 Liverpool kicked off the first half of extra time . Pirlo had a chance in the early stages , but he put his shot over the crossbar . Tomasson came close in the later stages of the first period of extra time , but he could not make contact with the ball . Vladimir Šmicer required treatment for cramp towards the end of the first period , as a number of Liverpool players felt fatigued . Liverpool had the most of the early exchanges after winning two corners , but could not score . Shortly afterwards , Milan make their final substitution replacing Gennaro Gattuso with Rui Costa . The best chance of the second half came near the end when Shevchenko shot at goal . Dudek saved only for it to rebound back out to Shevchenko , who again shot from under 6 yards ( 5 @.@ 5 m ) , which Dudek again saved by pushing the shot over the bar . Liverpool had one last chance at the end of extra time , but John Arne Riise 's free kick shot was blocked and following this the referee signalled the end of extra time , which meant a penalty shoot @-@ out would decide the championship . 
