5 reasons why Liverpool should win the Champions League

#2 Ending the Jurgen Klopp 'final' curse

Liverpool v Stoke City - Premier League — Jurgen Klopp's record in finals is not so good

Liverpool are just one step away from writing a new story and Jurgen Klopp deserves a lot of credit for that. The German has taken a side that was struggling to finish in the top four in the league to the Champions League finals in just three years.

However, there is one thing about Klopp that might be worrying for the Reds and that is his record in tournament finals. The former Borussia Dortmund manager has only won one of the six finals he has been in (out of which two were with Liverpool). And that one victory came back in 2012. Since then, it has been bad times for the 50-year-old.

This is Klopp's first Champions League final during his 17-year-old managerial career and it is the perfect occasion for him to get rid of this unwanted curse.

About the author

Dakir is a European and Indian football journalist at Sportskeeda with an overall experience of 10 years. Holding a Master’s degree in Journalism & Mass Communication, and currently pursuing Master’s in Sports Journalism from Sheffield Hallam University, he is a seasoned football journalist who has interviewed the likes of former Liverpool star John Arne Riise, covered the entire 2022-23 Indian Super League season of the Kerala Blasters, and has delivered a seminar at an international conference held by St. Albert's College, Ernakulam.

Thanks to his extensive academic background in journalism, Dakir understands the importance of accuracy and spends a significant amount of time researching the subject. In today’s data-driven world of football, where players are perceived as machines, he prides himself amplify the voices of the people that make football the beautiful game that it is.

He started following football in 2013, and more specifically, Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool, and admires Jurgen Klopp for his untouched charisma and unmatched legacy. A perpetual underdog supporter, he is a fan of under-fire Reds forward Darwin Nunez and can’t wait for him to show the world what he truly is. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s iconic “corner taken quickly” corner assist for Divock Origi in Liverpool’s 4-0 UCL semifinal win over Barcelona left a lasting impact on him.

When not writing, Dakir enjoys indulging in his guilty pleasure - watching mass commercial movies.

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