May's defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League final will always be a touchy subject for Liverpool players and fans.

Heading into the clash in Kiev the Reds were in top form. They'd just demolished Manchester City 5-1 in the quarter-finals and then AS Roma in the semis.

It really looked like Jurgen Klopp's men could go all the way, despite the fact they faced the reigning champions.

But it wasn't meant to be. Liverpool lost 3-1 that day to goals by Gareth Bale (2) and Karim Benzema after losing Mohamed Salah in the 31st minute.

Loris Karius didn't help matters either by dropping two clangers, but that's a whole 'nother story.

Salah's injury was a catastrophic blow to Liverpool. He'd scored 44 goals in all competitions prior to the Champions League final and was expected to play a huge part in it.

A naughty challenge from Sergio Ramos, who grabbed Salah's arm and dragged him to ground, forced Klopp to replace the distraught Egyptian.

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It was later revealed that Salah had dislocated his shoulder which immediately saw Ramos accused of intentionally trying to injure him.

So, did then-manager Zinedine Zidane actually have a plan to stop Salah? He was asked that very question on Wednesday.

And according to the Frenchman, Ramos and co. were under no specific instructions with Salah and were told to just play their natural game.

"Not at all!" responded Zidane in his interview with UEFA. "Our game was always the same, regardless of who we were facing.

"We told players about the individual characteristics of opposing players, so that they were aware of specific things that those players did.

"But I didn't want to do too much of that, as I wanted my players to focus primarily on our own game."

Interesting. Ramos was given free reign against Salah and clearly the Spaniard responded to that my taking matters into his own hands.

Ramos insists to this day that his challenge wasn't intentional - he's even claimed Salah was the one at fault - but Zidane made the right decision to let his captain do what he does best.