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Jurgen Klopp licking his lips over Liverpool's 'exciting' Champions League showdown with Real Madrid as he looks forward to facing Zinedine Zidane's side again without Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale after Kiev heartache

Daily Mail | March 20, 2021

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that he is relishing the chance to face Real Madrid again in the Champions League.

The clubs will face each other in the quarter-finals of this season's competition in what will be their first meeting since the Champions League final in Kiev in 2018.

Real won 3-1 on that occasion, with Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius making some costly errors.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is relishing the chance to take on Real Madrid again
A Real ide including Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo beat Liverpool in the final in 2018

Klopp is looking forward to the upcoming fixtures, with Gareth Bale, who scored a brace in Kiev, and Cristiano Ronaldo, not in action for the Spanish side.

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