10-2 on aggregate) Juventus 3, Atletico Madrid 0 (Juventus advances 3-2 on aggregate) March 13 Liverpool 3, Bayern Munich 1 (Liverpool advances 3-1 on aggregate) Barcelona 5, Lyon 1 (Barcelona advances 5-1 on aggregate) Group stage results Group A GP W D L GD PTS Borussia Dortmund 6 4 1 1 +8 13 Atletico Madrid 6 4 1 1 3 13 Brugge 6 1 3 2 1 6 Monaco 6 0 1 5 -12 1 Group A schedule: Sept. 18 Borussia Dortmund 1, Club Brugge 1 Atletico Madrid 2, Monaco 1 Oct. 3 Atletico Madrid 3, Club Brugge 1 Borussia Dortmund 3, Monaco 0 Oct. 24 Monaco 1, Brugge 1 Borussia Dortmund 4, Atletico Madrid 0 Nov. 6 Brugge 4, Monaco 0 Atletico Madrid 2, Borussia Dortmund 0 Nov. 28 Atletico Madrid 2 Monaco 0Borussia Dortmund 0, Brugge 0 Dec. 11 Brugge 0, Atletico Madrid 0Dortmund 2, Monaco 0 Group B GP W D L GD PTS Barcelona 6 4 2 0 +9 14 Tottenham 6 2 2 2 -1 8 Inter Milan 6 2 2 2 -1 8 PSV 6 0 2 4 -7 2 Group B schedule: Sept. 18 Barcelona 4, PSV 0 Inter 2, Tottenham 1 Oct. 3 Barcelona 4, Tottenham 2 Inter 2, PSV 1 Oct. 24 PSV 2, Tottenham 2 Barcelona 2, Inter Milan 0 Nov. 6 Tottenham 2, PSV 1 Inter Milan 1, Barcelona 1 Nov. 28 Barcelona 2, PSV 1Tottenham 1, Inter Milan 0 Dec. 11 Barcelona 1, Tottenham 1Inter Milan 1, PSV 1 Group C GP W D L GD PTS Paris Saint-Germain 6 3 2 1 +8 11 Liverpool 6 3 0 3 +2 9 Napoli 6 2 3 1 +2 9 Red Star 6 1 1 4 -12 4 Group C schedule: Sept. 18 Liverpool 3, PSG 2 Red Star 0, Napoli 0 Oct. 3 PSG 6, Red Star 1 Napoli 1, Liverpool 0 Oct. 24 PSG 2, Napoli 2 Liverpool 4, Red Star 0 Nov. 6 Red Star 2, Liverpool 0 Napoli 1, PSG 1 Nov. 28 PSG 2, Liverpool 1Napoli 3, Red Star 1 Dec. 11 Liverpool 1, Napoli 1PSG 4, Red Star 1 Group D GP W D L GD PTS Porto 6 5 1 0 +9 16 Schalke 6 3 2 1 +2 11 Galatasaray 6 1 1 4 -3 4 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 1 0 5 -8 3 Group D schedule: Sept. 18 Galatasaray 3, Lokomotiv 0 Schalke 1, Porto 0 Oct. 3 Schalke 1, Lokomotiv 0 Porto 1, Galatasaray 0 Oct. 24 Porto 3, Lokomotiv Moscow 1 Galatasaray 0, Schalke 0 Nov. 6 Porto 4, Lokomotiv 1 Schalke 2, Galatasaray 0 Nov. 28 Porto 3, Schalke 1Lokomotiv 2, Galatsaray 0 Dec. 11 Porto 3, Galatasay 2Schalke 1, Lokomotiv 0 Group E GP W D L GD PTS Bayern Munich 6 4 2 0 +10 14 Ajax 6 3 3 0 +6 12 Benfica 6 2 1 3 -5 7 AEK 6 0 0 6 -11 0 Group E schedule: Sept. 19 Ajax 3, AEK 0 Bayern Munich 2, Benfica 0 Oct. 2 Bayern Munich 1, Ajax 1 Benfica 3, AEK 2 Oct. 23 Bayern 2, AEK 0 Ajax 1, Benfica 0 Nov. 7 Bayern Munich 2, AEK 0 Benfica 1, Ajax 1 Nov. 27 Ajax 2, AEK 0 Bayern Munich 5, Benfica 1 Dec. 12 Ajax 3, Bayern Munich 3Benfica 1, AEK 0 Group F GP W D L GD PTS Manchester City 6 4 1 1 +10 13 Lyon 6 1 5 0 1 8 Shakhtar 6 1 3 2 -8 6 Hoffenheim 6 0 3 3 -3 3 Group F schedule: Sept. 19 Shakhtar 2, Hoffenheim 2 Lyon 2, Manchester City 1 Oct. 2 Manchester City 2, Hoffenheim 1 Lyon 2, Shakhtar 2 Oct. 23 Hoffenheim 3, Lyon 3 Manchester City 3, Shakhtar 0 Nov. 7 Lyon 2, Hoffenheim 2 Manchester City 6, Shakhtar 0 Nov. 27 Shakhtar 3, Hoffenheim 2 Lyon 2, Manchester City 2 Dec. 12 Shakhtar Donetsk 1, Lyon 1 Manchester City 2, Hoffenheim 1 Group G GP W D L GD PTS Real Madrid 6 4 0 2 +7 12 Roma 6 3 0 3 +3 9 Viktoria Plzen 6 2 1 3 -9 7 CSKA 6 2 1 3 -1 7<doc-sep>Now that we know who will be in the Champions League final, you are probably wondering when exactly the game is? Well, you are going to have to wait a bit after the semifinals concluded this week with Liverpool stunning Barcelona with a three-goal deficit comeback and Tottenham pulling off a similar come-from-behind win against Ajax. The 2019 Champions League final between Liverpool and Tottenham will be played on Saturday, June 1 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain. Tottenham is making it's first appearance in the title game, while Liverpool is going for its sixth European championship and first since 2005. This will be the first Champions League final between two English teams since Manchester United beat Chelsea in 2008, and it's the first between two teams from the same country since 2013 when Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund. The match is set for 3 p.m. ET, and you can see the game on fuboTV (Try for free).<doc-sep>An emotional Mauricio Pochettino hailed his Tottenham side who mounted a sensational second-half comeback to reach the Champions League final on Wednesday evening. Talking after the game the Argentine coach was lost for words after the herculean performance to come back from three goals down to progress on away goals thanks to a stoppage-time strike from Lucas Moura. "It's still difficult to talk, the emotion is amazing. Thank you football, my players are heroes in the last year I am telling everyone that I have a group of players that are heroes. They showed that today." "The second half was amazing, thank you football this type of emotion without football is impossible to live." Whilst Pochettino also thanked the Spurs fans and everyone who believed in his side, noting similarities between teh quarter-final win over Manchester City and the sensational victory tonight. "Thank you to our fans, thank you to the ones that believed in us from the beginning in the season to achieve this amazing moment is fantastic and it difficult to explain in words all that we are living now." "We were talking before the game at the meeting when you work, when you feel the love it's not a stress it's a passion, we showed a passion today the love of this sport that is football. I saw in the game against Manchester City and today, it's amazing the fans will show you a lot." "I am so grateful to be a coach, to be in football and to be living this moment." Lucas Moura hit a second-half hat-trick to seal the comeback for the ages for Spurs and understandably Pochettino singled out the Brazilian attacker for special praise. "Yes, Superhero, all heroes but him (Lucas) superhero. An unbelievable hat-trick he deserves he's a great guy everyone deserves from the first to the last one in the club with all the tough moments we have had in the five years we are here. To have the chance to play in the final it's amazing." Visibly choked up the Spurs boss took a moment to remember his family, and stressed that he has a final Premier League game of the season to think about ahead of the final against Liverpool on the 1st of June. "I want to remember my family it's for them to and the people who supported us in that moment. Thank you. We need to remember that we need to prepare for the game on Sunday and then prepare for the final in Madrid." You can hear more from Pochettino in the video above.<doc-sep>What many thought to be impossible on Monday now seems to be a real possibility. Liverpool was down 3-0 against Barcelona going into the second leg and had 25/1 odds to win the Champions League final. As we know, Liverpool won 4-0 to move on and will now face Tottenham in the final. And in 48 hours they have gone from unbelievable underdog to the favorite. Heading into the match, Liverpool is -200, according to Westgate, and Tottenham is +170. The over/under for goals in the final is 2.5 goals. The over is currently -130 and the under is currently +110. Liverpool's last three UCL games have all had at least three goals scored. For Tottenham, two of its last three UCL games have had at least five goals scored. When Westgate originally put out the odds last June, Liverpool, coming off a Champions League final loss, had 12/1 odds. Tottenham came into the tournament with 25/1 odds to win the title, but dropped to 100/1 in November during the group stage. The champion will be crowned on June 1 at Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid -- stream via fuboTV (Try for free).<doc-sep>
Last week, it seemed a certainty that Barcelona would face Ajax in the Champions League final. After Liverpool overturned a three goal deficit on Tuesday, it seemed a certainty that Liverpool would face Ajax in it. Then Tottenham went and turned around their tie, too. After Ajax went up by two in the first half, in the final minute of stoppage time, Lucas Moura completed a second-half hat-trick. Spurs won the game, on the road, 3-2. The tie ends 3-3 but with Spurs’ three away goals giving them the edge. They face Liverpool in the final. Liverpool have won the Champions League five times. Tottenham have never been in a final. On June 1st at Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano, either the Reds will stand alone with six titles, behind only Real Madrid and AC Milan. Or Spurs will have earned a piece of history. Spurs previous European honours are the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963 and the UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1984. Their last major trophies in any competition were the 1999 and 2008 League Cup and the 1991 FA Cup. For them, a win in Madrid would set out a marker. It would say that, after years of competing to establish themselves in England’s top four, they have truly arrived as a domestic and European power—it would be a victory that does what the club’s fans crave, proving Spurs matter amongst England and Europe’s elite. After years of reaching to claim nebulous achievements, like finishing ahead of Liverpool and Arsenal in the league this, that, or some other year, it would be an achievement of the sort fans of clubs like Liverpool and Arsenal regularly mock Tottenham for not having. Liverpool, meanwhile, are resurgent. Back in the final for the second year in a row, they enter the match as clear favourites after getting past the French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish champions to more than earn their place in the final for a ninth time. It’s a clash of familiar opponents. An all-English affair. And while many Liverpool fans will likely have preferred the idea of facing a non-English opponent, now that they know who they are facing the focus is clear: win their sixth and keep Tottenham at zero.