LIVERPOOL LEGENDS

simply incredible, beautiful, glorious. I am no liverpool fan but last night was one of the greatest football matches I have seen.

For anyone who isnt football crazy, Liverpool were in the final of the European Champions League against AC Milan - the best team in Italy and some would say the world. Liverpool have had a rubbish season, and it was something of a fairytale that they made it to the final, it was truly an underdog versus golaith situation. On paper liverpool's chance were laughable, and in the first minute they went a goal down. Shevchenko, one of the greatest strikers knocked it in past Dudek, a dodgy keeper if ever there was one.

As the first half went on AC skinned Liverpool, knocking the ball around with class and finesse. The liverpool got a break, but lost it and in the counter attack it was suddenly 2-0. Then just before half time in about 4 amazing passes and 10 seconds Crespo cheekily chipped the ball over Dudek, 3-0 and it was only half time. There were talks of 5-1, all the liverpool fans, famous for their support, were totally shell-shocked, dispondent and silent.

Then the second half begins after 5 minutes of all AC Milan, suddenly liverpool get forward Riise whips in a cross and who rises up? Steven Gerrard, the teams captin, a man who has liverpool fc in his veins, heads the ball into the back of the net.... COME ON he runs round the stadium demanding the traveling fans get up and start believing once again. two minutes later Smicer cracks a shot from outside the box.... BAM 3-2, and the stadium is on fire, surely they cant? the milan players look confused. Then literally two mintues later Gerrard goes through into the box, takes a dive and wins a penalty. Alonso steps up and its saved but wait he pokes the rebound into the roof of the net and every one in every pub in the whole of liverpool, england, ireland goes mad. 3-3 can you feel it?

From then on the match settles down a bit andf liverpools defence become hero's, the fans move the staduim from Istabul to Mereseyside(liverpools home ground) Milan dont know whats happening somehow their world-class players arent so immortal anymore.

Normal time ends - extra time, liverpool players cramping up all over the park, having chased the best team in the world 90minutes they are showing the signs of exhaustion, but still they get up, Jamie Carrigher super hero, stretches out to block a ball collapses with cramp comes back on and they play the exact same ball and somehow he blocks it again. His body is finnished but he is just playing from his heart. But still if this goes to penalties who's gonna hit for liverpool, when the pressure's on AC Milan's world class players will surely mop up...

Then in the 27 minute of extra time, the 117th of the match Shevchenko gets a free header, this time Dudek saves off the ground, but it bounces back to Shevchenko who blasts the ball at the empty net, but somehow in that split second Dudek gets back up the ball hits his shoulder and flys over the bar, still 3-3

And then the penalties begin, the atmosphere in the stadium is incredible it seems like it only has liverpool supporters, on their feet, everyone of them signing at the top of their voice...

And Dudek, the liverpool goal keeper, looks different not the guy fumbling the ball at the start of the second half, but a hero in waiting...

The first AC Milan player walks to the spot, the crowd is whislting the pressure intense.. over the bar, he's missed.
But the Milan keeper is Dida about 8ft tall and already saved Alonso's penalty during normal time... Hamann the defener steps up 1-0 come on!
Pirlo for Milan Dudek saves!! Cisse, the best hair in football, but not the best skills - SCORES!!
Milan score Riise misses, everyone gets a bit nervous, Kaka scores again for Milan, so does Smicer for the 'pool.

Shevchenko the wonder player comes forward to Dudek who he easily scored past in the first minute, to take milan's last penalty, Shevchenko the kinda guy i would be my house on to score a penalty. Dudek waving his arms playing mind games...
Saves his penalty!!!!!LIVERPOOL WIN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!

unbeliveable, if you wrote the script no-one would believe it, Arsenal who dominated english football for the previous two years, setting the record for longest unbeaten run, never cames close to winning the champions league. Chelsea this years champions dream of it. But Liverpool, who were beaten by the religated teams in the premiership, WIN.