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Everyone remembers Liverpool’s 2005 Champions League campaign and that game in Istanbul.
But everyone also remembers the two games the Reds had to play before the big final against AC Milan.
On one side of the semi-finals it was an all-English affair between Liverpool and Chelsea – two Premier League rivals and both legitimate contenders for the crown.
And Luis Garcia was the man of the hour for the Merseyside team.
His “ghost-goal” still haunts the Blues as it was his strike that took Liverpool into the final and, in the long run, made the glorious Istanbul comeback possible.
Garcia took to
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It was also followed by an inspirational message about suffering and the rewards that await if you persist and don’t give up.
And it fit the whole context perfectly: his goal was born out of determination rather than skill; brawn rather than brains.
As the ball fell loose, the silky Spaniard was the quickest man to react and he got more than his just reward for giving everything to the cause.
