Jurgen Klopp believes good fortune was the only reason the Champions League final avoided a catastrophe as he revealed his family refused to tell him about their own harrowing experience.
Liverpool’s manager had not previously spoken about the events in Paris but he has now gone on record and called for UEFA and football’s authorities to learn the lessons from May 29 to ensure nothing like that ever happens again.
Klopp had 50 family and friends in the Stade de France, headed by his wife, UIla, and their two sons. They had text him in the build-up to the showdown with Real Madrid and sent him their best wishes to put his mind at rest but the reality was different.