Redemption for Arjen as final lives up to all expectations

This Champions League final did not just live up to expectations, it surpassed them all.

Any lingering regrets that an English club, or Barcelona and Real Madrid, had not made it to Wembley lasted about 90 seconds, as Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich tore into each other with a gusto that lasted all the way until Arjen Robben’s 89th-minute goal settled this utterly absorbing contest.