READ MORE: Liverpool has own version of Lionel Messi that $44m transfer is about to further unlock READ MORE: Jürgen Klopp may finally have answer to $81m dilemma as Erling Haaland shows Liverpool blueprint Even after Manchester City won the Premier League, there will be no extra ticket available for Europe's most elite competition even if Pep Guardiola's side goes on to win the Champions League as well.

No matter the result in the Champions League final, Liverpool will be playing Europa League football next season - as we will explain here. Its late run was promising but ultimately not quite good enough. The damage was done earlier in the year with results like the defeats to Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, or heavy away losses at Brighton and Wolves.

Having finished fifth in the Premier League, Liverpool will not even get the chance to bounce back next year in that competition. A year on from Liverpool reaching the Champions League final in Paris, Manchester City will face Inter in this year's edition later today in Istanbul.