Liverpool won the champions league on Saturday for the 6th time to become the most successful club in England, in the champions league and third most successful club in Europe behind Real Madrid (13 titles) and AC Milan (7 titles).

It was an all English final or better still two clubs from the same country finals.

Let's take into perspective the finals between clubs from the same country.

In 1999/2000 Real Madrid conquered Europe by beating Valencia CF 3-0 to win the trophy.

Associazione Calcio Milan (A.C Milan) in 2002/2003 beat Juventus on penalties after 0-0 draw to lift the trophy.

In 2007/2008 Manchester United beat Chelsea on penalties after 1-1 draw to clinch the Cup.

2012/2013 season saw Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2 goals to 1 to win the trophy.

In 2013/2014 Real Madrid beat Atletico Madrid 4-1 after extra time to the ultimate.

Real Madrid in 2015/2016 beat Atletico Madrid on penalties after 1-1 draw to lift the trophy.

And in this season (2018/2019), Liverpool clinched the trophy by beating Tottenham Hotspurs 2-0.

With regard to historical antecedents, it can be concluded by saying that champions league finals involving clubs from the same country are won by the bigger club in that country as per the statistics and records above.

The African view

Twenty-four (24) African players have won the UEFA Champions League.

Bruce Grobbelaar (Zimbabwe) won it with Liverpool in 1984.

Rabah Madjer (Algeria), won it with FC Porto in 1987.

Abedi Pele (Ghana), he won it with Marseille in 1993.

Nwanko Kanu (Nigeria) won it with Ajax 1995.

Fenidi George (Nigeria) won it with Ajax in 1995.

Ibrahim Tanko (Ghana) won it with Dortmund 1997.

Geremi Njitap (Cameroon) won it for Real Madrid in 2000 & 2002.

Samuel Osei Kuffuor (Ghana) won it with Bayern in 2001.

Benni McCarthy (South Africa) won it for FC Porto in 2004.

Djimi Traore (Mali) won it with Liverpool in 2005.

Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon) won it with FC Barcelona & Inter Milan in 2006, 2009.

Seydou Keita (Mali) won it with FC Barcelona in 2009.

Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast) won it for FC Barcelona in 2009.

Sulley Muntari (Ghana) won it with Inter Milan in 2010.

Mcdonald Mariga (Kenya) he won it for-Inter Milan in 2010.

John Obi Mikel (Nigeria) won it with Chelsea in 2012.

Michael Essien (Ghana) won it for Chelsea in 2012.

Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast) won it with Chelsea in 2012.

Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) won it with Chelsea in 2012.

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco) he won it with Real Madrid in 2018.

Mohammed Salah (Egypt) won it with Liverpool in 2019.

Joel Matip (Cameroon) won it with Liverpool in 2019.

Naby Keita (Guinea) won it with Liverpool in 2019.

Sadio Mane (Senegal) won it with Liverpool in 2019.

African countries with most UEFA Champions League Titles

Ghana leads the chart with five titles, Nigeria is next with three titles, Ivory Coast has three titles, Cameroon with three, Two for Mali.

Other countries like Senegal, South Africa, Kenya, Morocco, and Algeria have all won once.