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Top two want to stay at Anfield

STEVEN GERRARD and Jamie Carragher have given Liverpool a pre-Athens boost by agreeing to extend their Anfield careers. Read

Alonso axing underlines Rafa's ruthless streak

XABI ALONSO is bracing himself for the crushing disappointment of missing out on a Champions League starting spot in Athens on Wednesday. Read

Ancelotti ponders final strikeforce dilemma

AC MILAN coach Carlo Ancelotti is facing an attacking dilemma ahead of the Champions League final showdown against Liverpool in Athens on Wednesday. Read

Finnan eager to play his part after missing out on Istanbul heroics

STEVE FINNAN played in only the worst bits of the 2005 European Cup final. Read

Why semi-final hero is happy to be a pub player

SHOULD Daniel Agger help Liverpool claim a sixth European Cup on Wednesday night, his family will have no problem raising a glass in celebration. Read

Grand master taking a ringside seat for history

OF the many snapshots taken from Rafael Benitez’s reign as Liverpool manager, it is fast becoming perhaps the most iconic. Read

The truth behind Istanbul and half-time masterstroke

IT’S just gone half past 10 on the evening of May 25, 2005, and Liverpool are traipsing off the field at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul having gone 3-0 down to AC Milan in the Champions League final. Read

Montse now a Liverpool lass

WHILE Rafael Benitez may have kept a cool head against Chelsea, it was a different story for his other half. Read

Shut-out manager didn't plan for

HAVING negotiated his way past Carlo Ancelotti’s AC Milan, Rafael Benitez was finding security at the Istanbul Crowne Plaza somewhat more tricky. Read

Hooked by whole new ball game

IN the first of a two-part special, Rafael Benitez’s biographer Paco Lloret tells Nick Smith the secrets of his friend’s success Read

Mama Mia! Liverpool's famous Italian encounters

Liverpool 3 AC Milan 3 (3-2 pens) 2005 Champions League final Read

Giggs: Beware Milan's hunger

RYAN GIGGS believes Liverpool will have to weather AC Milan’s revenge-driven storm if they are to claim a second Champions League crown in three years on Wednesday. Read

Managers head-to-head

RAFAEL BENITEZ V CARLO ANCELOTTI Read

2005 v 2007

HOW Liverpool and AC Milan have evolved since they met in the 2005 final: and how they will probably line-up in the Greek capital on May 23. Read

Hero of Rome tips tougher task in making it six

JOEY JONES is content to let his heart rule his head as he ponders the outcome of Wednesday night’s Champions League final in Athens. Read

PAST GLORIES: Rome 1977

Liverpool 3, Borussia Moenchengladbach 1 Read

PAST GLORIES: Wembley 1978

AS the defending champions playing at Wembley Stadium enjoying the backing of 90% of a 92,000 crowd, Liverpool were always expected to lift the European Cup for a second consecutive season in 1978. Read

Don’t forget the true fans amid hurly-burly of change

LIVERPOOL fan Larry Moran reflects on 30 years of Euro adventures Read

Dining at Europe’s top table is something to feast on

DOES IT really mean more to you to beat Blackburn Rovers than Barcelona? Are we happier to paste Middlesborough than get past Milan? The national media are convinced that to LFC followers, the domestic league is the real ‘Big One’. Read

Going through an easy phase

IN what was described as Liverpool’s most important match of the season by manager Rafael Benitez, two newcomers helped Liverpool to a slender first leg lead over the Israeli side Maccabi Haifa. Read

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