Former AC Milan striker Hernan Crespo has asked the Italian giants to 'get revenge' for his 2005 Champions League final heartache against Liverpool when the sides meet at Anfield on September 15.
The Reds famously overturned battled back from three goals down at half-time to produce one of the greatest sporting comebacks witnessed in the modern era.
Crespo scored twice before the break to put Carlo Ancelotti's side in an unthinkable position, though Steven Gerrard inspired Liverpool to a spirited second-half display.
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When the Rossoneri got revenge on the Reds two years later in Athens, the Argentine striker was loan at Inter at the time and missed out on this piece of silverware.
The events of Istanbul still haunts Crespo to this day and he now hopes Milan can make up for his sense of regret by winning at Anfield in the group stages of this season's competition.
“It’s still an open wound for me, the 46-year-old told told La Gazzetta dello Sport.
"Liverpool-Milan is the first game Champions League game this season, and you already know what it means to me.
“I had scored a brace in the first half, I have never forgotten that night and even though Milan already beat Liverpool in the 2007 final, I’m asking Pioli’s men to beat them at Anfield, get the revenge for me and show who Milan are," he added.
Crespo hung up his boots in 2012 and has since gone into football management.
He has coached in Italy and Argentina and currently finds himself in Brazil, in charge of Sao Paulo.
