May 25th is the anniversary of the Miracle of Istanbul, Liverpool's glorious comeback against AC Milan in the Champions League final.

15 years later, the Anfield faithful still recall that night like it was only yesterday but we've been wondering how the once-in-a-lifetime game might have gone down had Twitter been around in 2005. 1. Twenty years from their last European Cup final Liverpool are back in the big time 2. The journey from Taksim Square to the Ataturk is not without its complications 3. The atmosphere is building outside the ground 4. And the media have hit warp speed on the big day 5. Others envisage a tricky night ahead for Liverpool’s gangly full back https://twitter.com/Funny____Footy/status/598490081343713280 6. There are stats. Lots of stats. There's always stats 7. And the ITKs are already looking further ahead 8. Current players have their say, but nobody wants to hear from them 9. The team news drops. A certain Aussie starts for Liverpool 10. At least one set of fans is happy with his inclusion https://twitter.com/Football__LOLS/status/599240878427906048 11. These are the nights that Clive Tyldesley lives for… https://twitter.com/Funny____Footy/status/600735628087656448

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The game finally gets underway 1 min: Paolo Maldini gets Milan off to a flyer To the delight of some people ... https://twitter.com/15TimesMUFC/status/598878142309203969 22 min: Surprise, surprise - a certain Aussie is struggling https://twitter.com/StrattonBookies/status/600640105058070529 Cue: Derision https://twitter.com/BlueSquareBook/status/600641165243916288 39 min: Liverpool are caught on the break and Crespo makes it 2-0 41: Oh dear. Crespo makes it 3-0 and the party starts for everyone but Liverpool An ex-Liverpool striker offers compassion, but nobody wants to listen The one thing that unites Liverpool and United fans? Neither can believe what’s happening Half time: The Milan fans are celebrating On the message boards, Chelsea fans are celebrating too The official Liverpool FC account decides to keep things brief... and honest Back in the stadium, some fans have seen enough ... Though not all ... https://twitter.com/ImInIstanbul/status/601058323614572544 Hope comes from certain quarters Someone has a ‘source’. There’s always a source The teams are back out at the Ataturk But an Irish legend is missing The second half is underway. Liverpool didn’t think it could get any worse but Jerzy Dudek is giving it a pretty good go https://twitter.com/1984Rome/status/600960197163687936 Andy Townsend is definitely making things worse While Djimi Traore is just being Djimi Traore https://twitter.com/Funny____Footy/status/600984809406595072 54 min: Gerrard intervenes. Hope. Not much hope, but hope all the same Thankfully there’s a journalist at hand to tell everyone the real importance of the thing they’ve just seen themselves with their own eyes 56 min: After six seasons of making a passable imitation of a footballer, Vladimir Smicer finally decides to come good. Liverpool 2 Milan 3 Andy Townsend isn't impressed 59 min: Gerrard goes down. Penalty! It’s soft but no one cares. Well, someone cares 60 min: Xabi Alonso misses the penalty 60 min + a few seconds: Xabi Alonso scores the rebound There’s nothing like a live internet poll at a time of mass hysteria Things are really getting out of hand now. The game has officially lost the plot It’s a long journey back into town for those who left at the break Things are really getting out of hand now https://twitter.com/Football__LOLS/status/601075634505408512 Jamie Carragher is everywhere, absolutely everywhere The Chelsea message boards have gone quiet 90 min: And breathe… Extra time is the kind of cagey encounter everyone expected from the off With players dropping with cramp, Rafa tightens up Milan miss the only chance of the first half (of extra time) Half time. Again Piers Morgan has his say... The 'my sport is better than your sport' brigade make an appearance... The game is going to penalties. Everyone knows it. Just blow it up, ref Andy Townsend is still managing to aggravate people Dudek flaps unconvincingly at a corner But then his moment arrives. Arise, Sir Jerzy We're going to penalties and there's only one reason that has happened. Dudek is now the hero   https://twitter.com/BlueSquareBook/status/601398140118368256 https://twitter.com/15TimesMUFC/status/601399629394096128   https://twitter.com/FrTedReactions/status/601399952221335552 https://twitter.com/Football__LOLS/status/601398662871277568 https://twitter.com/StrattonBookies/status/601397625473126400 It all comes down to penalties but someone has the inside track Cue: Bedlam https://twitter.com/Funny____Footy/status/601413156573999104 12. Now it's Carlo Ancelotti's turn to feel the heat 13. The celebrations are going on and on https://twitter.com/1984Rome/status/601414552060846080 14. Some are struggling to accept it 15. An explanation for the madness we've all just witnessed 16. A payrise for the social media guru at Carlsberg, please 17. Someone shouldn't have left 18. The captain signs off with the promise of many more to come...