club servantsPage Titlewho had passed away earlier that week at the age of 83
having spent 49 years of his life playing and working for
LFC.
“We’d like to mention ‘Mr Liverpool’, Ronnie Moran,
and dedicate this victory to him,” he said. “It’s been a
diicult week for the current players, the ex-players, the
supporters, but none more so than Ronnie’s family. So
on behalf of everyone at the club, we’re behind them and
hopefully today’s victory cheers them up that little bit.”
A year later, Liverpool FC Legends and FC Bayern
Legends played out a hugely entertaining 5-5 draw.
Dirk Kuyt, Owen and Fowler had the Reds 3-0 up in 17
minutes, but the Germans responded with goals from
Luca Toni, Alexander Zickler (2) and Paulo Sergio. A
Fowler free-kick, on the stroke of half-time, made it 4-4.
The second half was a slower afair and it looked like
FC Bayern would win it when Xabi Alonso, who’d played
for the Reds in the irst-half, smashed a free-kick past
David James. But cometh the 88th minute, cometh
the ice-man – as they say in Norway – and an unlikely
equalising goal via a spectacular volley by Bjorn Tore
Kvarme. Had Gerrard not hit the post in stoppage-time,
Liverpool FC Legends would have won again – but he
was saving that moment for Milan Glorie.
Cafu, Costacurta, Gattuso, Pirlo, Rui Costa, Kaka,
Serginho and Inzaghi all played for the Italians while
64-year-old Alan Kennedy did an 11-minute stint for the
Reds before being replaced by Djimi Traore. The only goal
of the irst half came from Fowler.
Djibril Cisse made it 2-0 early in the second half, but
Pirlo, from a trademark free-kick, and Giuseppe Pancaro
had the scores level going into the inal minutes. Time for
Stevie G.
Receiving a Cisse pass on the edge of the box, the
Liverpool FC Legends skipper turned the ball back onto
his right foot before striking a low shot in of the far post
to give the Reds a 3-2 victory.
They’ll be hoping for more of the same against Barca
Legends and with the likes of Fernando Torres, Luis
Garcia, Steve McManaman, Patrik Berger, Vladimir Smicer,
Sami Hyypia, Jamie Carragher, Daniel Agger and Jerzy
Dudek lining up against Edgar Davids, Patrick Kluivert,
Juliano Belletti and Javier Saviola, it promises to be
another memorable day for the LFC Foundation and
everyone inside Anield.