Liverpool will not have more hunger to win Saturday’s Champions League final than opponents Real Madrid, says the Spanish side’s manager Zinedine Zidane.
Real have won the competition three times in the last four seasons, while Liverpool’s last success was in 2005.
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken about his side’s “desire”overcoming 12-times winners Real.
However, Zidane countered: “You can’t say Liverpool have more hunger than us – it simply isn’t true.”
The Frenchman, 45, added: “Nobody can take our hunger away from us. We will give our all to get more.
“We always have the same desire as we always do and nobody can say we don’t.
“We’re in a third final and we have the chance to do something historic.”
The last team to win the competition – formerly known as the European Cup – was Bayern Munich between 1974 and 1976.
Real won the trophy five times in its first five years of inception (1956-1960).