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Paul Clarke

Jose Mourinho identifies the Liverpool hero behind Champions League win over Tottenham

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has identified Liverpool's key man after their 2-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League final.

The Reds enjoyed a 2-0 success in the final of the prestigious competition to lift the trophy for a sixth time in the club's history.

Liverpool opened the scoring when Moussa Sissoko was called for a handball after Sadio Mane's cross, with Mohamed Salah tucking away the penalty.

Divock Origi lashed home the Reds' second goal late on to leave fans delirious but rather than praise either of the scorers for Liverpool, Mourinho chose to hail the performance of goalkeeper Alisson.

The 26-year-old pulled off a number of key saves during the game and whilst Mourinho insists that the Brazilian was not 'phenomenal' he did say that the keeper was Liverpool's star man.

"They [Liverpool] stayed with the block of seven, they were very pragmatic, they were very solid defensively," Mourinho told beIN Sport.

"And when Tottenham managed to do something and to create something, the player that was missing last season was there today [Alisson].

"He was not phenomenal, he didn't make five or six or seven saves, but he had a couple of saves that stopped Tottenham to draw."

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