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UEFA Super Cup countdown: How Liverpool bested Tottenham in the Champions League final

As Liverpool and Chelsea prepare to battle it out for the UEFA Super Cup on Thursday, we take a look at the respective teams' successful European finals last season. First, we take a look at the 2019 UEFA Champions League final.

Mohamed Salah put the 2017 final heartbreak behind him by setting up a 2-0 win over Tottenham in Madrid and a sixth Champions League triumph for Liverpool.

Egypt star Salah was infamously injured in a challenge with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos before the Reds subsided to a 3-1 defeat in Kiev 12 months ago but grabbed the opener in a largely forgettable contest at the Wanda Metropolitano.

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The Premier League Golden Boot winner dispatched a second-minute penalty after Moussa Sissoko was penalised for handball.

Liverpool and their Premier League counterparts played in fits and starts thereafter, with Spurs enjoying their most consistent spell of pressure before substitute Divock Origi added to his semi-final brace against Barcelona by drilling clinically into the bottom-right corner three minutes from time.

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