CHAMPIONS LEAGUE INTERESTING FACTS.

-Real Madrid has appeared 16 times in in a European cup/Champions league final,more than any other football team in the history of the competition.They have lost 3 times and won 13 times.Currently running over Liverpool in a 3-1 victory.
-Liverpool has appeared 8 times in the European cup/Champions league final,three times more than any other English Premier League team.They have lost 3 times and won 5 times,
-Real Madrid are the first team since Juventus(1996-1998) to reach three consecutive European cup/CL finals.They are the first to win it three years in a row since Bayern Munich (1974-1976).
-Spanish sides have won their seven major European finals against the English sides,(excluding super cups),most recently Real Madrid running over Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final..However,Liverpool are the current English side to beat a Spanish team in a final,triumphing 5-4 over Alaves in the 2001 UEFA cup.
-Liverpool are the top scorers in 2017/2018 Champions League with 41 goals.Only Barcelona(45 in 199-200) and Real Madrid(41 in 2013/2014) have ever scored more in a single campaign in the competition.
-Zinedine Zidane has become the first manager to reach three consecutive Cl finals since Marcello Lippi(1996-1998).
Liverpool trio(Mane,Salah and Firmino) have scored most goals in the current Champion League competition.