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Liverpool Captian Steven Gerrard arrives in Athens ahead of the Champions League final. Picture: Jason Roberts

Kop fans' unrivalled knowledge of classics

ANCIENT Greece took on a distinctive Merseyside vibe last night as Athens welcomed thousands of Liverpool FC fans for tomorrow night’s European Cup Final against AC Milan. Read

Crouch reveals fear of Milan

PETER CROUCH has revealed the growing fear inside the Liverpool camp that AC Milan are better than they first realised. Read

Benitez will break up his final squad

RAFAEL BENITEZ will break up his Liverpool squad in the summer – even if they claim the club’s sixth European Cup tomorrow night. Read

Bellamy wants chance to prove critics wrong

LIVERPOOL striker Craig Bellamy wants to put a Champions League winner’s medal on his CV as an emphatic answer to his army of critics. Read

Zenden hopes of being fit for final increasing

DUTCH star Bolo Zenden arrived in Athens yesterday with an increasing chance of being fit for the Champions League final. Read

Carra: Give us credit for Euro success

LIVERPOOL defender Jamie Carragher has defended the team’s playing style, claiming their recent record speaks for itself. Read

Peter Crouch celebrates after scoring the opening goal of the game during of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg match against PSV Eindhoven - Picture: PETER BYRNE/PA

Crouch to rewrite final chapter

YOU can understand why Peter Crouch is keen to delay the release of his autobiography. Read

Heartbeat of Anfield takes on Milan Pitbull

THE Champions League final this month will pit two of the world’s finest midfielders against each other when Liverpool take on AC Milan in a repeat of the 2005 final. Read

Silent assassin who shot down Zidane

IN the second of a two-part series, Benitez biographer Paco Lloret reveals to Nick Smith the story behind how his friend won over the Valencia doubters. Read

By the left, Kewell can still come into the final reckoning

ALAN KENNEDY is hoping Harry Kewell could be just the player to help Liverpool grab a sixth European Cup on Wednesday night in Athens. Read

Going for a gold in Athens – again

JAVIER MASCHERANO already knows what it’s like to leave the Olympic Stadium in Athens clutching a winners’ medal. The Liverpool midfielder was part of Read

Support can make difference - Jones

LIVERPOOL icon Joey Jones believes it will need a Herculean effort from players and supporters alike if they are to avoid a Greek tragedy tomorrow. Read

Evans getting that sixth sense

FORMER Liverpool manager Roy Evans reckons the current Anfield side are a stronger team than that which won the Champions League two years ago and he is backing them to repeat their Istanbul success when they go for a sixth European Cup against AC Milan in Athens tomorrow. Read

How can they all cry fluke if we do it again?

ROB Jackson trawls through the memory banks for the five European Cup triumphs that went before Read

Never say never in dismissing an Istanbul repeat

BACK in April 1996, Liverpool took part in what is commonly regarded as the All-Time Greatest Premiership Match, when we beat Newcastle United 4-3 at Anfield in the last minute, having been 2-1 and 3-2 down. Read

Campaign in full swing as Barcelona take beating

STEVEN GERRARD called it the turning point of the European campaign – and Liverpool had to negotiate some pretty tricky corners to get there. Read

Milan star Kaka wary of Crouch danger

AC MILAN talisman Kaka is considered by many to be the world’s best player but the Brazil international believes Liverpool striker Peter Crouch could be the dangerman in tomorrow’s Champions League final in Athens. Read