Arguably the greatest ever Champions League Finals, this really was a game of two halves.

The first half was all Milan's, and they got off to a flying start their captain Paolo Maldini opened the scoring inside the first minute. The half only got worse for LIverpool as Hernan Crespo scored 2 more before 45 minutes were up.

At half-time the score was 3-0 and Milan had all but won the greatest prize in football. Rafael Benitez, the Liverpool manager, would have to come up with something special.

He decided to change something. He brought on a Dietmar Hamann, a midfielder, for Steve Finnan, a defender, and changed the formation to a more attacking 3-5-2 as they would have to go all out or they had no chance of pulling back 3 goals against one of the best defences ever.

What happened next was one of the most incredible few moments in any match ever.

In the space of 7 crazy second-half minutes Liverpool scored 3 goals; first, captain Steven Gerrard headed in. Just minutes later, Vladimir Smicer reduced the deficit to 1. 3 minutes after that,Gerrard was fouled in the box and LIverpool were awarded a penalty, with the chance to complete the best comeback ever.

Xabi Alonso, Gerrard’s midfield partner, stepped up to take it: Saved! But he squeezed in the rebound. 3-3!