Champions League: 3 factors that could determine the outcome of the Tottenham vs Liverpool final

#3 Tottenham’s pacy forwards testing Liverpool’s defence

Lucas Moura

Tottenham have some speedy forwards like Son Heung-Min and Lucas Moura at their disposal. Son has scored 20 goals this season and Moura scored an astonishing hat-trick against Ajax in the semifinal. Both of them are really fast, and might test the agility of the Liverpool defenders.

Moura stunned the Ajax defence with his sudden bursts inside the opposition half in the semifinal in Amsterdam. He might look to repeat the act in the final in Madrid, and the likes of Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren or Joel Matip would have to be careful about that. They can't afford to leave Moura with too much pace in their own half.

Son is also renowned for his speedy and solo runs, and the likes of Eriksen would try to provide him with opportunistic through balls. Fabinho would have to keep an eye on Eriksen, and prevent him from delivering quality passes to the forwards.

The Tottenham forward line could prove to be deceptively clinical in the final, and Liverpool cannot afford to play a high line too often.