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Liverpool's miraculous 2005 Champions League win is voted the best sporting comeback EVER... but where does Tyson Fury's defeat of Deontay Wilder and Manchester United's 1999 European glory rank?

This year already appears set to be a golden one for Liverpool - and the club have received a further boost after their heroics to win the Champions League final in 2005 were voted the best ever sporting comeback.

The Anfield outfit found themselves trailing AC Milan by three goals in Istanbul, but infamously rallied after half-time to devastating effect. Goals from Steven Gerrard, Vladimir Smicer and Xabi Alonso, and a triumph on penalties, ensured the trophy would instead by heading to Merseyside.

A poll commissioned by leading bookmaker Coral to celebrate the imminent return of sport asked sporting fans what their favourite comebacks are - with Tyson Fury's return to claim the heavyweight crown and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's moment of magic in Barcelona among those chosen.