To be fair, the only game where the sides have been evenly matched since then was the last final, and on any other night he probably would’ve scored. Unlucky for the Scousers that Courtois decided to play the match of his life!

I actually reckon they would’ve won. I remember watching in disbelief because Liverpool’s pressing was forcing two of the most composed players I’ve ever seen (Kroos and Modric) into misplacing passes and even just booting it out of play to avoid getting tackled. Madrid looked seriously rattled and this was going on for a good 20+ minutes.

Then Salah, Liverpool’s talisman, goes off and Liverpool just deflated. Their right wing went from ripping into Madrid to totally blunt, Madrid looked suddenly comfortable.

I do think the Karius thing was more decisive though. If he doesn’t get concussed he doesn’t concede those goals.

Gegenpressing spelled the end of tiki taka. Heynckes’ Bayern, Pep’s City, and Klopp’s Liverpool (probably his Dortmund side too) would all have given Pep’s Barca a serious test - not because the players are better, but because the system is designed to compress teams that like to pass into making a mistake.

Before that I’m less sure. Probably the best team I’ve ever watched, I felt like I was watching a team that had “solved” football.