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LFC Foundation'A memory for life' – Sven-Goran Eriksson reflects on Anfield experience with LFC Legends
An emotional Sven-Goran Eriksson made a ‘memory for life’ by being part of Saturday’s charity match between Liverpool FC Legends and AFC Ajax Legends at Anfield.
Eriksson was involved in the Reds’ management team for the game, which the home side came from two goals down at half-time to win 4-2 thanks to Kop-end strikes from Gregory Vignal, Djibril Cisse, Nabil El Zhar and Fernando Torres.
“I think everybody was a winner today and it was beautiful, absolutely fantastic, incredible: everything from You’ll Never Walk Alone and the rest of the match, and a good win – we were 2-0 down and won 4-2!” Eriksson said.
When asked to describe how he felt during Anfield’s traditional pre-match rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone, the former England manager replied: “I was crying.”
Captained by Steven Gerrard – who, of course, played under Eriksson at international level – Liverpool turned the scoreline around after the interval and Eriksson stated: “He [Gerrard] is the boss out there – of course [he still has it]!
“We were all the time the better team, I think, so it was a fair result. But this [Anfield] is fantastic.
“I think we were the better team even in the first half, even if we were 2-0 down. You always worry when you lose but as I said, very good first half and extremely good second half. A good win, a fair win, but the big winners are everybody here.
“I think the Man of the Match is the public, the crowd, but it was a good football game to look at. They [the players] can still play football. Very good.
“They are not 20 years old anymore and it’s good football, extremely good football. It’s fantastic, they come from all over the place, all over Europe and he [Gerrard] is coming from another part of the world to do this and it’s fantastic.
“[It is] a memory for life.”
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