FIVE ANFIELD COMEBACKS

BY THE STARS WHO WITNESSED THEM

JOEY JONES ST ETIENNE, 1977, EUROPEAN CUP QUARTER-FINAL — 1ST LEG: 0-1 2ND LEG: 3-1

IT was real pressure and the supporters played their part. I’ve watched the game on TV several times recently and I admit that if it were played today, I’d have been sent off for some of my tackles! We knew it was going to be special in the morning when we heard crowds were already gathering at Anfield. It was the greatest atmosphere I ever played in.

JAN MOLBY AUXERRE, 1991, UEFA CUP 2ND ROUND — 1ST LEG: 0-2 2ND LEG: 3-0

THERE were only 23,000 inside the stadium that night but it felt like 50,000. We hadn’t been playing well but it all came together for us. I scored an early penalty and it set us up nicely. Mike Marsh scored the second and then Mark Walters finished it off late on. I barely played in Europe for Liverpool, so it is a game I remember with huge affection.

STEVEN GERRARD OLYMPIACOS, 2004, CL GROUP — NEEDED 2-GOAL WIN, WON 3-1

MY crucial late goal is one of my favourites — and one of my best — because of what we went on to achieve. If we’d gone out, it would never have been mentioned again. Instead, it became very important. That goal was the reason I wanted Olympiacos to play in my testimonial.

PETER CROUCH CHELSEA, 2007, CL SEMI-FINAL — 1ST LEG: 0-1 2ND LEG: 1-0, WON ON PENS

THE noise stays with me. Everybody talked about the clubs’ first meeting two years before but this was another level to anything I’d experienced. We tore at them from the start and Daniel Agger levelled. We had late chances to win but needed penalties. The celebrations were incredible. We ended up at a party with Jude Law!

JORDAN HENDERSON DORTMUND, 2016, EUROPA LEAGUE QUARTER-FINAL — 1ST LEG: 1-1 2ND LEG: 4-3

I WAS injured and watched from the stand as we came back from 2-0 and 3-1 down in the second leg. I went through the emotions the fans do. When Phil Coutinho made it 3-2, we went for it and when Dejan Lovren scored the winner, I raced down the stairs — well, hobbled — on my crutches to join the celebrations.