Gareth Bale scored one of European football's great goals
in a match-winning performance as Real Madrid overcame Liverpool to win their
third successive Champions League title as goalkeeper Loris Karius suffered a
personal nightmare.
Bale made his mark on another Champions League final with a
magnificent overhead kick to put Real 2-1 up after 64 minutes.
Liverpool had already suffered the devastating blow of
losing top scorer Mohamed Salah midway through the first half - with a shoulder
injury sustained in a challenge with Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos - when
calamity struck for Karius.
Six minutes after half-time, the German inexplicably threw
the ball against Karim Benzema, who was not even challenging with urgency, and
watched in horror as the ball rolled behind him into the net.
Liverpool recovered from the shock to equalise through
Sadio Mane before Bale stepped off the bench to score his wonder goal.
There was to be no comeback from Liverpool this time and
Karius's misery was complete when he fumbled Bale's hopeful 30-yard shot behind
him to seal Real's win.
It sealed Real's record 13th win in this competition, and
their fourth in five seasons to give coach Zinedine Zidane this third triumph
in three years. bbc
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