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As Liverpool prepare to face Real Madrid in Saturday's Champions League final, Jurgen Klopp has looked back on their painful defeat to this weekend's opponents back in 2018.
The Reds lost 3-1 in Kyiv to Madrid, who won the competition for the third year in the bounce, after two mistakes from goalkeeper Loris Karius led to goals, as well as Gareth Bale's world class overhead kick.
Speaking to "BT Sport, Klopp has reflected on the gut-wrenching defeat, claiming that the Reds had a number of issues going into the game and admitting that it was a 'tragic night' for Karius.
Jurgen Klopp's side will be hoping to avoid a repeat of their gut-wrenching loss to Real Madrid
The Reds lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in 2018 after two errors from the keeper and a world-class goal
Klopp has opened up on the 'tragic' night for Loris Karius who has not played for them since
'We all agree we played a good final and then this happens,' Klopp said as he was watching Karius' first mistake of the night.
The German attempted to throw the ball out only for Benzema to stick out a leg and kick the ball home into an empty net.
Klopp added: 'In this moment, there was so many things that came together. We had injuries, could not change like we wanted to, players coming back from injuries only shortly before the game and had to change them.
Karius gifted Real Madrid the lead by throwing the ball straight to Karim Benzema
He then fumbled Bale's long-range effort which effectively sealed the game for Real Madrid
'I think Adam Lallana came on but in a different position so these things aren't helpful in final.'
Sadio Mane levelled the game for Liverpool after 55 minutes, before Bale scored a world-class overhead kick to put Madrid back ahead nine minutes later.
Despite his sensational goal that day, Real Madrid fans have not warmed to the Welshman who is set to leave the club at the end of
