When I hear Liverpool FC name, then only thing which comes in my mind is the greatest comeback in the history of Champions league final which held in Istanbul, Turkey. The showpiece event was contested between Liverpool of England and Milan of Italy at the Atatürk Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey on 25 May 2005. Liverpool, who had won the competition four times, was appearing in their sixth final, and their first since 1985. Milan, who had won the competition six times, was appearing in their second final in three years and tenth overall.
Milan was regarded as favourites before the match and took the lead within the first minute through Captain Paolo Maldini. Milan striker Hernán Crespo added two more goals before half-time to make it 3–0. In the second half Liverpool launched a comeback and scored three goals in a dramatic six-minute spell to level the scores at 3–3, with goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimír Šmicer and Xabi Alonso. The scores remained the same during extra time, and a penalty shoot-out was required to decide the champions. The score was 3–2 to Liverpool when Andriy Shevchenko's penalty was saved by Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek. Thus Liverpool won their fifth European Cup and the rest is history.
Once again they played Champions league final in 2007 but they lost 2-0 to Milan. After that the presence of the Reds in the European competition slowly vanished. The transfer of Xabi Alonso to Real Madrid and the goal scoring machine Fernando Torres to their rival Chelsea created a difficult path for Liverpool to comeback in European competition. After that final in 2007 against Milan, Liverpool was not able to compete for top 4 positions in English Premier League. Now it’s time to wake up the sleeping giants of the English football to conquer the Europe again.
