‘We could have won’ – Danny Rose opens up on that 2019 Champions League final
Danny Rose admits that all of Tottenham’s preparations for the 2019 Champions League final went out the window when Liverpool were awarded a penalty in the first minute.
Tottenham’s nightmare 2019 Champions League final
Liverpool were awarded a penalty less than a minute into the final at the Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid after Sadio Mane’s cross hit Moussa Sissoko’s outstretched arm.
Mohamed Salah stepped up to convert from the spot and Jurgen Klopp’s men decided to defend with men behind the ball from that point on and made it difficult for Tottenham to open them up.
Divock Origi then came off the bench to find the back of the net in the 86th minute to put the game beyond the North London side.
The defeat in the Champions League final proved to be a major setback for Tottenham, with Mauricio Pochettino being sacked just a few months later.
Tottenham’s plans went out the window
The controversial penalty decision on that night still continues to haunt Spurs fans to this day and Rose believes that the result could have been a lot different had that decision not gone against the Lilywhites.
The defender told The Gambling Zone YouTube channel: “Had we not given away a penalty in the first 30 seconds or whatever, maybe we could’ve won.
“But, because of how that happened, all the training we’d done for 3 weeks just went out the window in the first minute of the game.”
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Many people forgot that the final in Madrid was the turning point for not just Spurs but also Liverpool. Just like Spurs under Pochettino, the Reds had not won any trophy under Klopp until that point.
The two clubs have had completely different fortunes since then, with Liverpool going from strength to strength while Tottenham, in many ways, still have not recovered from the heartbreak of the final loss.
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