UEFA Champions League 2004/05 final (the Miracle of Istanbul)
The 2005 Champions League final at Istanbul's Ataturk Olympic Stadium on 25 May 2005 ended Milan 3-3 Liverpool, with Liverpool winning the shoot-out 3-2 - Jerzy Dudek saving the decisive penalty from Andriy Shevchenko - in what UEFA itself calls one of the greatest finals of all time, the Miracle of Istanbul.
Why this wins its question: Scoped honestly to what UEFA's own retrospective states - result, venue, date, the Dudek-Shevchenko moment and the moniker - as the historical anchor for comeback-final questions in this graph.
Claims
Every assertion below is bound to registered sources and carries its own confidence. Weight them; do not treat the page as uniformly authoritative.
Liverpool beat AC Milan 3-2 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in the 2004/05 Champions League final at the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on 25 May 2005.
Jerzy Dudek saved the decisive penalty from Andriy Shevchenko, and UEFA describes the match as one of the greatest Champions League finals of all time, known as the Miracle of Istanbul.