Steven Gerrard's Highlights from the 2005 Champions League Final Are Perfect
Back in 2005, Gerrard was captain of Rafael Benitez's cross.
It was far from the all-conquering side of modern-day and the Reds could only appearance
fifth in the league, behind local rivals Everton. However they had a decent
season in the cups and reached the final of the League Cup, only to lose to
Chelsea, and also touched the final of the Champions League.
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In Istanbul, Gerrard came of age with a phenomenal
performance against Italian giants Milan. The Reds looked like they might go
out of the tournament in the Group Stage and needed to beat Olympiakos in
Liverpool by two goals on Matchday Six.
Rivaldo gave the Greek side the lead and all looked lost for
Benitez's side. Florent Sinama Pongolle equalized minutes after coming on at
half-time before Neil Mellor put the English side ahead with nine minutes to
go.
With time running out Gerrard smashed the ball home from
just outside the area leading to Andy Gray's infamous 'you beauty! What a hit
son, what a hit!' line in a commentary. The captain came to the fore once again
in the final when they faced Carlo Ancelotti's side in Istanbul, debatably the
best team in Europe at the time.
Legend Paolo Maldini put the Italian's ahead from a corner
after just one minute and a Hernan Crespo doubles in the 39th and 44th minutes looked
to end all hopes from the English side. Benitez transported on Vladimir Smicer
after 23 minutes and at half the time Dietmar Hamann was brought on.
In six crazy actions from the 54th to 60th minutes, the tie
turned around. Gerrard got things started with his goal, Smicer made it 3-2 and
Xabi Alonso made it 3-3 with half an hour to go. Goalkeeper saved an Andrey
Shevchenko penalty at 3-2 and the 'keeper' would pull off an incredible double
save in extra time, with the Ukrainian denied twice in quick succession. The
match went down to penalties and Gerrard wasn't needed at the Reds won 3-2 with
a spot-kick to spare.
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