Champions League Final

It was with great trepidation and excitement that I settled in to watch the Champion's League Final between Liverpool FC and AC Milan. I'm not a huge Liverpool supporter by any means but at the same time I really really wanted them to win last night as a blow for the under dog if for no other reason.
But my God was it a match! AC Milan scored in the first minute of the first half which really put Liverpool on the back foot before anyone had time to find their feet. It was a great header from Maldini which looked like it surprised him as much as anyone else. The next 2 goals both came from Milan and were scored by Crespo but it has to be said that Kaka was the main play maker on the Milan side and without his incredible inch perfect pass the second Crespo goal just would not have been possible.
So at half time the score line was 3-0 and it was really beginning to look like the match was going to be a horrendous embarrassment to the 'Pool.
It was a strange night last night, normally with a scoreline like that I would have been itching to turn over and forget about the whole disaster, but this time I wasn't. I didn't feel like it was over at all and I found myself looking forward to the second half.
I am so glad I did stick it out! 3 goals in 8 minutes from Liverpool starting with a captain's strike from Gerrard and followed very quickly by a second by Smicer and then finally a penalty won by Gerrard and taken by Alonso who scored it on the rebound! It was magnificent! The game went on to extra time which saw a fabulous save by the often hit and miss Dudek and finally the decision as to who was going to win was left to penalties.
Personnally I don't think that Milan put their best men forward for the penalties but saying that watching Dudek's antics on the goal line as he imitated Grobellaar in the 1984 final I couldn't help but believe that they were going to do it! Whether it was Dudek leaping around or just the pressure of the night Milan fell apart and it was glorious to watch the reds win that trophy.
It was a truly great Champion's League Final and one that the history books will no doubt note.