It's March 2008 and I am walking down the street back home, having not long returned from Milan, where Rafa Benitez' Liverpool have won in the San Siro for the very first time.
The trip had resulted in two ultra-satisfying outcomes for this typical football romantic - a dream fulfilled by finally going to the stadium that captivated my imagination on the TV during Italia '90 and a famous win for the Reds that would surely be talked about for years to come.
The significance of beating old foe Inter was about to be brought into sharp focus by someone with less favourable memories of the Nerazzurri however.
