Peter Crouch has joked about choosing to hit Dirk Kuyt with a go-kart instead of Xabi Alonso before the 2007 Champions League final.
Just over 16 years ago, Liverpool were preparing for a mouthwatering rematch against AC Milan. The Reds won one of the most dramatic games in football history 24 months earlier to secure their fifth European crown.
However, they could not repeat their Istanbul heroics in Athens as Liverpool lost 2-1, with Filippo Inzaghi bagging a brace. Brazilian superstar Kaka would go on to win the Ballon d’Or later that year and the final was brushed off as a night to forget for the red half of Merseyside.
