AC Milan legend Paolo Maldini says mentioning Liverpool still brings memories of their Champions League collapse in Istanbul.
Maldini was happy they had their revenge in 2007.
But he says: “The word Liverpool still makes me think of the first Final, though. We were 3-0 up, I scored after 40 seconds, we dominated for 110 minutes out of 120, but were still unable to win. It reminds me of how strange football can be.
“It took me a year to watch that Final again and that's when I realised just how well we'd played. We dominated Liverpool for 90 per cent of the match.
“It showed the strength of that Milan squad that we were able to reach another Final only two years later. If we had lost to Liverpool again, that really would've been difficult to get over. Carlo Ancelotti contributed so much to that, because he always managed to shield the team from worries and focus on positive sensations."
