Liverpool paid price for being 'too show-offy' after Champions League showdown

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballLiverpool FCFormer AC Milan defender Alessandro Nesta has addressed the Champions League final against Liverpool in 2007Liverpool have been told they lost the Champions League final to AC Milan in 2007 because they were "too show-offy" in their celebrations after beating the Italian side two years earlier. The Reds produced the greatest comeback in European final history by coming from 3-0 down at half-time to draw 3-3 with Milan in Istanbul in 2005 before winning on penalties.The two teams met again in the Champions League showpiece in 2007 in Athens, only for Milan to this time emerge 2-1 victors during a game in which Liverpool were the better team.And former Italy international defender Alessandro Nesta, who featured in both matches for Milan, believes the Serie A side had won the second final before the team had even reached the stadium.READ MORE: Ryan Gravenberch hands Arne Slot injury concern as Liverpool man 'doesn't feel good'READ MORE: Ibrahima Konate 'completely fake' claim lingers as Liverpool team-mate comments telling"We were a strong group of men," said Nesta on The BSMT podcast by Gianluca Gazzoli.

"We came together, we set the goal, and we won."Against Liverpool, it was destiny again: they knew it too in 2007. Also because if you're a show-off when you win, sooner or later you'll have to pay the price: in fact, we hit them again, and they lost."When you win, you have to know how to win.

From the bus, we won that match: you know when you feel it, they had been too show-offy."The 2007 final was Milan's seventh European Cup triumph and their most recent final appearance. Liverpool won a sixth European Cup in 2019 and were beaten finalists in 2018 and 2022.