Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version or go back to LFC Live.net

Liverpool's 2005 Champions League win went down in folklore(Image: Getty Images)

Twenty years on from the miracle of Istanbul and the memories still bring goose bumps.

Liverpool hero John Arne Riise recalls the rabble-rousing speech from Steven Gerrard and hearing You’ll Never Walk Alone coming through the dressing room walls.

The scene was set for football’s greatest ever comeback when somehow Liverpool clawed their way back from 3-0 down at half time to fight back and beat AC Milan on penalties.

Riise believes it remains as “the craziest and the most iconic” match in Liverpool’s incredible Champions League history, surpassing all the other great European nights for the six-time winners.

Of course we never dreamed we could do it, but we wanted to give everything and that’s what took us there.”

The Miracle of Istanbul has been revisited in a TNT Sports documentary and features interviews with so many of the big personalities like Gerrard, Riise and great memories featuring Rafa Benitez’s miracle men.

READ MORE:Inside Trent Alexander-Arnold's 'Summer of 66' Liverpool leaving party as Reds fans fumeREAD MORE:Mo Salah picks out key difference between Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot at Liverpool

But it also sets out the context of the final and how Liverpool had been so inconsistent in the Premier League, had nearly crashed out of the Champions League and then upset the might of Milan when Carlo Ancelotti’s men were regarded as red-hot favourites.

Article continues below

It also recalls the semi final with Chelsea at Anfield, the mind games with Jose Mourinho and that almost sets up the script for the final.

John Arne Riise features in the new documentary about Istanbul

Riise said: “I get goose bumps just thinking about it!

We as players realised we were not good enough in the Premier League but, game by game and in a one-off, we could beat anyone.

But, for Riise, nothing compares.

He added: “I think Istanbul was the best one, the craziest one and the most iconic.

Istanbul was away from home, far away from home and we were so underperforming in the Premier League that it just makes it all the more incredible.”

Article continues below

The Miracle of Istanbul: Liverpool 2005_ premieres on TNT Sports 1 and discovery+ on Sunday 25 May at 21:45

Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.
For more news relating to Chelsea, visit our sister site Chelsea Latest Live.