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Liverpool feel they can beat any team in the world at the moment and will play without fear in the Champions League final against 12-times winners Real Madrid later this month, winger Sadio Mane has warned.
The Spanish giants are chasing their third European title in four years, but Mane said Liverpool, who have scored a mammoth 40 goals in this year’s competition, were charged with confidence heading into the finale in Kiev on May 26, and were sure they will be the ones lifting the famous trophy.
“We honestly believe we can beat them,” the 26-year-old Senegalese striker said.
“I can say at this moment we do have a lot of respect for Madrid, they are one of the best teams in the world, but we are Liverpool — we are strong and we can beat any team in the world.
“We are going to go there and fight for the fans, for the club, fight without fear and win the final. We have the players. We can score goals, we have shown that and there is nothing to be afraid of for us.”
The Reds are, perhaps, surprise finalists. They were not one of the favorites at the start of the season and their defence is far from watertight. This campaign, however, has gone their way with sides such as Manchester City and Barcelona — both easy winners of their domestic leagues — falling by the wayside in the last eight. Added to that, this has seemingly been the season for high-scoring matches, meaning the dodgy defence has been more than negated by the free-scoring exploits of the exciting forward line of Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino.
The Merseyside club won the
European Cup four times in their heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, but their memorable Champions League triumph over AC Milan in 2005 bucked a trend of underperformance by the Reds at the very highest level over the past couple of decades.
Dejan Lovren has called on his teammates to beat Real Madrid and get their hands on the trophy, if for no other better reason than to make sure Klopp’s efforts at Anfield get the reward he feels they deserve.
The Liverpool defender hailed his German boss for transforming the club and claims it is only right that Klopp lands his first piece of silverware as Reds boss.
Klopp’s side lost the final of the League Cup and Europa League in 2016, but Lovren reckons the manager has already forged a winning mentality at the club.
“He has changed many things in the club, not just the players but things around the club — people, he has changed the mentality, how we think,” the Croatian said.
“He deserves this.
“It is not accidental that he already reached the final of the Champions League in 2013 with Borussia Dortmund. He has given the club its pride back. Everyone should be proud that we have a manager like him.”
Real Madrid have been installed as slight favorites, and are bidding to become the first club to win three Champions League titles since Bayern Munich in 1976.