Thursday 26 May 2005. It’s half-time in the Champions League final. A disjointed Liverpool are down by a massive three-goal deficit to AC Milan at the Ataturk Stadium, Istanbul. You can get a massive 350/1 on the exchanges for a Liverpool victory.

Live on Sky, the experts are virtually unanimous in their verdict. ‘At 3-0 you’ve got to say it’s game over,’ states Andy Gray matter-of-factly. A shell-shocked Richard Keys asks Phil Thompson, ‘But just what is Rafa going to be able to say to the players?’ Thompson stops for a moment. His famous nose twitches under the studio lights as he reaches deep into his soul for the answer.