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The remarkable lengths Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool went to ensure Champions League glory have been revealed.

The Reds clinched their sixth European Cup by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 in the final in Madrid on Saturday evening.

Klopp and his players spent a week at a training camp in Marbella in preparation for the game, during which they won a behind-closed-doors friendly against Benfica B 3-0.

And Benfica B boss Renato Paiva has explained how Liverpool specifically sought opponents who could mimic Tottenham's style of play and replicate the movements of Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and company.

“We recreated two of their offensive and two of their defensive moments, as well as the set-pieces we thought they'd use in the final similar to the ones that Tottenham do and could do in the Champions League final,” said Paiva, speaking to A Bola in Portugal.

“We were a little bit more Tottenham and less Benfica B.

“We replicated their centre-back and goalkeeper build-up routines, their 4-2-3-1 defensive shape with the striker cutting between opposition centre-backs and the 10 obstructing Liverpool's six.

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“Vinicus (Ferreira) mimicked Eriksen, Bernardo (Dias) acted more like (Dele) Alli and Jose Gomes was Kane.

“We had to adapt to that 4-2-3-1 shape, both defensively and in possession, with two midfielders dropping closer to the centre-backs during build-up to try and attract Liverpool's press.

“Tottenham would ideally want to attract Liverpool players closer to their box, so after a couple of passes between centre-backs and goalkeeper they can attack the space in behind with their forwards and full-backs.

“Klopp complimented us – 'When you dropped your centre-backs to build up we immediately set up the same press we used against Manchester City and you still managed to surpass it three or four times!'”

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Paiva also discussed further why Liverpool chose Benfica B as warm-up opponents.

“They couldn't pick an English team due to information leaks, they couldn't pick a Spanish team because (Mauricio) Pochettino spent a lot of years in Spain, they couldn't pick a French team because (Hugo) Lloris is France's goalkeeper,” he said. “So they had to go with a Portuguese team.

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“And there was a lot of weight – and I have to say because we were told by Jurgen Klopp and Pepijn Lijnders – because of the quality of the young players of Benfica.

“They looked to Team B, then third in League 2, they saw the team playing and found similarities with Tottenham, hence the choice.”