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'Absolutely shocking' - Ex-Liverpool defender Warnock reveals fury at being left out of 2005 Champions League final

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock has opened up on his anger at being omitted from the Reds' 2005 Champions League final squad, admitting that it "still hurts" a decade-and-a-half after the club's victory over Milan.

Warnock was initially named in Rafa Benitez's squad for the game against the Serie A heavyweights in Turkey, but ultimately did not make the cut for the matchday squad after he was swapped out for Josemi.

He subsequently had to sit in the stands for what became the Miracle of Istanbul, and his absence ultimately helped hasten a departure to Blackburn Rovers a year-and-a-half later.