Liverpool won European Cup (2005), UEFA Super Cup (2005), FA Cup (2006), FA Community Shield (2006 and became the runner up for Carling Cup (2005)and European Cup (2007)
Spaniard Rafael Benitez became manager to Liverpool FC at the start of the 2004/05 season. Houllier had left Benitez a legacy of qualification for the Champions League in that season. Liverpool had a miserable finishing in Premier League campaign in fifth place, outside of the Champions League places. To make matters worse they finished 37 points behind the champions Chelsea and three points behind Everton. premier League history will remember that their Merseyside rivals had finished ahead of Liverpool. But there was to be some consolation - and what consolation it was.In 2005 Liverpool,having narrowly eclipsed Chelsea in the semi final Liverpool lined up to play Italian giants AC Milan in the Champions League Final in the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul. With one minute gone in the match Liverpool were 1-0 down as an unmarked Paolo Maldini scored from a Pirlo free-kick.conditions became worse for the Merseyside team as Crespo scored twice within a five minute spell just before half time. It seemed no way back for Liverpool FC as their first half performance was not so impressive.
Seven minutes passed to second half the Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard pulled one back to give the Reds a little bit hope,resulted a second goal by Vladimir Smicer in just two minutes later. Unbelievably Xabi Alonso equalised three minutes after that. An amazing comeback that had Liverpool FC fans all over the World enraptured and puzzled the Milan fans.The match come down into a very cagey situation that went to extra time and then to a penalty shoot-out. The Italians missed their first two penalties and when Jerzy Dudek saved their fifth penalty from Andriy Shevchenko Liverpool FC, and their fans were in pure ecstasy as Europe's top football prize returned to Anfield for the fifth time in the history of the club. place to buy football tickets for all the popular football matches. You can buy your favorite football match/team tickets online.It would have been almost impossible to match the events of the miracle of Istanbul but Liverpool did add further silverware to the trophy room in the next season. The Reds took on West Ham United in the FA Cup Final on 13 May 2006 at the Millennium Stadium. Amazingly yet another cup final involving Liverpool FC ended up with a 3-3 score line and went to penalties. Yet again Liverpool prevailed winning 3-1 in the penalty shoot-out.
Liverpool under Rafael Benitez reached another Champions League final in 2007 against AC Milan. Unfortunately for the Reds fans Milan won 2-1.
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