Jose Mourinho identifies a Liverpool player who made the difference in the Champions League

Jose Mourinho identified Alisson as the Liverpool player who made the difference in the Champions League final victory over Tottenham.

Liverpool was beaten 3-1 by Real Madrid in the Champions League final last season. Loris Karius, the goalkeeper, then made two expensive mistakes.

Jurgen Klopp spent his money this summer to sign Brazilian striker Alisson, worth 67 million pounds, which was sensational for the Reds' campaign.

In Saturday's final in Madrid, Alisson seemed unbeatable between the sticks and held Harry Kane, Lucas Moura, Dele Alli and Son Heung-min at bay.

After the match, Mourinho congratulated Alisson for making the difference.

But, of course, added that it was not quite "phenomenal".

"They [Liverpool] stayed with the block of seven, they were very pragmatic, they were very solid for the defense, "said Mourinho on beIN Sport.

"And when Tottenham managed to do something and create something, the missing player last season was here today [Alisson].

"It was not phenomenal, it did not make five, six or seven stops, but it had two stops that prevented Tottenham from drawing."