A CHAMPIONS League final which resulted in several moments of football history, not least for their three-time winning coach, ended on Saturday with Zinedine Zidane fending off questions about the future of his two most famous players.

Gareth Bale’s match-winning heroics were overshadowed by post-match comments from the Welshman and the Champions League’s first-ever five-time champion, Cristiano Ronaldo.

On the pitch, Real Madrid were on the ropes for much of the first half as Liverpool stormed at them from the start until the loss of their Footballer of the Year Mo Salah.