"We're not here by luck; this is the game of the season"

This Saturday's final will be especially nice for Alexander-Arnold, who was at the 2019 title for Klopp's Liverpool. Three years on, the Reds are returning to this game in style and threatening Real Madrid.

"To have the opportunity to win my second Champions League at 23 is a privilege and something very special," began Alexander-Arnold, who added: "There have been many legends in football who haven't had the chance to achieve that."

Alexander-Arnold knows the challenge of facing Real Madrid in a Champions League final, which is their fetish competition, as he has shown since the last-16 tie. Along the way, Ancelotti's side have knocked out PSG, Chelsea and Manchester City.

"You can do your best to say it's another great game, but everything around it... it's something we don't do regularly. We know how to handle these occasions. These are the games you have in your mind when you are working hard behind day in, day out. We deserve to be here, we didn't get here by luck," the England international insisted.

He also highlighted the final in Paris, which will be the last game of the season, as "the game of the season", the most important for a Liverpool side that came up just short of winning the Premiership and who want to make amends with the Champions League.