I'm going to go for the day we were beaten by Man Utd in 1999. Afterwards he said 'One day we will beat them.' And we did - lots of times. (Jimmy R, LFC.TV journo)
"What about his excuse in an interview when Robbie was sniffing the lines on the grass after a derby goal!! I think he suggested he was paying tribute to Rigobert Song and it was a custom in Cameroon!!"
"Jimmy that FA cup game was heartbreaking, losing the goals when and how we did (kind of a dry run for utd's Nou Camp game really)...
My Favourite moment - beating Roma at Anfield in the Champions League, 2nd only to losing to Roma in the Uefa Cup but still progressing one year previous.
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"It has to be when he returned from his health scare for the CL game against Roma. The reception from the crowd was unbelievable and showed why Liverpool fans are the best in the world."
"I don't really remembered about him because I was used to football and Liverpool by the Benitez era but from what I know he is a fantastic manager and as he say, one player say after the 2005 CL fantastic win, Boss this is your team"
"winning the champions league in 2005. i know benitez was the manager but look at the team and how many were houlliers players. if my memory serves me right only alonso from rafa was invloved"
"definatley the influx of great talent he brought in between 99 & 01: hamman,heskey,henchoz,hyypia,litmanen,babbel,mcallister,barmby etc all added sumthing to our team at the time & made us a force again for the 1st time since 1991. i know he lost the plot later on but he definatley had a positive impact on the club!!"
"beating man u 5 times in a row wasnt bad, but its got to be the 01 cup final.. we were dead and buried until the final 10 minutes then nicked it 2-1!!! for me that was also revenge for losing the le to the gunners in 89!! :-)"
"I'll never forget the night in 2002, when we were playing Roma at Anfield in the old UEFA cup, When it was his Return after the heart bypass(I think it was that) and When Litmanen scored from the spot Houllier defied doctors orders and celebrated, and then to make it even better for him we went on to win 2-0. His face that night was great to watch.(Steve-o.)"
"For me I am split between two trips to Cardiff. 2001 was a great day considering we got hammered by Arsenal and nicked it, but i think my favourite was beating the mancs in 2003 Gerrard cracker and some other fella scored the second. What a day!"
"My favoiurite moments were either wining the FA Cup with 2 late Michael Owen goals in 2001 or elso beating manu Utd at Old Trafford with Danny Murphy's Free Kick in December 2000 and Chadwick getting sent off. Fergie's face was priceless."
"Completing the treble in Dortmund 2001. We felt invincible - no one could beat us - it was the first time fans of my generation could honestly feel that way."
"The evening before the League Cup Final vs B’ham in Cardiff I bumped into Gerard in the Team Hotel’s Reception & politely wished him well for the game & said I was sure we’d lift our 1st tropy of his reign. The following night whilst at the hotel again I heard someone call me from behind, it was Houllier at the other end of the corridor, fists punching the air exclaiming “We did it”."
"I don't know why, but: SUPER CUP
MONACO
that crazy gingerbread house of a stadium...that owen-heskey 1-2 punch right past the Kahn, proving them "Champions" in name only...and putting the rest of europe on notice for the following years."
"my fave is when he returned from his heartattack in the game against Roma 2001. we needed a boost after struggling, and the roar that went up when he emerged from the tunnel just before kick off was perfectly timed to inspire the team and the fans.. paul sinko"
"It has got to be when we needed to beat AS Rima in the UEFA cup and he made his return to the dugout from his heart surgery the atmosphere before he took his seat was electric when he appeared, the stadium erupted"
"Beating Arsenal at Cardiff. What a finish to a game. Houllier was good but Rafa was better. Alonso and Garcia were important additions to the team. Under Houllier it would not have been our night."
"Have to agree with J1mmy, the moment in an interview he suddenly faced the camera and said "we will beat united one day I promise you that....and we did many times....don't know if that was planned or a spur of the moment idea but it was from the heart."
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