Liverpool 2005 champions league final line up. See what the squad is up to these days. The showpiece event was contested between liverpool of england and milan of italy at the atatuerk olympic stadium in istanbul turkey on 25 may 2005. The reds fought back from three goals down at half time to clinch victory via a penalty shoot out.
Ahead of the wednesdays champions league final between liverpool and ac milan we bring you a run through of the squads. The 200506 season was the 114th season in liverpool football club s existence and their 44th consecutive year in the top flight and covers the period from 1 june 2005 to 30 may 2006. Liverpool turned the premier league title race into a procession this season but jurgen klopp expects his champions to face a much tougher fight to retain the trophy next term.
The ucl final flashback series takes an amazing behind the scenes look at some of. Liverpool beat ac milan to win the 2005 champions league final in dramatic circumstances. 15 years ago today liverpool came back from 3 0 down to beat ac milan on penalties in a famous champions league final.
Relive liverpools incredible comeback victory over milan in the 2005 uefa champions league final in istanbul. Read on for backgrounds and information about the. For liverpool theres just one surprise.
Liverpool who had won the competition four times were appearing in their sixth final and their first since 1985. The under achieving charlatan that is harry kewell has somehow managed to worm his way into the starting line up and will play behind lone frontman milan. The match was remarkable for the fact that ac milan had taken a 3 0 lead in the first half only for liverpool to mount an impressive comeback and level the score in the space of 6 second half minutes.
Liverpool won the 2005 uefa champions league final hosted at the ataturk stadium istanbul by beating ac milan 3 2 on penalties after the match finished 3 3 after extra time. More 25072020 0054. That night in istanbul might have been unforgettable but what about some of the players.
Liverpool finished the season in third position nine points behind champions chelseathey won the fa cup for the seventh time by beating west ham united in the final 31 on penalties after a 33 draw.