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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk, November 2, 2024
LIVERPOOL captain Virgil van Dijk insists two Champions League final defeats to Real Madrid provide no extra motivation as the Reds prepare to face the Spanish giants again this evening.
The 33-year-old Netherlands defender has lost four times against Real, two of those in the finals of 2018 and 2021, when arguably Liverpool were the better side on both occasions.
Even when Liverpool have been rewarded for being on top, leading 2-0 inside the opening 14 minutes of their home quarter-final in February 2023, Real came back to score five times.
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