The bottom left photo above shows just what the moment means to local boy
Steven Gerrard as he fulfils a boyhood dream and holds aloft the Champions
League trophy. It was Gerrard who had dragged Liverpool back into the game
with a fine header in the 54th minute and he can be seen above in the top row
pictures celebrating the moment and urging the Liverpool fans to 'raise the roof'.
Five minutes later those fans (estimated at a remarkable 40,000) were in
wonderland after Liverpool had drawn level at 3-3. The other pictures show
Steve at various stages of the match.
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LIVERPOOL 3:3 AC MILAN (0:3) - Liverpool won 3-2 on penalties
Instanbul, Turkey 25 May 2005, Attendance 65,000)
Liverpool:
Jerzy Dudek, Steve Finnan (Dietmar Hamann 46), Djimi Traore, Sami Hyypia,
Jamie Carragher, John Arne Riise, Steven Gerrard, Luis Garcia, Xabi Alonso,
Harry Kewell (Vladimir Smicer 23), Milan Baros (Djibril Cisse 85)
AC Milan:
Dida, Cafu, Paolo Maldini, Jaap Stam, Alessandro Nesta, Gennaro Gattuso (Rui Costa 112),
Clarence Seedorf (Serginho 86), Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, Andriy Shevchenko,
Hernanr Crespo (Jon Dahl Tomasson 85)
0:1 Maldini (1m), 0:2 Crespo (39m), 0:3 Crespo (44m), 1:3 Gerrard (54m),
2:3 Smicer (56m), 3:3 Alonso (59m)
Penalties:
Serginho (missed), Dietmar Hamann (scored), Andrea Pirlo (saved), Djibril Cisse (scored),
Jon Dahl Tomasson (scored), John Arne Riise (saved), Kaka (scored), Vladimir Smicer (scored),
Andriy Shevchenko (saved)
Referee - Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)
Booked - Carragher, Baros