Steven Gerrard Reveals Terrifying Moment Behind Liverpool’s Legendary Istanbul Penalty Shootout
The Liverpool skipper was front and centre, both literally and metaphorically, during the Miracle of Istanbul, with his 54th-minute goal kick-starting the Reds’ barely-believable comeback against AC Milan that saw their 3-0 half-time deficit wiped out in six second-half minutes after the interval.
The two sides would head into extra time, with Jerzy Dudek making a stunning late save from Andriy Shevchenko before the referee called time on 120 minutes of engrossing action at the Ataturk Stadium.
Gerrard on the Miracle of Istanbul 20 years on
Penalties were then required to determine the winner which gave Dudek – whose performance in the final was ranked at no 50 in FourFourTwo’s list of the greatest individual performances of all time – the chance to be the hero.
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