Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has selected the two key players he feels will be the most important on the field during the Champions League final on Saturday.
Liverpool face Tottenham Hotspur in Madrid for the prestigious trophy which Mourinho knows plenty about having landed the honour with FC Porto and Inter Milan earlier on in his managerial career.
And the ex-United manager has been opening up on the players he believes will come to the fore at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.
The Portuguese feels that the key to Liverpool winning the Champions League is the dominance of defender Virgil van Dijk, while he lists midfielder Christian Eriksen as Spurs' most influential player.
Asked to choose one key player from each side, Mourinho told Eleven Sports: "If I had to choose one, fundamentally in this last phase of growth, it would be Van Dijk (for Liverpool). For Tottenham, because they made the final without Harry Kane, I would say Eriksen."
Mourinho went on to explain why he feels neither side can be classed as the favourite ahead of the final.
"I always say that the team that had something extraordinary on their way to the final is the team that is a little further ahead," Mourinho added.
"The curious thing about this final is that the two arrive in an absolutely incredible way. They arrive there almost like titans, completely convinced that they are going to destroy their rival, it has everything to be a final with two teams completely convinced that ‘the trophy is mine’."
