Liverpool Legends beat Ajax Legends on Saturday – and we even got a Fernando Torres goal. The Spaniard found the scoresheet along with Gregory Vignal, Djibril Cissé and Nabil El Zhar to help the Reds win from 2-0 down.
But, of course, this was also a day for Sven-Goran Eriksson, who got to live his dream at least a little bit. The legendary boss announced earlier this year that he has terminal cancer – this was a way to give back to him a bit.
“Everybody was a winner today,” he said. “It was beautiful, absolutely incredible. Everything from You’ll Never Walk Alone and the rest of the match – and a good win!”
Eriksson would later sum it up all more succinctly as the emotion hit him. “A memory for life!” he shouted.
Liverpool won 4-2 on the day with goals from Gregory Vignal, Djibril Cissé, Nabil El Zhar and Fernando Torres. That came after Ajax had raced into a 2-0 first-half lead at Anfield.
The Reds stormed back, though – with Gerrard claiming after the game that it was down to Eriksson’s tactical changes at half-time.
