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Three Times LFC Beat the Bookies' Odds and Emerged Victoriou

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Well, the 2005 Champions League final comeback against AC Milan will have live longed in the memory of many fans for one. They were in their second Champions League final in three years.



The bookies would have had them at long odds to win even one trophy that year, but - remarkably - the Reds went onto win three cup trophies. That year Liverpool won the UEFA Cup, the League Cup and the FA Cup.

The 1986 Surprise Double Trophy Over the Blues Although those big European nights are certainly special for Liverpool fans, they are some of the few victories that live longer in the memory than a cup winning performance over Everton. The Merseyside rivals faced each other three years later in a dramatic final where Liverpool were victorious again.