1. Liverpool 3-3 AC Milan (3-2 on penalties), final 2005
Against the odds the Reds had reached the final in 2005, but looked as if they had taken one step too far as goals from Paolo Maldini and Hernan Crespo (two) gave Milan a dominant 3-0 lead at half-time in Istanbul.
What happened next will never be forgotten on the red half of Merseyside, as captain Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso leveled things back up, only for goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek to perform heroics by saving an Andrey Shevchenko shot late on and then the penalty from the Ukrainian that would give Rafael Benitez’s men the most unlikely of victories.
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