Champions League final: Three battles that'll decide Liverpool vs Real Madrid

Three battles that’ll decide Liverpool vs Real Madrid

ROME, ITALY - MAY 02: Georginio Wijnaldum and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool celebrates after the full time whistle as Liverpool qualify for the Champions League Final during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.S. Roma and Liverpool at Stadio Olimpico on May 2, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /

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ROME, ITALY – MAY 02: Georginio Wijnaldum and Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool celebrates after the full time whistle as Liverpool qualify for the Champions League Final during the UEFA Champions League Semi Final Second Leg match between A.S. Roma and Liverpool at Stadio Olimpico on May 2, 2018 in Rome, Italy. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) /

Virgil van Dijk vs Cristiano Ronaldo

Two giants of the game will face up in Ukraine on Saturday night. One literally, the other figuratively.

Liverpool defender van Dijk is a massive man and leads the backline with all the force that you’d expect from a bloke his size. Cristiano Ronaldo is a huge figure in the game and has been one of the best players in it for a long time. Who will win?

For van Dijk, it’s a huge test of his abilities. These are the same abilities that made Klopp part with £75 million to bring him to Anfield, and the German will be expecting a good performance from his talisman.

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Despite being 33-years-old, Ronaldo is still one of the best forwards in the game and Madrid will be looking to him to drive them to glory. Watch this clash closely.

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