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Ex-Liverpool Ace Makes Remarkable Penalty Revelation About 2005 Champions League Triumph

Luis Garcia has admitted that he would have tried to take a panenka penalty in Liverpool's 2005 Champions League triumph if he had been given the chance to do so.

The ex-Reds star spoke exclusively to FourFourTwo for their October 2017 magazine edition, and was quizzed on one of the biggest and most remarkable nights in the club's history.

Liverpool were famously trailing Italian giants AC Milan 3-0 at the half-time break in Istanbul before three second-half goals from Rafael Benitez's team sensationally took the match to extra-time and penalties.

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The Merseysiders' infamous victory was complete with a 3-2 penalty shootout win that has been hailed as one of the finest comebacks in sport, let alone football, and secured a fifth European Cup for the English heavyweights.