2 ballon dor winners in it Shevchenko 2004 and kaka in 2007 And not to mention crespo maldini and Cafu

All 11 starting players are legends and the only one of those to not win a CL was Crespo. Even the bench was stacked! Rui Costa and Costacurta were on the bench.

Never been a more talented 11

@@ashutoshsingh7016 kaladze n Inzaghi too, absolutely ridiculous side.

That defense is INCREDIBLE

All of them. They played in farmers league

Maldini Nesta Stam Cafu all the best in world at there position at one time or another

Even their super sub jon dahl tomasson is a Danish and Feyenoord legend.

@@MichaelJ44 🤣🤣🤣

All of them because of calciopoli 😂😂

hahahahahaha

Supermovies I loved him so much at LFC

Jamie definitely cocked out of his mind. Look at that stiff jaw

haha

Bloody brilliant.....as a Spaniard that makes me cry with laughter.....yes that's how we speak coz in Spanish, Steven is Esteban or Estibi as Rafa so brilliantly puts it....hilarious

That Liverpool side had real cojones as we say

Remind me of gud ebening

And also nearly won the champions league with valencia if im not mistaken

@@kylemuckian4431 Hector Cuper was Valencia manager when they made their 2 champions league finals.

No Messi back then son. Simple.

La Liga was very different, Valencia won the title with 75 points (W 21 D 12 L 5) and only scored 51 goals. Deportivo were second, Real and Barca were nowhere near winning it.

Real Madrid won the 2002 UCL. They were still spending shed loads of money on superstars. Deportivo were a real threat. Let us not forget that they knocked Milan out with their own incredible comeback. But, he did it twice. That is what made it special.

So so lucky to have had these two incredible men as managers

I loved Rafa when he managed us but since he left I just don't hold him in the same regard as I do Klopp who I can't get enough of

@Ian TB Is this an English test bruh....

It is a shame Rafa was under the destructive hands of Hicks & Gillette for the latter half of his tenure. They forced him to sell arguably the best midfielder in the world (Alonso) because we needed the money. A lot of people blame Rafa for that sale which is a shame :(

@@Chicken_Dippers That sale was his fault. He literally went after Gareth Barry who played the same role as Xabi Alonso . Alonso rightly felt betrayed and disrespected by that and had every right to move to Real Madrid. In the end it was pointless because we ended up signing freaking Aqualani instead while the at the time newly cash injected Manchester City signed Barry. I love the man and respect his tenure as a whole at the club. But his obsession with a mid table level player over one that was far better in almost every aspect and achieved way more in his career was beyond ridiculous. It's no different to when SAF traded Jaap Stam for Juan Sebastian Veron for Manchester United.

And coppa liberdadores winners.

But no Gerrard!!!!! Theres only 1 stevie G. N they didnt have the traveling kop or the liverpool supporters

@Slabhead shush Maguire.

Yes it was incredible. Maybe Ronaldinho and Messi's Barcelona would be comparable to that Milan side.

ShiftCtrl85 true words bro

League title cant be a fluke...

God bless you. Don't forget the UEFA Cup/ Europa League too. He is a great Coach... But highly underrated

I agree considering real and barca had legends.

@@khalidsparrow101 It was arguably the all-time peak of Spanish league football, as an entire league.

@@stephenmason9527 I didn't watch football then, what season was it and how were Valencia so good?

Haha lol right

He didnt need to be quick when he could put the ball right to anyones feet from pretty much anywhere on the pitch.

He got massive long pass and vision that turtle guy

Neither was Molby.

@@Long-Horse He was quicker than 99% of the players he played against. He was quick where it actually counts in football: in his head.

Imo the whole team will have won by 22

@Omar well I did

@Omar yes u are and don't get to upset

On paper yes but not that good on the pitch as Deportivo showed too.

@Franz Styles No doubting their CL record. But they only won one league title during that run. And two big blips vs Deportivo and Liverpool.

Fact!

@@Aerojet01 😂

What about now he’s Everton manager? 😂

This comment aged perfectly haha

@@josephclarke557 still a liverpool legend,he proved it as an undercover spy

Shut up dickhead

@@big-mannoltes2718 your mum is your dad, you dickhead

Big-man Noltes 😂 Soft lad....!

"here's how i managed to get my team 3-0 down after 45 minutes".

@@d347b2 "and how I managed to complete the greatest comeback in the history of the sport in another 45 minutes"

Jurgen klopp

Rodgers

Klopp has it since around 2018. Never give up, always keep it real, play for the shirt and the people. Don't give up. That alone is like a shield and makes rivals nervous (and cost 0 €)

Peter Parkinson dead 😂😂😂

@@jessethomas4302 i mean the leicester team rn are absolutely astounding they have a personality

@LucasTorreiraisthegoat yet that team with older age beat much better liverpool in 2007 ucl final

Gerrard is the best player of all time 🐐🐐🐐

@@big-mannoltes2718 relax

@@big-mannoltes2718 nobody players is perfect mate,,,after all this is team game flaw in one player game can be compensate with tactic and help from teammates when play in the game

LucasTorreiraisthegoat If you remember Chelsea. They couldn’t win a CL when they were the best. 2005-10. They won it when no one expected in 2012. If you are destined to win the trophy, the “average” becomes a beast

Absolutely. Man utd fan just love these insights

Corrible Hunt RAFA will always be number one. Won’t matter a jot if we win the League this year, etc. Rafa’s #1.

@@chrisvoiceactingvoiceover1431 jesus

Best PR team in world football.... total conman.

Always will love Rafa more.

Absolutely right

And a Newcastle one too, basically wherever he goes.

I’ll always love him more than Klopp. Cos I grew up watching this guy as manager. Same way I can never love Liverpool players more than torres and Gerrard

@@eldio2124 I understand that but if klopp wins the league I see no reason for people to like rafa more

Why?

@@elijasteiner1937 rafa was a conman..... he failed for years before the yanks came..then they gave him massive money.. still failed...then when they fucked up financially.... rafa blamed them and played the fans so well.

I think Arsenal should go for him tbf

who cares if youre a united fan? any logical football fan knows the quality of rafa

Im also an Utd fan & im agree with u as well but somehow he's not that popular as he should be. That 2005 Champions League, the whole knockout stages he got his tactics perfectly executed against top2 teams

Mus Azman yes your absolutely right he’s not as popular as maybe he should be I think it’s maybe the type of football as everyone wants the klopp & pep style don’t they these days but he obviously a good manager I mean he’s won trophy’s we huge teams and also smaller teams he won la liga with Valencia champs leauge we Liverpool worked wonders we Newcastle won a trophy with Napoli so he’s deffo a good manager I’d like to see him back in England if I was arsenal I would 100% get him he’d deffo make them solid

You must have loved him at liverpool....zero chance of a league challenge while he was there.

Rafatollah!!!!

Deanz Beber bang average except gerrard a mid table team at best in today’s league

@@chrishaswell4405 Finnan Carra Riise Xabi Hamann Garcia. All top class. I'd take every single one of those players to fight for a place in today's team. Not saying they'd all get in but I wouldn't feel bad about having any one of them.

@@Tridentus of any of those players who gets in the current Liverpool team? Alonso at a push and that's it

@@mmw4990 carra obviously does, and hamann circa 2002-3 was brilliant

@@mmw4990 Alonso and Gerrard

Qualiteee?

Koalite

And Control

He always had

PersianWolverine yea he was a little bit of a tinker man at Liverpool, that’s what ended him getting the sack, Remember, but still quality..

That's why I rate him higher than guardiola... He won league title with Valencia and made Liverpool champions of Europe.. I respect guardiola a lot but I don't think he can ever do that...

David Aames agreed. To me I respect managers that have to struggle to win. That’s what management is about, struggling and getting the best out of your players. Not when you have the best players and you win

He didn't really establish Newcastle as a mid table team they've been higher than that this century

@@Chigz10 .. with the squad he had? After relegation? Put some respeck on Rafa's name mate

He left Newcastle because the owners didnt share the same vision for the club that Rafa had.

Second division trophies aren’t major honours

Doesn't really count for a manager of his standing

Peter Stuart cos it’s not a major one even tho I think it is bit of beis

for the same reason Floyd Mayweather doesn't count the women he's beaten up in his boxing victories

Corrible Hunt ahahahah fucks sake

Greatest final ever

1999

looooooooooooooool you're joking?

Greatest game ever ??

yeBoii Yes

It defies logic.

Heart! The will to win...

@@dmvdsearth It's call luck

They slept just like Barcelona

Yeah, I still think that 9 out of 10 times we'd lose to them. But not that night.

To play Devil's Advocate, he keeps those emotions very close to his chest when working. He's professional to the point of coldness. It's not a bad thing, btw, its actually a lot more dignified than the antics of Klopp, Pep and Mourinho but I suppose it could rub some people the wrong way

I'm sure he has fond memories of his time at Liverpool, but he is a professional first and foremost, and is only really interested in the current job.

Off course i agree with that .please show me a better C.L final.

isn't it fair to just call it the best football match

@@dennislfc5069 best final tho

Dennis LFC no

@@imgoingonamarch yes

I’ll include Brendan Rogers for building a great team.......Suarez, sterling, Sturidge....if it’s not for that Gerard slip he would’ve been in history books.

@jermaine tobin it's fairly bold but like most of my opinions, it has it's base in everything I've read and the fact that modern football is light years ahead of the Shankly/Paisley era, in terms of tactics. It's no coincidence that so many players such as Carra, Torres, Xabi, Gerrard, Ayala, Mascherano etc have said he's the best tactical mind they've ever seen. The man has a encyclopedic knowledge and memory for detail that has astounded (and annoyed) many of his players. He was using analytics before it was really a part of football. His teams consistently perform beyond the sum of their parts due to his intelligence. There are newspaper articles from the guardian and independent that you should check out that go into great detail on his intelligence talking with former players/staff from Valencia right up to Chelsea. He isn't the warmest or the most emotionally intelligent but he's definitely the smartest!

fully agree !!!!

Klopp is as clever. The way the current Liverpool team manage space on the field is top class.

@@thelonesoldier4518 He's certainly impressive but he has much more talent at his disposal than Benitez ever had. I would take nothing, in terms of credit, away from either manager.

Thats Mike Ashley for you. It's a shame that Rafa had to put up with the two idiots Hicks and Gillett that almost destroyed our club.

They didn’t have Steven Gerrard though…..

@@dannythegent1 honestly that game Dudek and Carra just randomly became the best CB/GK pair in the world. They snubbed out so much chances

Hendo brilliant tonight

And Milner

Henderson is a genius. Homegrown talent. With responsibilities tossed upon him at a young age. I respect him a lot. And pray Scott McTominay will turn out like him.

@@bernardwadding especially this season my captain he's on another level

@@scorpiusjoecrux2039 Hendo is not from Liverpool he came through the Mackem youth team and made 71 league appearances for Sunderland.

I'd happily take him but he said he's staying in china. Super underated tactician. Don't know why people are snobby towards him.

@@gunner0479 he play expansive football all the time but he is up there with managers who know where to nullify and where to exploit against other teams. And he would certainly tighten that defense up in not a long time. Give Arsenal back some respectability and not conceding the most shots in the PL. Which is crazy to think teams like Watford are in the PL..

The teams we beat last CL, mate! The champions of Portugal, the champions of Germany, the champions of Spain! Oh... and Spurs.

yeah I never tought of this until you said so ... arsenal really need a man like benitez ... one who can build with limited budget and nullify better teams with his tactics ... there's no better man for the job I think

@@RenzoCotta bro all Rafa needs is 4 players. A fast striker l, Auba a CM who can pass the ball quickly like Gerrard or Alonso, a CDM....Partay, a CB, Gabriel and a proper GK. He can fit the rest of players around them to form a solid team who can defend but also can create chances.

@Christian Cullen Juventus were better than Milan that season also. Their team was ridiculous.

They didn't even win the league...

Ancelotti doesn't do well in leagues. He excels at knockout competitions.

Barça's 2010-2011 is by far the greatest team to ever play football and if you disagree you're just clueless

Abdou MC Read what I said. I never said it was the best. I said most talented. Meaning the most world class players I’ve ever seen in one team. Club wise

Heh.

Always wondered where Brendan Rodgers got it from.

Plus a UEFA Cup

True. Maybe in top 5 left wingers in the world in his prime, especially in those Leeds days.

Yes, I think even Rafa Benitez compared him to Steven Gerrard in terms of ability

@@paulie2476 more a second striker than an out and out winger.

Harry Kewell for me was the best header of the ball in the premiership. But injured too often.

By the time we got Kewell, he was essentially a cripple. Same with Zenden, top winger but too many problems

And to think 14/15 years later, they aren't even playing the champions, well, not even the Europa league. It's sad.

Costa was finished by then.

A Liverpool also beat unstoppable Chelsea in 2005 if you remember. Sometimes the spirit and destiny beats quality

A From 2005-2010 Chelsea were insanely powerful. Yet they didn’t win a CL. They won 2012 when they were so weak and nobody expected them to win

Off course the best final off all time.he won the C.L in his first season..and remember the F.A cup final against west ham .if u ask me that was also the best F.A cup final

To add to my comment: Some managers have a single minded self belief about them - they transfer that emotion & belief to the players and the players rally and play better. Rafa is different. He already knows that he has a team full of character players (that he knowingly built into the system himself via signings & player development over months and years). So his job in that moment of the final was to tactically improve his team and hope for the best thereafter. As good fortune would have it, Liverpool delivered a fantastic win!

It's not surprising though. Rafa doesn't really have friends or loyalties.

The Spaniard and the scouser