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IAN LADYMAN: It is nonsense to say Carlo Ancelotti schooled Jurgen Klopp... this was the Thibaut Courtois show! Real Madrid blunted Liverpool but only to a degree, with the goalkeeper the best player on the field

Is it possible to read too much into the result of one football match? On this occasion, it probably is.

Real Madrid are the European champions for the 14th time. Their coach Carlo Ancelotti has won it four times.

These things do not happen by accident so when Jurgen Klopp offered his congratulations in a humble and dignified press conference at 1am on Sunday morning here in Paris, they were sincere.

Carlo Ancelotti didn't out-coach Jurgen Klopp in Real Madrid's Champions League success

Carlo Ancelotti didn't out-coach Jurgen Klopp in Real Madrid's Champions League success

Madrid's success was very reliant on the brilliance of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (above)

Equally, there have been some strange observations since Real somehow found a way to beat Liverpool in the Stade de France.