Lloris: Spurs not built to be in final every year

A “lesson in efficiency”, is how Hugo Lloris described Liverpool’s win over Tottenham in Madrid, and while the Frenchman cannot be sure if he will play in another Champions League final, he maintains Spurs are learning all the time.

Much as defeat on Saturday night was a bitter pill for Spurs to swallow, they can take some comfort from their remarkable journey to the biggest game in club football, one in which they were statistically superior but lost out to a Liverpool side with more experience, more nous, and better game management.