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Liverpool crashed out of the Europa League on penalties last night after Dejan Lovren's missed spot-kick - but it isn't all bad news for the Reds.
Historically, Brendan Rodgers' side have an astonishing record in penalty shoot-outs with last night's disappointment representing just their third defeat in fifteen.
In a run of fixtures which includes club triumphs and heartbreaks alike, from that famous Champions League win over AC Milan in 2005 to being dumped out of the League Cup by Northampton five years later, life certainly isn't boring for Anfield regulars.
We've compiled a collection of photographs from all fifteen of Liverpool's most recent penalty dramas, dating back to the Charity Shield victory over Brian Clough's Leeds United in 1974.
Please see below for the gallery...
Show all 15 1 /15Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Leeds vs Liverpool, Charity Shield - 1974 Perhaps one of Liverpool's most famous penalty victories, even immortalised in the film The Damned United, saw Bill Shankly get one over on newly-installed Leeds boss Brian Clough. After the match finished 1-1 at Wembley, it took seven rounds of penalties to see off Leeds.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Roma, European Cup final - 1984 Held at Roma's home ground, the Stadio Olimpico, the odds were stacked against Liverpool for the 1984 European Cup final. Phil Neal put the Reds ahead early on - only for Roberto Pruzzo to level things before half-time. Penalties loomed, but Alan Kennedy's winning kick saw them lift the cup.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Portsmouth, FA Cup semi-final reply - 1992 After a thrilling clash ended in stalemate, Liverpool and Portsmouth had to do it all over again in a replay to reach the 1992 FA Cup final. Thankfully for the Reds, Dean Saunders was on hand to convert the crucial kick.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Wimbledon vs Liverpool, FA Cup fourth-round replay - 1993 No trip to Selhurst Park to play Wimbledon was ever going to be a walk in the park. Liverpool, under club legend Graeme Souness, found this out the hard was as the Londoners won 6-5 on penalties.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Birmingham, FA Cup third round replay - 1995 Following a 0-0 draw in the Midlands, Birmingham City went to Anfield with high hopes. They were soon to crash, however, as the Blues missed all of their penalty kicks and went out with a whimper.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Birmingham, Worthington Cup final - 2001 In the first domestic cup final at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, as work began on the new Wembley, Liverpool once again dispatched Birmingham after the two side's played out a 1-1 draw in normal time. Oddly enough, it was defender Jamie Carragher who scored the winning spot-kick.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Ipswich Town, Worthington Cup fourth-round - 2002 Relegation-haunted Ipswich Town came to Anfield looking for some light relief in the cup. The almost found it as Tommy Miller put them ahead in the early stages, but El Hadji Diouf's penalty saved the day. It was the Senegalese star who also put away the all-important spot-kick to send the Tractor Boys empty-handed.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Tottenham vs Liverpool, Carling Cup fifth-round - 2004 Florent Sinama Pongolle was the hero for Liverpool as a Reds reserve team knocked out a full-strength Spurs side in a penalty shoot-out. It proved to be perfect practice for a considerably more important shoot-out a year later...
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record AC Milan vs Liverpool, Champions League final 2005 Perhaps the most iconic night of football in the modern era, Liverpool came from 3-0 down to level in Istanbul before a thrilling penalty shoot-out was required to separate the teams. Jerzy Dudek was on hand to become an over-night hero.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs West Ham, FA Cup final - 2006 Liverpool continued to collect silverware under Rafa Benitez as the 2006 FA Cup final went into penalties. Alan Pardew's Hammers had put up a good fight, but the Reds were quickly becoming penalty kings.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Chelsea, Champions League semi-final second-leg - 2007 Liverpool booked their place in the 2007 Champions League final - incidentally against AC Milan yet again - with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Chelsea in the semi-final second leg at Anfield. Arjen Robben and Geremi missed for the Blues as Dirk Kuyt grabbed the decisive goal.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Northampton, Carling Cup third-round - 2010 Roy Hodgson's ill-fated reign at Anfield neared its sorry conclusion as lowly Northampton raided Anfield with a memorable penalties win in 2010.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Cardiff City, Carling Cup final 2012 Liverpool's cup fortunes had changed somewhat under legend Kenny Dalglish with the Reds in a final yet again. Just months before also appearing in the FA Cup final, the Reds finally dispatched Championship side Cardiff City on penalties.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Liverpool vs Middlesbrough, Capital One Cup third-round - 2014 A weakened Liverpool side won a record-equalling penalty shootout 14-13 to progress to the fourth round of the Capital One Cup at Middlesbrough's expense. Albert Adomah blinked first for the Boro.
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Liverpool's astonishing penalty-taking record Besiktas vs Liverpool, Europa League round of 32 - 2015 Dejan Lovren was the villian as Liverpool lost their first European penalty shootout to allow Besiktas to knock them out of the Europa League. After losing the match 1-0 (1-1 on aggregate), Brendan Rodgers' men knew history was on their side in penalties. The former Southampton man will be avoiding the newspapers today.
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Liverpool remain in the FA Cup, playing in the quarter-final next week against Blackburn
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