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Joe Mewis

‘I missed Liverpool’s Champions League parade because my flight was delayed. I cried - I was part of that too’ Florent Sinama Pongolle on his 2005 regret

Captain Steven Gerrard lifts the trophy, as red tickertape falls, after Liverpool's victory over Milan in the 2005 Champions League final.

While he didn’t play in the iconic 2005 Champions League final victory over AC Milan, former Liverpool forward Florent Sinama Pongolle played a key part in the Reds victory that season.

Had the one-time France international not netted an equaliser against Olympiacos in Liverpool’s 3-1 victory that secured their passage out of the group stage, the Miracle of Istanbul may never have happend.

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