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But ultimately, it is Jürgen Klopp’s mentality monsters who have emerged victorious from two straight shootouts — Thomas Tuchel will be left bemoaning his luck, but it is more than fortune that sets Liverpool apart.
When a match goes down to penalties, it’s a safe bet that it has been a tight contest.
When it happens twice, after two draws in the league, the evidence of two well-matched forces could hardly be clearer.
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Tuchel will say he was vindicated.
As it happens, Tuchel alluded to something like this in the build-up.
Yet even if he ages like a fine wine, it is hard to see Tuchel ever truly emulating Klopp.
Chelsea are blessed with a great manager, and have a Champions League to show for it; Liverpool are blessed with one of the greatest of all time, and have now, to slightly sanitise ‘Allez Allez Allez’, won the lot.
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