Beware Milan hunger, Giggs warns Liverpool

Ryan Giggs believes Liverpool will have to weather AC Milan's revenge-driven storm if they are to claim a second Champions League crown in three years on Wednesday.

The Manchester United winger saw first-hand how dangerous the Italians can be when they dumped his team out in the semi-finals.

Although Giggs expects Liverpool to be tougher to defeat than United proved in the second leg at the San Siro, where they lost 3-0, he predicted Milan will come out all guns blazing in Athens.

Uppermost in their thoughts, he believes, will be memories of their amazing capitulation in the final two years ago.

"This final is a hard one to call because I can see Liverpool being hard to beat," Giggs told the Daily Star Sunday.

"But there is a great hunger to Milan in Europe this season because of what happened in Istanbul two years ago.

"Milan still can't believe they lost that final on penalties after being three up at half-time.

"They are a team determined to make up for what happened in that final and that will make them tough to beat, too."