Liverpool legends work up a sweat in training session ahead of showdown against AC Milan 

As Jurgen Klopp‘s Liverpool squad battle to achieve iconic status by winning the Premier League, Anfield’s stars of yesterday will return in March to play AC Milan in a legends’ match.

In an encounter that will reprise the unforgettable 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, Liverpool have named seven members of the squad to feature on the night in Turkey to play the Italian side on March 23. 

Jamie Carragher and Sami Hyypia are joined by Luis Garcia, Vladimir Smicer, Djimi Traore, Djibril Cisse and Jerzy Dudek, while there are many more heroes from other eras in line to play.

Liverpool legends including (left-to-right) Jason McAteer, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, John Aldridge, Jamie Carragher, Ian Rush, Robbie Fowler and Alan Kennedy will play in a charity match against AC Milan at Anfield on March 23

The match is a repeat of the 2005 Champions League final that Carragher played in 

It will also see heroes from other eras, such as Michael Owen, back at Anfield 

Jason McAteer and Steve McManaman are pictured in training at Kirkby on Wednesday 

Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen – stars in Gerard Houllier’s 2001 treble winning season – reprise their role in attack while Alan Kennedy – a two time European Cup winner and five-time league winner with Liverpool in the 1970s and 80s – is also down to feature.

Liverpool were infamously 3-0 down at half-time against Milan in the 2005 final. They conceded in the first minute through Paolo Maldini before a Hernan Crespo double put the Italians in an immensely commanding position.

Rafa Benitez brought on Dietmar Hamann to shackle playmaker Kaka and free up Steven Gerrard and Liverpool hauled themselves level with three goals in six second half minutes. 

Gerrard sparked the comeback with a header in the 54th minute before Smicer and Xabi Alonso completed the turnaround.

A couple of wondersaves from Dudek and a goal-line clearance from Traore later and the match headed to penalties, where Dudek engraved himself into Liverpool folklore by saving two spot-kicks as the Reds sealed their fifth European Cup. 

Two years later, the sides reached the Champions League final once again, this time in Athens.

It was Milan who emerged victorious on that occasion, recording a 2-1 victory.

Many of the legends’ squad were pictured training at the Kirkby Academy on Wednesday after the match was announced but it is unlikely Klopp will be bringing them into the fold for Liverpool’s present title bid. 

Owen emerged from Liverpool’s youth academy and played for the club until 2004

Former Reds defender Carragher appears to have lost none of his competitiveness 

Carragher and legendary Liverpool striker Ian Rush pictured during training 

The current squad are back in action on Saturday when they welcome Bournemouth to Anfield, looking to record a vital victory in order to return to winning ways in the battle for league honours.

Two consecutive 1-1 draws at home to Leicester and away to West Ham have seen Klopp’s men reeled in by second-place Manchester City.

City can dislodge Liverpool in first by defeating their Merseyside rivals Everton on Wednesday night but will move above them having played one game more.