We’ll give everything and hopefully bring another Champions League back, claims Jordan Henderson

Having already won the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup trophies earlier this season, many expected Liverpool to walk away on the final day of the league season as Champions of England. However, an incredible comeback from Manchester City meant that Pep Guardiola’s side walked away with a 3-2 win and thus lifted their fourth league title in five years. But while the defeat was a tough one to swallow for the Reds, they have little time to react as Jurgen Klopp’s side played in the Champions League final less than a week after the final day.

“When the time comes for me to look back on it, that’s what I’ll think about. I never really see it as ‘me’. Yes, I wear the armband on a matchday and I’ve been here a long time but there are so many other leaders within the dressing room, so many big players, and it is a collective effort. It’s not about me trying to match other amazing captains that Liverpool have had, or trying to beat records. 

The talk, however, ahead of the final has been one of revenge especially after the Reds lost the 2018 Champions League final to Real Madrid with Mohamed Salah substituted off early on. But Henderson has warned the Los Blancos and admitted that while it may be the same players, Madrid “are facing a different Liverpool, for sure”.

“I would say they are facing a different Liverpool, for sure. We did very well to get there when we played Madrid in the final in 2018. The lads were incredible. But we’ve grown since then. New players have come in, we’ve been successful, we’ve had bad moments as well within that period, and all of that you learn from. I definitely feel this is a different team to what Madrid faced a few years ago,” he added.