The two men who defined the 2018 #UCL final between Liverpool and Real Madrid won’t be taking part this time 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF

We took a look at the errors, the overhead kick, and the weirdly similar careers of Karius and Bale since then 👇🧵

metro.co.uk/2022/05/28/why… In Kyiv, Gareth Bale swivelled rearward, propelled his left leg at a right-angle towards the heavens, and hit a shot into the top corner so unerring, so perfectly timed, so wrought with wrath, that it could have burnt a searing hole through a literal iron curtain ⚽

Liverpool and Carlo Ancelotti share plenty of history, and they will meet again in club football’s biggest game on Saturday night for the #UCL final 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF

We’ve explored the shared destiny of the club and the manager 👇🧵

metro.co.uk/2022/05/27/rea… Ancelotti was always supposed to end up living in Liverpool. Once he did, he found that he loved the coastline 🏖️

‘There’s a beautiful beach,' he said. ‘You can walk all the way to Formby on the coastal path. There are the Gormley statues, 100 of them. I really like it.'

Chelsea legend John Terry hits back at Rio Ferdinand after he named Virgil van Dijk and Jaap Stam ahead of him when ranking the best defenders in Premier League history ⚽️

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trib.al/7jZi1S9 Speaking to Van Dijk on his YouTube show ‘Between the Lines’, Ferdinand and the Dutchman discussed how the Liverpool star compares to the best centre-backs in the history of the league 🏆⚽️

Liverpool and Real Madrid will start the #UCL final with systems which look similar on paper, but which hide so much more beneath the surface 🔴⚪ #LFC #RMCF

We’ve analysed both sides' setups, to find out where the match could be won and lost 👇🧵

metro.co.uk/2022/05/26/liv… Both will ostensibly look the same, bar the colour of their kits — 22 men, each 11 arranged in a 4-3-3 in front of their respective goalkeeper.

But the differences between those 4-3-3s mean both sides are going to have plenty of opportunity to exploit one another's weaknesses ⚽

It's finally race week! 🙌

The new #F1 season gets underway at Bahrain this weekend, but which teams look quick, and who has work to do? 🤔

We analysed each team's performances in pre-season to see how they could rank going into the season 👇🧵

metro.co.uk/2022/03/14/how… 10. Alfa Romeo 🔴⚪

Much will depend on the performance of the Ferrari engine Alfa Romeo runs, but the team has been consistently dropping backwards for the past few years and the faster times they set were likely done on low fuel.

Pierre Gasly won many fans in Netflix's #DriveToSurvive docuseries.

We sat down with him and chatted about F1 and his journey so far.

Read more from our exclusive chat with Pierre Gasly below 👇 🏎

trib.al/33OywYV Pierre Gasly, the French driver who will lead the Alpha Tauri team into the 2022 season when it begins in Bahrain on the weekend of 18 March, joined the F1 grid at 21 and has had to contend with significant strife in his time in the sport.

Novak Djokovic has won his appeal against the Australian government's decision to cancel his visa 🎾🇷🇸

But how exactly did the Serb manage to stop his deportation? We took a look at the key issue the judge's decision hinged on 👇 The Serb’s visa was cancelled by the government upon arrival for this month’s Australian Open, after determining that the player’s recent Covid-19 infection did not sufficiently meet the requirements for him to be allowed to enter the country unvaccinated 💉

‘Unvaxxed NFL star Aaron Rodgers is no witch-hunt victim – he’s been misleading us’

🔥 @ColinMurray does not hold back in his column for @Metro_Sport

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trib.al/aQTAvIV ‘I am a better footballer than Mo Salah, a better singer than Adele and better looking than Jamie Dornan.’

Exclusive: Manchester City set asking price for Raheem Sterling as he eyes up a move.

The winger is open to joining Barcelona after falling down the pecking order under Pep Guardiola.

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trib.al/EeHruOT City had been keen to tie Sterling down to a new long-term deal but negotiations have now been shelved.

Sterling has made no secret of his desire to sample life in Spain and have the opportunity for more game time.