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Everybody loves a Champions League omen. Especially Liverpool.

Think back to Istanbul, in 2005, and how the trophy seemed destined for Merseyside because of strange little quirks in the calendar.

When the Reds lifted it for a second time in 1978, it would be a year when the Pope died and Wales' rugby union side won the Grand Slam.

In 1981 - their third triumph - Princes Charles married Diana Spencer, while another regal wedding between Ken Barlow and Deidrie was taking place on Coronation Street.

There should have been no doubt in 2005, then, that Liverpool would lift their fifth European Cup.

That was the year Wales' rugby union side triumphed with another Grand Slam, Charles was married once more (this time to Camilla) and Pope John Paul II passed.

An omen realised on the banks of the Bosphorus.

So, what of 2018, and the hope Liverpool end the season lifting the trophy for a sixth time?

Wales have already lost to England in this year's Six Nations, Pope Francis is in good health, Charles is happy with Camilla (although Prince Harry is getting married in May) and sadly, Anne Kirkbride (who played Deirdre in the TV soap) has passed away.

But there may be a hint of success elsewhere.

Step forward the Eurovision Song Contest.

If Liverpool manage to reach the final, they will play in Kiev.

The Ukrainian capital served as host to the Eurovision Song Contest last year, in the 11,000-capacity International Exhibition Centre.

A small coincidence, and nothing more.

But then it emerges that the previous two European Cup finals Liverpool have contested have taken place in cities which hosted the Eurovision Song Contest a year prior.

In 2004, it took place in Istanbul; in 2006, it was Athens who hosted the competition.

If you go back even further, then it was London who hosted it in 1977 - a year before Liverpool beat Club Brugge at Wembley.

Indeed, the Eurovision Song Contest seems to have some strange coincidences when it comes to football.

On the two occasions Kiev have previously hosted the contest - in 2005 and 2017 - it has been won by the current European Championship holders, Greece (2004) and Portugal (2016).

You might as well start carving their name on the trophy now.

Do you have any omens that link Liverpool with a sixth European Cup in Kiev? Let us know in the comments below...