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I don't understand it. I just don't understand it. Milan did not deserve to win the match. Liverpool were the better team the whole match, Milan were committing schoolboy errors left, right and center.

They claim they didn't deserve to lose the match two years ago. Well, I don't think you can complain when you have a 3 goal lead and your team is celebrating as if they've won the cup at half-time, only to concede 3 goals in 6 minutes and then lose the match. There is no way a team doesn't deserve to win the match when they have to crawl back from a 3 goal deficit.

Fast forward two years later, and though they may claim they deserve to win the match after what happened two years ago, I beg to differ. Your team wasn't the better team two years ago, nor were they the better team tonight. They deserved to lose the match two years ago, and they did not deserve to win the match tonight. End of.

I guess you can say that Liverpool lacked the killing touch but still, Milan did not play like they deserve the cup. But sometimes, you don't always get what you deserve. That's football, and life too.

I'm sure most of you are thinking of the word 'sour grapes' right now, but I assure you, I'm not. If Milan were the better team, I'd congratulate them and accept defeat. But it's hard to do that when they were not the better team. But I won't deny the fact that had Liverpool won the cup undeservedly, i wouldn't complain. Heh.

Zenden was shite, I hope he's on his way out in the summer. Kewell should have started from the beginning. Mascherano was a rock in midfield, he contained Kaka really well. Credits to the lads though, they did awesome but things just did not go right for them.

They may have lost the cup, but they did it knowing that they tried their best and on another night, they should have won.

You'll Never Walk Alone.

This is Athens

And hopefully, this is where we will claim our 6th European Cup.

If there is any one city in the world that can lay claim to the title 'City of History', Athens would win, hands down. And it would be great if Liverpool can add another chapter to their glorious history in this historic city.

I've always read about the glory days of the Reds back in the 70's and 80's, where trophies after trophies made their way to Anfield. 10 League titles in between those 20 years, with 6 of those titles and 4 European Cups in the space of 7 years. Quite a remarkable achievement.

But it's been almost 20 years since we last won the league. Man Utd dominated the 90's, Arsenal and Chelsea, the better part of the 00's. Hopefully by winning our second European title in three years and with the backing of a new board, we will have turned the corner and embark on a new era, a return to our glory days.

But first things first, AC Milan stand in our way. They'll be out seeking revenge for the cup they claim we should have never won. You want revenge? Come and get it, to quote Leonidas. We'll be out to reclaim our position as kings of Europe that we lost last season. Conditions that will hopefully help to produce a match that will leave a mark in Athenian history for all the right reasons. Though a repeat of that historic match in Istanbul is very much unlikely.

Admittedly, Milan go into the game as favourites, but that won't stop us. Nobody gave us a chance as well in the 2005 finals. And that suited us just fine.

Go give 'em hell. Again.

Dreams

Dreams. They're such funny things. Don't really know what to make of them.

There are times when you dream and you realise that you're actually dreaming, but there are also times where the dream really feels like reality. I recently dreamt that something happened, something which I really wanted to happen for quite some time now, and the dream felt all too real.

So it was with great disappointment when I awoke to find out my dream was exactly what it was, a dream. It's a bittersweet feeling, to experience something you really want to happen, only to find out it was all in your mind.

"The best thing about dreams is that fleeting moment, when you are between asleep and awake, when you don't know the difference between reality and fantasy, when for just that one moment you feel with your entire soul that the dream is reality, and it really happened."

I agree with the quote above, except that it forgets to mention the worst thing about dreams, which is when you reach that point of awareness that your dreams are actually fantasies.

Oh well, I guess I do enjoy having dreams, the good ones of course. They may just be dreams and aren't real, but at least I get to enjoy something that I really do want to happen, even though it didn't really happen and even if only for a brief moment. As they say, all good things come to an end, and why should dreams be any different? Enjoy it while it lasts I guess. Especially dreams of things that can happen but do not seem very likely to happen in reality.

And who knows, that dream that you really hope to come true, however unlikely, might just turn into reality.

Destination: Athens

WOOHOO!! How do you like that? HAHA!! Athens, here we come!

Liverpool were the better team and deserved to win the match I'd say. Reina is the king of penalties. Tensioned filled match for me, what with Kuyt's header that hit the post and the offside goal that in my opinion, should have stood. What relief when Kuyt scored that penalty.

I don't mind who we face in the final, though I'd prefer Man Utd, our old rivals but instead we got ourselves a rematch of the 2005 final. Milan will be looking for revenge. We'll be looking to equal their record of 6 European Cups. Athens, the city of history. Let's hope we'll be making some history of our own on the 23rd May.

We won't be having the Anfield effect in Athens. We'll be having the same amount of fans as Milan in Athens, and the Milan fans are raucous as can be, but I'm confident the Liverpool fans will make Athens as Anfield-like as possible.

20 more days!

Welcome to Anfield

Does anyone feel the same way like I do, that Stamford Bridge tries to be like the Kop on European nights with all those flags? Poor effort though. All the flags are identical. Unoriginal. In fact, they were given out to the crowd by the club.

Tonight, we're gonna hand Stamford Bridge a lesson on what makes a stadium truly atmospheric. I do wish that someday I'll have the chance to stand on the Kop on European nights at Anfield, but it seems unlikely given that the new stadium is going to be completed soon sometime in the near future.

Anyway, on with business. Liverpool really need to get a clean sheet in this match. Conceding a goal would only make life harder for themselves. A goal in the first 10 minutes would really improve our chances and get the game going.

Hopefully Agger will be able to contain Drogba, he was having problems with Drogba's strength at Stamford Bridge. I'd actually like to see Hyypia, he may be slow, but he has the strength and experience to deal with Drogba.

Playing at home is always an advantage, more this is even more true at Anfield. Let's hope it'll hold true tonight.

Anfield awaits. Let's go Reds!