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Thu 05 May 2007Striking weakness is exposedSOCCER/Uefa Champions League final, AC Milan 2 Liverpool 1:This was revenge for Milan as they atoned for the famous fiasco against Liverpool in 2005, but neither club last night struck the heights they had attained in the past two months, writes Kevin McCarrain AthensCarlo Ancelotti's players will argue that they had a little more style, as was apparent in the second goal of the night from Filippo Inzaghi, which made a late reply from Dirk Kuyt an irrelevance. Above all, Milan will be content at a seventh European Cup triumph that rounded off a subdued season in Serie A.