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20/20 revision - Liverpool's best moments since 1995

It was 20 years ago this summer that, for better or for worse, I became a Liverpool fan. With that in mind, and also because I'm plum out of original ideas for this blog, I've decided to revisit the last two decades for my 20 favourite moments as an LFC fan. Four trophy wins are featured, plus a host of great European nights, but reflecting how starved the club has been of success recently, only one of the last six seasons is featured. Counting down from 20 to 1, here are my 20 top Liverpool moments since the beginning of the 1995-96 season.


20. Benayoun's Bernabeu winner, February 2009
Liverpool's reward for winning their Champions League group in 2008-09 was a meeting with the mercurial Real Madrid in the last 16. However, topping our group meant that we had the benefit of the second leg at home, making it crucial that we came away from the Bernabeu with the tie still intact.
That was actually a strong possibility with Rafael Benitez in charge. The Spaniard may have had some humiliating moments during his time at Anfield, but to give him his due we had our best years in Europe this side of the 1980s with him calling the shots. Unsurprisingly he set out Liverpool's stall to frustrate their opponents and try to punish them on the break. It may not have made for fantastic viewing, but it was damn well effective. 
The first leg was scoreless when, in the 82nd minute, Fabio Aurelio whipped in a free kick from the right and up rose Yossi Benayoun to head a late winner for Liverpool. What a performance to go to the Bernabeu and come away with a 1-0 win. Benitez played a blinder. So what happened in the second leg, then? More of that to come later...

19. Conquering the Roman empire, March 2002
Back when the second round of the Champions League was played as a full-blown group stage rather than a more straightforward, and exciting, home and away tie, Liverpool went into their final match of that stage with a slim chance of making it to the quarter-finals. A two-goal victory over Roma was required, and we had not won any of our five matches in this God-forsaken group phase, but at least we had the advantage of a raucous Anfield roar behind us. The decibels at L4 went up several notches when Gerard Houllier made his first appearance at the venue since suffering a heart attack the previous October.
An early Jari Litmanen penalty settled the nerves among the home fans. The Italian champions, who would have been favoured over Liverpool to go through, were a pale shadow of their normal selves on the night. The raw, intense passion of an electrified Anfield had them spooked. Midway through the second half, Emile Heskey's header doubled the lead and from that point there was simply no way we were going to throw this away. Roma looked totally shellshocked at the final whistle. They were out and, on a night that would become fabled in Liverpool's European folklore, the Reds marched on to the quarter-finals in their first Champions League season.


18. We had lost our last six visits to Tottenham, December 2013
After a difficult November, Liverpool racked up comprehensive home wins over Norwich and West Ham in early December to get their title bid back on track. Next up, though, was a testing visit to White Hart Lane, a ground at which the Reds have lost on each of their previous six visits. Even though Tottenham had been shown as brittle against the top teams, most Liverpool fans would have settled for a draw on this chilly Sunday evening in north London.
It promised to be so much better than that in the 18th minute when Luis Suarez, who had scored six in his last two games, found the net once again to put the visitors ahead. Jordan Henderson made it 2-0 shortly before half-time, with Tottenham just not able to handle this awesome Liverpool side. Frustration got the better of Paulinho on the hour mark when he stuck the boot into Suarez, and from there it was simply no contest. Young defender Jon Flanagan rammed home a third, Suarez chipped Hugo Lloris to add another to his burgeoning tally and Raheem Sterling completed the rout in the rain. Christmas had come early for Liverpool, who with this win signalled that they were very much in this title hunt for the long haul. 

17. Gary Mac's free at Goodison, April 2001
Trust the fixture gods to throw up a Merseyside derby on Easter Monday with a month left to go in the season. The title had already been secured by a rampant Man Utd but there were some titanic tussles being played out elsewhere in the Premier League in 2000-01. Liverpool were firmly in the chase for a first-ever appearance in the Champions League, having blown a near-certain qualification for that competition a year earlier.
It took just four minutes for the opening goal at Goodison Park, Emile Heskey ramming the ball past Gerrard. Paul Gerrard, that is, just incase you thought you had gone mad. Would that be the cue for a Liverpool rout? Unfortunately not. A bad-tempered first half ended with Duncan Ferguson pulling Everton level in all too easy fashion. Markus Babbel restored Liverpool's lead on 57 minutes before Robbie Fowler missed a penalty. Everton won a spot kick of their own with 15 minutes to go and, unlike us, made the most of it. The foul which led to that penalty saw Igor Biscan sent off, so any late winner would surely go to the home side, it seemed.
In the fourth minute of injury time, Gary McAllister prepared to take a free kick from all of 45 yards. We were waiting for a floater into the penalty box, but the brilliant Scot instead let fly and the ball ended up in Everton's net. If there's a better way to win a tight, tense local derby, I haven't seen it.


16. Barca not on a par with the Reds, February 2007
Remember the Real Madrid game at the outset of this list? A similar situation arose two years earlier, with Liverpool winning their Champions League group and being handed a meeting with a Spanish giant in the last 16. To make it worse, Barcelona were the reigning European champions at the time.
The build-up to the first leg in the Nou Camp could hardly have been less ideal. There were reports that a fight between Craig Bellamy and John Arne Riise resulted in the Welshman swinging a golf club at his team-mate. Liverpool's problems worsened after only 14 minutes, Deco left all on his own to head past Pepe Reina and give Barcelona a deserved lead. The quick, incisive passing of the Catalans had Liverpool chasing shadows, but just before half-time, Bellamy's header eked over the line, despite Victor Valdes' best efforts to claw the ball out. The striker celebrated with an imaginary golf swing and a beaming smile.
Heading into the final quarter of an hour, it remained 1-1. Then Valdes saved from Dirk Kuyt, only for Bellamy to latch onto the rebound and tee up (see what I did there?) Riise for a simple finish. Deco hit the post with a late free-kick but Liverpool closed out a famous win at the Nou Camp and could even afford to lose the second leg 1-0, scraping through to the quarter-finals on away goals. 

15. Benayoun's winner at Fulham, April 2009
The 2008-09 season was different. Liverpool, so often miles away from the major honours in recent times, had the spine of a very strong team, one which was in contention for both domestic and European honours going into April. That month would start with the type of fixture that often scuppers a prospective title challenge, a trip to Craven Cottage, which this year was the home ground of a Fulham team about to record its best ever Premier League finish. Roy Hodgson's men had also handed out a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool's main challengers Man Utd a fortnight earlier.
On this Saturday evening in west London, Liverpool battered their opponents but just couldn't find a route to goal. They struck the woodwork four times and let chance after chance slip. It was just going to be one of those days where nothing went right for the Reds. Two minutes into stoppage time, the ball made its way to Yossi Benayoun in the penalty area. The Israeli took one touch to set himself before firing to the top corner of the net.
That was the cue for sheer bedlam among his team-mates and management. Like any serious title challenger, Liverpool had shown the resilience to turn one point into three in the dying stages. Sadly, Man Utd did the very same a day later to return to the summit, which they occupied when the season finished in May.


14. Another semi-final win over Chelsea, May 2007
It was the third consecutive season in which Liverpool and Chelsea crossed paths in the Champions League, and also the third in a row when the two met in the semi-final of a knockout competition. The Reds had triumphed on both previous occasions, but Chelsea had the upper hand this time going into the second leg, having won 1-0 at Stamford Bridge. 
It was the archetypal classic European night at Anfield. The stadium was buzzing long before kick-off and, like so many teams in the past, Chelsea seemed genuinely spooked by the frenzied atmosphere. Midway through the first half, a clever free kick from the left wing was played square to Daniel Agger, who rifled a shot beyond Petr Cech to level the tie on aggregate. Liverpool now had the momentum, but the killer away goals rule meant that we couldn't pour forward with abandon. Rafael Benitez knew the back door had to be kept locked.
A tactical match ended 1-0 after 90 minutes, which necessitated extra time. The additional 30 minutes saw Dirk Kuyt find the net, but the Dutchman was adjudged to be offside. With no further scoring, it meant that a place in the Champions League final would be settled by penalties. Chelsea won the toss and elected to kick in front of their own fans, a call which left Liverpool to go first in the shoot-out. Boudewijn Zenden, Xabi Alonso and Steven Gerrard all scored, with Geremi and Arjen Robben fluffing their lines. That gave Kuyt the chance to win it for the Reds and he duly succeeded in breaking Chelsea's hearts once again at the semi-final stage. 

13. Juve been taught a lesson, April 2005
Liverpool had made it to the last eight of the Champions League in professional fashion but seemed to be faced with too high a hurdle in the form of Serie A leaders Juventus, then a formidable outfit with class in every area of the field. It was the first meeting of the clubs since the tragic European Cup final at Heysel 20 years earlier, a night when 39 Italian supporters lost their lives. There were poignant pre-match ceremonies to demonstrate a new-found friendship between these two proud football clubs.
There was no shortage of respect shown to Juventus prior to kick-off but then Liverpool didn't grant any respect to their opponents, who couldn't cope with the all-action home side. Only 10 minutes had elapsed when Sami Hyypia got his head to a corner and sent Anfield into raptures. After 25 minutes, Luis Garcia hit one of those beautiful volleys which looped over Gianluigi Buffon and into the Juve net. Liverpool were simply outstanding in the first half, but then went into preservation mode to try and prevent the concession of an away goal. It didn't work as Fabio Cannavaro got one back for the Italians, but it remained 2-1 and the Reds put in an exemplary defensive performance in Turin to dump this excellent Juventus team out.


12. Four past Arsenal inside 20 minutes, February 2014
Liverpool had made it to February with their title ambitions still intact, although those aspirations took a dent with the idiotic concession of a soft equaliser to West Brom six days before league leaders Arsenal came to Anfield. The Gunners had already beaten Brendan Rodgers' men this season, and would knock the Reds out of the FA Cup the following week, but in this Saturday lunchtime kick-off, this famous ground witnessed an opening 20 minutes like none of us had ever seen.
Martin Skrtel set the ball rolling inside 52 seconds and amazingly he doubled his tally in the 10th minute, with Arsenal already facing a mountain to climb. Daniel Sturridge missed a sitter before Luis Suarez hit a cracking volley that struck the post. This was total football from the Reds and we hadn't even played a quarter of an hour. Raheem Sterling added a third and Sturridge twisted the knife further in the 19th minute. Had anyone, anywhere in Premier League history seen a team made such a completely dominant, accomplished start to a game?
Sterling made it 5-0 shortly after half-time and even though a Mikel Arteta penalty would deny Simon Mignolet a clean sheet, this was a defining afternoon in the seasons of both clubs. The psychological scars never healed for Arsenal, while this was the first of an 11-game winning sequence from an outrageously brilliant Liverpool team.

11. "Collymore closing in!!!!!", April 1996
After holding a 12-point lead at the top on New Year's Day, Newcastle looked set to end an interminable trophy famine, but within three months they had been overtaken by Man Utd and then faced a trip to Anfield against a Liverpool team with title aspirations of its own. What unfolded was one of the most breathless, extraordinary Wednesday nights in Premier League history.
Robbie Fowler opened the scoring inside two minutes, but goals from Les Ferdinand and David Ginola edged Newcastle in front after a quarter of an hour. Fowler got his second on 55 minutes before Faustino Asprilla struck for the Geordies with their next attack. Stan Collymore made it 3-3 midway through the second half. It would be a brave soul who tried to call a winner at this point.
It remained deadlocked going into stoppage time, when Liverpool worked a series of intricate one-twos between John Barnes and Ian Rush. The former teed up Collymore for a shooting chance, which he buried beyond Pavel Srnicek. Anfield exploded and former Kop idol Kevin Keegan slumped over the advertising board in front of him, knowing that his team's chances of winning the league had been dealt a killer blow. Almost two decades on, this remains regularly cited as one of the all-time classic Premier League matches.


10. Old Trafford, three penalties, three massive points, March 2014
A run of four successive victories and some magnificent performances had put Liverpool in the title frame with two months of the season to go, but those credentials were likely to be seriously tested by a visit to Man Utd. Despite the Old Trafford club suffering its worst season in a generation, Liverpool had lost on nine of their last 10 visits and United would have loved nothing more than to put a halt to the Reds' gallop.
Instead, it was the men from Merseyside who put in the performance of thoroughbreds, the incredibly slick movement from Brendan Rodgers' team making the champions look like rank amateurs. Ten minutes before half-time, handball in the area by Rafael led to a penalty which Steven Gerrard converted. It would become a recurring theme in this memorable encounter.
The second half had barely begun when Mark Clattenburg pointed to the spot again after Phil Jones bundled over Joe Allen, Gerrard once more keeping his composure to double Liverpool's lead and carry out his familiar camera-kissing celebration at the venue. Incredibly, the visitors were awarded a third penalty when Luis Suarez was adjudged to have been impeded by Nemanja Vidic, who picked up his obligatory red card in this fixture. However, it was the incorrect call by the referee and United fans at least got to enjoy Gerrard passing up his chance of a hat-trick from the spot.
The smiles didn't last long as Suarez slipped in a third goal, confirming Liverpool's superiority on the day. While United could feel aggrieved about Vidic's dismissal and that particular penalty, even the staunchest Mancunian would have to concede that their team had been completely outclassed by the Merseyside machine.

9. Oh you beauty, December 2004
After two wins, a draw and two defeats, Liverpool's Champions League future was very much in the balance ahead of their final group game against Olympiakos. The Greeks had won the reverse fixture in Piraeus a few weeks earlier, but they tended to be easy pickings on the road, particularly at a pumped-up Anfield.
With Monaco coasting through thanks to a 5-0 romp over Deportivo la Coruna, it would end up being a straight fight for second between the other two teams in the group. Olympiakos did not follow the script and Rivaldo plunged Anfield into silence with a masterful free kick midway through the first half. The visitors got to half-time still in front and, with mutual results separating teams who were level on points, Liverpool now had to win by two goals - in other words, to score three times in 45 minutes, assuming they didn't concede any more.
The task seemed a little easier when half-time substitute Florent Sinama-Pongolle equalised within three minutes of his introduction. Olympiakos didn't roll over, though, and it remained 1-1 going into the final 10 minutes. Rafael Benitez went for broke and threw on young striker Neil Mellor, who made a quick impact by putting Liverpool in front on the night. They still needed one more goal, however.
It was in the 86th minute that Mellor cushioned the ball towards Steven Gerrard, who from 25 yards lashed a fierce strike into the Olympiakos net and sent Anfield into overdrive. Miraculously, Liverpool had completed their mission and their talismanic captain put the seal on a never to be forgotten night on Merseyside. Also unforgettable was Andy Gray's commentary when Gerrard found the net - "Ohhhhh you beauty!!!! What a hit, son! What a hit!"


8. City conquered in title-chasing thriller, April 2014
When Liverpool and Man City met at Anfield as the two leading contenders for the Premier League crown with a month to go, it was always likely to be a defining match. The emotions of the home fans were further stirred by the pre-game tribute to the 96 fans who died at Hillsborough 25 years previously that weekend.
Liverpool were on a nine-game winning run but this would be their biggest test yet. It was a test that Brendan Rodgers' team coped with exceptionally at first, with Raheem Sterling making Joe Hart look like a mug before finishing to the net inside five minutes. It was 2-0 coming up to the half-hour, Martin Skrtel heading home from a Steven Gerrard corner. Just as against Man City's near neighbours United a month earlier, Liverpool were in cruise control in the first half.
However, while United had no answer at Old Trafford that time, City showed they were made of much sterner stuff. David Silva pulled one back on the hour mark and a fortuitous equaliser, officially credited as a Glen Johnson own goal, swung the game in the visitors' favour. With most of the Man City team having won the title two years earlier, they seemed to be purring into gear while Liverpool's relative inexperience was making them crack.
With 12 minutes remaining, Johnson's throw-in appeared to be dealt with comfortably by the reliable Vincent Kompany, but he sliced his clearance and onto the loose ball was Philippe Coutinho, who struck it first time to restore Liverpool's lead. This time the Reds held firm and took control in the title race. The less said about the subsequent four weeks the better.

7. A golden display from the boys in grey, March 2009
Five years earlier, there was also a compelling title chase involving Liverpool and Manchester, except in 2009 it was United who were vying with the Merseysiders. Alex Ferguson's men had a narrow lead at the summit when Liverpool called to Old Trafford in mid-March. If the visitors could win, it would send out a serious statement of intent, but they had been beaten on each of their last four visits to the champions.
United took the lead midway through the first half with a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty before the grey tide swept them away. A rare misjudgement by Nemanja Vidic, who allowed the ball to bounce and Fernando Torres to nip in and slot home the equaliser, turned the course of the game and then Steven Gerrard scored from the spot to put Liverpool in front just before half-time.
Vidic was the Premier League's best defender that season but he had a torrid afternoon here, seeing red for a foul on Gerrard. From the resulting free kick, Fabio Aurelio curled the ball home exquisitely to make it 3-1. The seal on a famous win was stamped by an unlikely source, Andrea Dossena getting on the end of Pepe Reina's monstrous goal kick and lobbing Edwin van der Sar. Liverpool hadn't just won at Old Trafford; they wiped the floor with the reigning Premier League and European champions. However, just as in 2014, the vanquished from Manchester recovered their composure to pip Liverpool to the title.


6. A galactic performance, March 2009
That seismic win at Old Trafford came just four days after another match which will live for years in the memory bank of any Liverpool fan fortunate enough to witness it. The Reds held a 1-0 first leg lead against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League (see number 20 on this list) and simply needed to avoid defeat at Anfield to eliminate the record European champions.
Liverpool could be rightly confident of getting the job done, but what unfolded was the stuff of dreams. Fernando Torres, at that time arguably the world's best striker, turned home Dirk Kuyt's cross after 16 minutes for the opener and soon it was 2-0, Steven Gerrard converting a penalty awarded for a Gabriel Heinze handball. 
It got even better for the Reds just after half-time, Ryan Babel crossing for Gerrard to pile on the misery for Madrid. Andrea Dossena completed the scoring late on to round off what I would consider the single most polished Liverpool performance out of the hundreds that I've witnessed in 20 years of supporting the club. To a man, everyone merited at least an 8 out of 10 rating, with Torres and Gerrard contenders for a perfect 10. Real Madrid might be the team nicknamed the Galacticos, but here it was Liverpool whose football was out of this world.

5. Garcia's 'ghost goal' and Terry's tears, May 2005
A cagey Champions League semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Liverpool ended goalless at Stamford Bridge. In the six days between that match and the return leg at Anfield, the Blues clinched a first league title in 50 years and were still slight favourites to advance to a first ever European Cup final. However, they were about to get a taste of what Anfield is like for a major European fixture.
Chelsea fans' attempts to drown out the pre-game 'You'll Never Walk Alone' were futile, with the home supporters in the finest of voice. After just three minutes, Petr Cech clattered Milan Baros and, while 40,000 Kopites screamed for a penalty, Luis Garcia had the presence of mind to flick the ball towards goal. William Gallas tried to hook it away, but the referee gave the goal and debate still rages to this day as to whether or not it was over the line.
For the remainder of another tactical battle between Jose Mourinho and Rafael Benitez, Liverpool defended brilliantly, with Chelsea having very few opportunities of note. There would be frayed nerves around Anfield, though, when the fourth official signalled six minutes of stoppage time, the reasoning for which will forever remain a mystery. It was in the last of those six additional minutes that Eidur Gudjohnsen set himself to shoot from close range with only Jerzy Dudek to beat, a goal at this stage taking Chelsea through. He put it wide and Liverpool could celebrate a first European Cup final appearance in 20 years. For Chelsea captain John Terry, there were tears of despair just three days after joyous title-winning celebrations. For Liverpool supporters, the good old days were back.


4. Out on his Owen, May 2001
A tense penalty shoot-out victory over Birmingham in the League Cup final was part one of a possible domestic cup double for Liverpool in 2000-01, although they would be underdogs against Arsenal in the first FA Cup final at the Millennium Stadium. Cardiff was basking in warm sunshine for a day that would crown a player's place in history.
The Gunners looked the more likely team to score in the first half and should have had a penalty when Thierry Henry's shot was clearly handled on the line by Stephane Henchoz. It wouldn't be the first time that Henry and a handball incident would be mentioned in the same breath. Into the second half, Arsenal continued to dominate and were good value for the lead they finally earned in the 72nd minute through Freddie Ljungberg.
It was looking bleak for Liverpool until, with eight minutes to go, Arsenal failed to clear a free kick and Michael Owen volleyed home the equaliser. On 88 minutes, a majestic pass from Patrik Berger found Owen, who beat Tony Adams and Lee Dixon for pace before shooting beyond David Seaman and winning the cup for Liverpool. While Owen may have soured his reputation among Reds fans in future years, he will always be regarded in high esteem in my book for his undoubted class during his Liverpool days, none more so than when he turned this FA Cup final on its head when all seemed lost.

3. Geli's golden goal settles nine-goal epic, May 2001
With the League Cup and the FA Cup already in the bag, Liverpool still weren't finished for 2000-01. Four days after Michael Owen's heroics in Cardiff, the Reds travelled to Dortmund for the UEFA Cup final against little-known Spanish club Alaves. Liverpool would be favourites, but Alaves served a real warning by scoring nine in their semi-final tie against Kaiserslautern. The final would be similarly high-scoring.
Liverpool were 2-0 up inside 16 minutes through Markus Babbel and Steven Gerrard and the occasion seemed to be getting to Alaves. Ivan Alonso reduced the deficit before Gary McAllister's penalty made it 3-1 at half-time. Within five minutes of the restart, two Javi Moreno goals levelled this incredible match. Liverpool got their noses in front once more through Robbie Fowler and were on the cusp of victory before Jordi Cruyff scored a last-minute equaliser. Extra time would be needed, with the golden goal rule then in place.
Alaves had the ball in Liverpool's net but Moreno was offside. The Spaniards then had two players sent off and, with four minutes remaining, McAllister's free kick was headed into his own net by Delfi Geli.
That was the golden goal to confirm a trophy treble for Liverpool that season, in addition to a third-place Premier League finish which earned a passage to the Champions League the following year. It was by some distance the highest-scoring one-game UEFA Cup final, one that will live in the memory of anyone who watched it.


2. The Gerrard final, May 2006
Steven Gerrard was gaining a reputation in the mid-2000s as Liverpool's Superman, the player who didn't know the meaning of the words 'lost cause'. He was hoping that such heroics wouldn't be needed in the FA Cup final against West Ham, which would be the last to be played in Cardiff prior to Wembley's reopening. 
Liverpool were favourites but two goals in eight minutes midway through the first half left them with an uphill task. Jamie Carragher put through his own net and then Dean Ashton scored a soft second, although Djibril Cisse soon pulled it back to 2-1 and Gerrard equalised in the 54th minute, coincidentally the same time that he scored Liverpool's first in the previous year's Champions League final. It now seemed that the Reds would push on to win, but a fortuitous cross/shot from Paul Konchesky looped over Pepe Reina and put West Ham back into the lead. 
It was a lead they held going into stoppage time, which began with Gerrard thumping a 35-yard volley past Shaka Hislop to draw the teams level again and force extra time. That couldn't separate the teams, so we were going to penalties. Liverpool were 3-1 up in the shoot-out when Anton Ferdinand stepped up for West Ham. Reina saved it and Liverpool had their seventh FA Cup final victory. A truly inspirational performance from the captain would lead to this match going down in history as 'The Gerrard Final'.

1. Istanbul, May 2005
OK, so you probably guessed as soon as you opened the page that this would be number one. In truth, it was the only contender. It was the biggest game Liverpool have played in the last 20 years, aside from the 2007 Champions League final which we lost and which is a suppressed memory. It had all the ingredients for a classic final - a clear favourite (AC Milan), six goals, acts of courage and a tense conclusion.
Liverpool had done extraordinarily well just to get to the final in Istanbul, having failed to even qualify for the following year's Champions League through domestic position, but they were soon being taught a lesson by an outstanding Milan team. Paolo Maldini scored inside 52 seconds and Hernan Crespo added two more before half-time. Liverpool were even a tad fortunate to only be 3-0 down at the interval, such was the gulf in class between the teams.
We had needed three goals in the second half earlier in the tournament against Olympiakos, but this definitely seemed mission impossible. Nobody told Steven Gerrard, whose 54th-minute header began the road to recovery. Vladimir Smicer then struck and Xabi Alonso lashed in the rebound after his penalty was saved to complete the comeback, with the three goals being scored in a magical seven-minute period.
The game went to extra time, during which Jerzy Dudek twice saved from Andriy Shevchenko from four yards. Then came penalties. Serginho and Andrea Pirlo missed for Milan, with John Arne Riise missing for Liverpool. It was 3-2 in the shoot-out when Shevchenko faced a score-or-bust spot kick. Dudek saved it and, remarkably, amazingly, incredibly, Liverpool were champions of Europe for a fifth time. It was the football match that defied belief and told logic to take a hike. There have been 60 European Cup finals played and, even stripping aside my biased view, this was a sure-fire contender for the most memorable of the lot.

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