Liverpool have potential to ‘hurt’ Madrid in Champions League final ―Gerrard

Steven Gerrard said that Liverpool would feel confident about facing Real Madrid if Jurgen Klopp’s side reaches the Champions League final.

Madrid are looking to secure their third successive European Cup crown after they booked their place in the Kiev final on Tuesday, having beaten Bayern Munich 4-3 on aggregate in the semifinals.

Gerrard believes Liverpool, who hold a 5-2 advantage over Roma after the first leg of their last-four tie, would not be daunted by the prospect of playing Zinedine Zidane’s team, who are currently third in La Liga and struggled at times against Bayern.

Asked if Liverpool would be happier to face Madrid on BT Sport, Gerrard replied: “On what you’ve seen over the two legs, for sure, because you look at the Liverpool team and where they’re strong.

“They can really hurt this Madrid team.

“It’s an incredible achievement, third year on the spin reaching the final, but it was desperate at times.

“They were hanging on, they were all over the place at the back. This Bayern team are going to be full of regret because, over both legs, they were dominant throughout, created many, many chances and looked the far better team.”

Liverpool are comfortably the highest-scoring team in this season’s Champions League, having scored 38 times so far, with Real Madrid second best with 30 goals.

The Reds boast a prolific frontline of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino that have combined to score 88 goals in all competitions so far this term.

“If you think about the amount of chances they [Madrid] have let Bayern have over the two legs I can’t see Liverpool being that wasteful,” Gerrard added.

“I think Liverpool are more clinical than Bayern Munich and if those chances come about in a final I think they could really hurt them.”