The Joy of Six: three-goal comebacks | Scott Murray

Liverpool revisit Selhurst Park this weekend, six months after letting that lead slip – here are some other three-goal miracles

Crystanbul was nothing new; Liverpool are past masters of the three-goal comeback. Whether provocateurs or patsies, they’ve been involved in some of the great turnarounds of the modern age, a narrative device revisited to the point where it’s something of a cliché. The entire dramatic seam has been mined. May’s meltdown at the tail end of last season’s title race quickly became, thanks to some grade-A punning, the perfect companion piece to the miracle of Istanbul back in 2005. No need to tell either story again. Polar opposites, beautifully crafted bookends, take your pick, there’s something there for everyone.

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