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Seventh time lucky: Jurgen Klopp ecstatic as he ends trophy drought with Champions League win

1-6-2019 < RT 236 221 words
 

It took a while but Jurgen Klopp has finally claimed one of European football's showpiece trophies by becoming just the fourth Liverpool manager to win the European Cup, and it's safe to say he was very happy about it.


Saturday's 2-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League Final in Madrid represents the first major honor of the German's Liverpool career and his first in four finals so far with the Anfield club. 


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It also snapped a losing streak from his six previous major finals - stretching back to his days as manager of Borussia Dortmund in his homeland.  


Goals from Mo Salah and Divock Origi erased the heartbreak of losing out to Manchester City on the final day of the Premier League season, as well as last season's 3-1 reverse to Real Madrid in Champions League final, and afterwards Klopp spoke of his joy at the occasion and his pride in everyone who wore red inside the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.



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