At half-time in Istanbul on 25 May 2005, AC Milan led 3–0 through Paolo Maldini and a Hernán Crespo brace. In front of 69,000 fans at Atatürk Olympic Stadium, Rafael Benítez's Liverpool struck three times in six minutes via Steven Gerrard, Vladimír Šmicer, and Xabi Alonso. Jerzy Dudek's extra-time double save and penalty-shootout heroics sealed Liverpool's fifth European Cup.
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