Liverpool see off Tottenham to win Champions League

Liverpool have defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid to win the Champions League and be crowned the best side in Europe for a sixth time.

The Reds took the lead through the second-fastest final goal just one minute and 48 seconds into the all-English affair as Mohamed Salah scored from the penalty spot.

Despite plenty of toiling from Tottenham in the final 20 minutes, Liverpool scored a second goal late on through substitute Divock Origi to win the competition, a year on from <a href="/football/champions-league/real-madrid-vs-liverpool_game_74421.html">losing 3-1 to Real Madrid</a> at the same stage.

Liverpool's sixth continental triumph comes 14 years on from their most recent success - a memorable pe . . .