Jurgen Klopp was grinning at the end, applauding and embracing Real Madrid players as he walked through to collect a losers' medal. He waited in the area cordoned off for the Liverpool players to corral his troops. Then he placed his hand on his heart, which was emblazoned with a Liverpool badge and raised his arm and then a fist to the handful of remaining Liverpool fans. He thumped his heart and in that moment you knew, behind the smile, the pain of defeat cut deep, but that he would use it to rouse this team again.
There would be no treble.