This is the third time Liverpool have reached successive European Cup finals. Only Juventus (1997, 1998) and Valencia (2000, 2001) have lost the fixture in consecutive years.

Jurgen Klopp appears on the big screens around the stadium and he's greeted by an enormous cheer.

He's lost his last six finals...

Harry Redknapp
Ex-Tottenham manager on BBC Radio 5 live

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If Harry Kane is showing in training that he is fit and ready then he will make the difference and you have to start him, but who does Poch leave out?

You will feel the pressure to play a star player, even if they are not fully fit.

I’m going for extra time and penalties. Draw in 90 minutes, two excellent teams who can be hardly separated.

Chris Sutton
Ex-Chelsea striker on BBC Radio 5 live

Who knows what to expect. It's getting hot in here, it's going to be intense.

I don't believe Harry Kane can be 100% fit. Only Mauricio Pochettino will know but that's his biggest decision.

We know his ability, his use to the team, but is he going to last the game? It's 30 degrees here, I don't think he's going to be able to last 90 minutes.

If you want to make a long sporting day even longer, Luke will be at the boxing later on.

Anthony Joshua is in the ring about 03:30 BST. You'll be able to follow it here.

Luke Reddy
BBC Sport at Madison Square Garden

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Some 3,500 miles or so from Madrid, Carraghers Bar in New York is at capacity, with people being turned away consistently.

Outside you can get your shirt printed and hang flags. Inside, songs are boomed out and there is actually no route to the bar. And I do mean no route.

A few in here have told me they’ll be at the boxing at Madison Square Garden later but for now, their eyes are fixed on the countless screens.

Oh, and as games of old play on the TV, Craig Bellamy has just put the Reds one up at the Nou Camp and swung his golf club.

Lap it up.

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Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle on BT Sport looks at how his old club should approach their first Champions League final...

It’s their first time, and they have got to be nice and calm, but you have to be here for a reason – go on and win it.

Both sets of players are arriving by bus at the stadium, nothing to worry about there.

Who will start? We should know soon.

Australia, Africa, America - the whole world is watching tonight. The biggest single event in sport?

Two-time Champions League winner (with Real Madrid) and ex-Liverpool star Steve McManaman on BT Sport looks back to those amazing games in April...

We were spoiled with the semi-finals, we would not want a dour affair here. You just hope it’s a nice, attractive game.

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The sides' only previous final meeting came in the 1982 League Cup at Wembley, when Liverpool came from behind to win 3-1 after extra time, Ronnie Whelan (2) and Ian Rush getting the goals after Steve Archibald had put Spurs in front.

I went to a game at the old Vicente Calderon - it had character but let's be honest, it was falling apart.

The new Atletico stadium is a cracker though.

Some fans are already taking their seats as the sun continues to beat down in Madrid. Just under two hours until kick-off.

Porto, Lisbon, Turin and Nottingham.

SPOT ON

Watching the game on honeymoon in Vietnam - Superb effort sir!

Rio Ferdinand on BT Sport has been reflecting on how last year's defeat to Real Madrid may affect Liverpool...

"I think last season’s result will help them, and I think they will have to the strength and desire to overturn that."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer in Madrid

The gates are open and the fans are flooding in - the Liverpool end of the Wanda Metropolitan is already festooned with red and white flags.