Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny is happy for Arsenal to win ugly, but knows they cannot afford too many costly defensive relapses if they are to challenge for the Barclays Premier League title.

Two early goals helped the Czech Republic heap more problems on struggling Turkey with a 2-0 friendly win at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium tonight.

WHAT a week. First it was Cardiff and the FA Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester United and then, two days later, off to Istanbul for the Champions’ League decider between Liverpool and AC Milan.

THE Crazy Gang versus The Culture Club was how BBC commentator John Motson famously described the clash of Wimbledon and Liverpool in the 1988 FA Cup Final.

THOSE who still advocate the ‘Bertiebowl’ over the redevelopment of dear old Lansdowne Road should take a trip from the centre of Istanbul out to the Ataturk Olympic Stadium, where tonight’s Champions’ League final between Liverpool and AC Milan will be played in front of 70,000 people.

Liverpool fans who travelled to Istanbul for tomorrow’s Champions League final against AC Milan were managing to pick up tickets on the black market today - though at a steep price.

THERE have been many memorable moments in Liverpool’s rich European history.

Spanish referee Manuel Enrique Gonzalez will take charge of Wednesday’s Champions League final between Liverpool and AC Milan.

Martyn Ziegler

Rafael Benitez has been hailed as the world’s greatest manager by the men he has turned into Liverpool legends.

Thousands of Liverpool fans are expected to make the journey to Istanbul without tickets for the Champions League final in the hope of buying one on the black market.