Twenty years on, the image of a beaming Steven Gerrard lifting up the European Cup is one of the enduring visuals of what was perhaps the greatest Champions League final of all time.
The Liverpool skipper was front and centre, both literally and metaphorically, during the Miracle of Istanbul, with his 54th-minute goal kick-starting the Reds’ barely-believable comeback against AC Milan that saw their 3-0 half-time deficit wiped out in six second-half minutes after the interval.
