Liverpool's Europa League defeat draws record BT Sport ratings

Live coverage, which was also free to non-subscribers on YouTube, attracts peak of 3.5 million viewers

It was heartbreak for Liverpool but Ji1/4rgen Klopp's side's 3-1 Europa League defeat by Sevilla scored BT Sport's biggest audience to date with a peak of 3.5 million viewers.

BT Sport's live coverage of Wednesday night's final, which the broadcaster made free to non-subscribers on a variety of different platforms including YouTube, drew an average of 1.6 million viewers on BT Sport Europe and another 606,000 viewers at the same time on BT Sport Showcase, a combined audience of 2.2 million.