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mo4ch:>The Miracle of Istanbul: Reliving the drama of Liverpool's 2005 UEFA Champions League victory | Mo4ch News

Fourteen years ago today, the Ataturk Stadium played host to one of the most incredible European finals ever played, as Liverpool came back from the dead to defeat AC Milan on penalties.The match has gone down in folklore as 'The Miracle of Istanbul' as Liverpool came back from a 3-0 halftime deficit to draw 3-3 with Milan before defeating them 3-2 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.Here's our rundown of that memorable night in Turkey:A HOME AWAY FROM HOMEDespite only being allocated 20,000 tickets for the match at the 69,000 venue, the stadium was absolutely packed with Liverpool fans who had made the trip from Merseyside to Turkey for the historic encounter.It was conservatively estimated that around 30,000 fans were in Istanbul, and a good deal more than the 20,000 official ticket-holders were in the stadium when the match kicked off.A DISASTROUS STARTThings couldn't have started much worse for the Reds, as Liverpool conceded an early free-kick wide on the Milan right …