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Europa League final: Coke takes fizz out of Liverpool with quickfire double as Sevilla win trophy for third year running

Follow the latest news from Liverpool's first European cup final for nine years

Thursday 19 May 2016 00:38 BST

Coke celebrates his second of the game — Coke celebrates his second of the game (Getty)

Welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Europa League final in Basel where Liverpool are taking on Sevilla.

The match kicks off at 7.45pm
Liverpool last contested a European cup final in 2007 - in which AC Milan beat them to the Champions League. The last time they won a European trophy was two years prior when they beat AC Milan in Istanbul
Jurgen Klopp is taking charge of his second final as Liverpool manager having lost the League Cup to Man City earlier this year
Sevilla are bidding to win the Europa League for a record third straight year
The Spanish side finished seventh in La Liga
The winner will go straight into the group stage of the Champions League next season

Follow the latest news and build up below...

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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of tonight's Europa League final in which Liverpool take on Spanish side Sevilla.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:08

The match kicks off at 7.45pm tonight - but there's lots to keep you occupied until then. We'll bring you all the build-up news you need, select the best pictures of fans descending on Basel and give you a flavour of the mood on social media...

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:10

When is the Europa League final and where can I watch it?The IndependentEverything you need to know about tonight's match.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:10

'This is the moment to become legends,' says KloppThe IndependentJürgen Klopp’s message to Liverpool’s players before they face Sevilla in the Europa League final is clear: that this is their opportunity to become “legends.”

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:11

Michael Owen: Expect Lallana to find the back of the net in goal-rushThe IndependentThe former Liverpool striker makes his prediction for tonight...

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:23

Liverpool fans have descended on Basel in huge numbers

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:26

Marathon man Klopp ready to keep Reds rampant till the endThe IndependentIf the highs become too high and the lows are too low, it is the job that chews you up and spits you out. “The fella that leaves is not the same fella that arrives,” says Jamie Carragher when asked about how taking on the role of Liverpool manager changes a person. Perhaps, then, the trait in Jürgen Klopp’s that enables him to balance victory and defeat and treat them as the same imposter will end up defining him.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 15:58

Unheralded Milner content to take background roleThe IndependentThe perception of James Milner is that he is a Yorkshire puritan; he whose industry in his work is of Stakhanovite proportions; he who can just get on with it and does not speak of his sacrifice or pain with any emotion whatsoever. And yet, when you listen to him talk about his three cup finals at Manchester City where in two of them he was unused and in another he came off the substitutes bench, you realise his frustration and why he chose to join Liverpool when he easily could have stayed.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 16:26

Steven Gerrard believes a golden era could be about to arrive at LiverpoolThe IndependentSteven Gerrard has warned Liverpool that they should do everything to capitalise on their success if they beat Sevilla in Wednesday night’s Europa League final. The 35-year-old midfielder left Anfield last summer after a 17-year-long spell with his boyhood club, during which he won and scored in both the 2001 Uefa Cup final and the 2005 Champions League final, captaining his side in the latter.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 16:44

The eerie similarities between Liverpool's current season and IstanbulThe IndependentSuperstitious Liverpool supporters may have been wondering whether they put on the right pair of socks, got out of the correct side of bed and whether they saw one magpie or two and this morning, with just hours until Jürgen Klopp’s side take on Sevilla in this year’s Europa League final. It can turn your stomach, this biding of time before kick-off, just as it did to a Liverpool-supporting substitute teacher of mine 11 years ago who, on the morning of the 2005 Champions League final, threw up in a tutor room bin.

Simon Rice18 May 2016 17:06

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