Just like this year, in 2001 the Anfield side needed to win three games in the last week of the season to secure their target
A late surge, no margin for error, and three games in the final eight days to shape an entire campaign. For Liverpool 2021, read Liverpool 2001; although the stakes and rewards were considerably higher for Gérard Houllier two decades ago than they are Jürgen Klopp as he attempts to preserve the club’s place in the Champions League.
“What we see at Liverpool now is partly down to Gérard,” says Dietmar Hamann, the former Liverpool and Germany midfielder. “The club was at a crossroads in the late 90s. Another two or three seasons of mediocrity and Liverpool could have been just another club. I think what’s happened at Liverpool over the last five years wouldn’t have been possible if Gerard didn’t put Liverpool back on the map 20 years ago.” Cardiff and Dortmund were the exact starting locations.
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