The great European Cup teams: Liverpool 1977-84 | Paul Wilson
57 MINS AGO - In the second of our six-part series, we look back at Istanbul's 'miracle', double delight in Rome
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57 MINS AGO - In the second of our six-part series, we look back at Istanbul's 'miracle', double delight in Rome and being the best of BritishThey won it five times, you know. Now that Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United have overhauled most of the other Liverpool claims to fame, the Reds' record in the European Cup seems likely to be the club's proudest boast for some time to come.It is worth remembering too that but for the tragic events surrounding the 1985 final in Brussels, and the subsequent ban on English clubs in Europe post-Heysel, the dominance Liverpool had achieved by the mid-eighties could easily have seen the trophy return to Merseyside on one or two more occasions. Uninterrupted by events away from the pitch, Liverpool might be up there with Madrid and Milan by now.There is no doubt which was the most dramatic of the five finals. Liverpool's incredible comeback against Milan in Istanbul in 2005 was arguably the greatest feat of all, since the old competition for title winners
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