SOCCER - CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
2004/05
Group D - Fenerbahce (2) @ (6) Manchester United - Wayne Rooney made his Manchester United debut with a stunning hat-trick which left the fans speechless (9, 2 Discs, ITV - Tyldesley/Townsend, PAL)
Group A - Olympiacos (1) @ (3) Liverpool - Liverpool needed to win by 2 clear goals to qualify for the next round and it didn't look good when Olympaicos took the lead with a Rivaldo free-kick. But goals from Mellor and Sinama-Pongolle set up a tense finish and 3 minutes from the end Steven Gerrard cracked in a stunning shot to seal the win (10, 1 Disc, SKY - Tyler/Gray, PAL)
Last 16, 2nd Leg - Barcelona (2) @ (4) Chelsea - After a fraught 1st leg, Chelsea decided to take the initiative and overun Barca with 3 goals in the 1st 20 minutes. But Barca, and especially Ronaldinho, fought back and were going through on away goals when John Terry popped up and headed in the clincher with 10 minutes left (8, 2 Discs, ITV - Tyldesley/Townsend, PAL)
Quarter Final, 2nd Leg - AC Milan (1) v (0) Inter Milan - Sensing that they were going out of the competition, the Inter fans started throwing flares on the pitch and one hit AC goalkeeper Dida on the shoulder. The game was cancelled and awarded to AC (9, 2 Discs, ITV - Drury.Beglin, PAL)
Semi-Final, 2nd Leg - Chelsea (0) @ (1) Liverpool - Chelsea and Liverpool faced off with a place in the final at stake. Liverpool scored with a controversial goal as a shot cleared off the line was deemed to have crossed the line. Chelsea couldn't muster a breakthrough and Liverpool held on (9, 2 Discs, ITV - Tyldesley/Townsend, PAL)
Final - Liverpool (3) v (3) AC Milan - In the most exciting European Cup final ever, Liverpool fought back from a 3-0 half-time deficit, scoring 3 goals in 10 minutes at the start of the 2nd half to force Extra-Time and a penalty shootout. In the shootout, Liverpool goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek saved 3 of Milan's kicks to win the Cup for Liverpool for the 5th time in their history (2 versions : 9, Original broadcast, 6 Discs, ITV - Tyldesley/Townsend, PAL / 9, 2020 re-broadcast, 2 Discs, ITV - Tyldesley/Townsend, PAL)