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Klopp backed by Benitez to repeat Liverpool's Champions League Miracle of Istanbul

Jurgen Klopp has been backed by Rafa Benitez to repeat his feat from 2004-05 and win the Champions League despite a disappointing Premier League campaign.

Liverpool, who sit five points outside the top four with nine games to play, face Real Madrid in the quarter-finals and could play Chelsea, their semi-final opponents in 2005, in the following round.

With the final set to be played at Istanbul’s Ataturk Stadium, the venue for Benitez’s side’s miracle comeback against AC Milan, there is plenty of talk of destiny for Liverpool.

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What has Benitez said?

Asked if Liverpool could go all the way again in Europe, Benitez told the Daily Mail: “For sure.