The Top Flight’s 5 key battles that could decide the Champions League Final

FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES - Image numbers 887122058,856402376 - GRADIENT ADDED) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur (L) and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool meet in a Premier League match on September 15, 2018 in London. ***LEFT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 06: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and APOEL Nicosia at Wembley Stadium on December 6, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St. James Park on October 1, 2017 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)
FILE PHOTO (EDITORS NOTE: COMPOSITE OF IMAGES - Image numbers 887122058,856402376 - GRADIENT ADDED) In this composite image a comparison has been made between Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur (L) and Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool meet in a Premier League match on September 15, 2018 in London. ***LEFT IMAGE*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 06: Mauricio Pochettino, Manager of Tottenham Hotspur looks on prior to the UEFA Champions League group H match between Tottenham Hotspur and APOEL Nicosia at Wembley Stadium on December 6, 2017 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images) ***RIGHT IMAGE*** NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp looks on during the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Liverpool at St. James Park on October 1, 2017 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images) /
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The Champions League Final will see Liverpool take on Spurs in Madrid.

Liverpool goes into the game as favourites, but as we saw in Amsterdam in the semi-finals, you can never write off this Spurs team.

The game is going to be full of individual battles all over the pitch, and the team who wins the majority of these will likely end up lifting that famous trophy.

Here are five of those key battles that could decide the outcome of the Champions League Final.