AC Milan 2 Liverpool 1

Team of the day..
Reina, Riise, Agger, Carragher, Finnan, Zenden, Alonso, Mascherano, Pennant, Gerrard MBE (c), Kuyt.
Subs - Arbeloa, Bellamy, Crouch, Dudek, Gonzalez, Hyypia, Kewell

Match Goals



Match Extended Highlights..



What Rafa and Players has to say..

Rafael Benitez..
"First of all I want to say congratulations to AC Milan," said Rafa. "They are a good team. I thought in the first half we were controlling the game, going forward and creating chances. We conceded a bad goal, although every goal you concede,and the problem with this is you have to start the second half with a new idea.

"We were going forward in the second half and after we hoped to use fresh legs, but we needed to take our chances. We gave them space between the lines and they have a lot of quality. We played against a good team with good players."

We were playing well until we conceded the first goal.

Steven Gerrard..
"You've got to take it on the chin, move on and try to pick yourself up but at the moment it's heartbreaking," he said.

"I thought we started well, we were in control just how we like to be but when you do that you've got to score. They got the first goal, with a bit of luck, but it was a big lift for them.

"We gave everything but it wasn't to be tonight and certainly this feels the complete opposite to what it was like after Istanbul."

Jamie Carragher..
"We are devastated but hopefully the defeat will make us stronger and we will be back next season," said Carragher.

"While it's hard to take losing a final, at the same time we've got to hold our hands up and give great credit to AC Milan who are a great side.

"We enjoyed the celebrations of winning it two years ago so we have a lot of respect for Milan and we will move on from this.

"Their first goal was a bit fortuitous and I should have cleared the ball better than what I did and it then put Xabi Alonso under pressure to clear the ball. At this level the smallest detail counts.

"I didn't think there was much in the game and we had a good chance with Stevie but unfortunately we couldn't score.

"I didn't think Milan had a lot of chances and I thought we played very well in the second half but no-one will remember that and it's Milan's night.

"I thought we handled Kaka as well as any team has done in this tournament and Mascherano put in a few great challenges on him. He set up their second goal but he is always going to cause any team problems because he is the best player in the world.

"Our fans were probably the man of the match again and full credit to them. We are just devastated we couldn't bring the cup back for them."


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