Liverpool to face Tottenham in Champions League Final
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  • 10:30 01 June 2019

Liverpool to face Tottenham in Champions League Final

In an all-English rivalry, Liverpool will be pit against Tottenham in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday, ONA reports citing Anadolu Agency.

The match in Madrid, Spain's capital will kick off at 2000GMT at Metropolitano Stadium.

Tottenham and Liverpool will meet for the third time in a UEFA competition. Liverpool beat Tottenham 1-0 at home and were defeated 2-1 in an away match in the 1972-73 UEFA Cup semifinals advancing to the final with an away goal.

Liverpool is a five-time winner of the UEFA Champions League Cup, while Tottenham aims to win the title for the first time.

It will be the second Champions League Final between two English clubs.

Manchester United played against Chelsea in the UEFA Champions League Final in 2008.

With Liverpool and Tottenham meeting in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday and Chelsea and Arsenal having played against each other in the Europa League final on Wednesday, this season will mark the first time in history that both the Champions League and Europa League finals are contested exclusively by English teams.

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