The Anfield atmosphere has become part of footballing folklore, fifa 16 coins for sale and no other occasion embodies this spectacle than the great European fixtures involving Liverpool. The club made their first steps into continental competition under Shankly following that First Division win, and the club’s burgeoning love affair with the European Cup was epitomised by their memorable 3-1 semi-final first leg win against eventual winners Inter Milan. Hunt, St John and Ian Callaghan were the goalscorers in front of a bumper crowd of 54,000.
The Kop would have to wait until Shankly’s successor Paisley took charge for the days of European domination. After victory in the UEFA Cup in Shankly’s final season and again in 1976 under Paisley, the Anfield faithful were crying out for another shot at the ‘cup with the big ears’. The quarter-final second leg match against Saint-Etienne will stay long in the memory of those at Anfield that night. The previous year’s runners up went into the game leading 1-0 after the first leg. Kevin Keegan opened the scoring in the first two minutes, but the visitors equalised to make it 2-1 on aggregate. Ray Kennedy grabbed a second for Liverpool but they were heading out on away goals until David Fairclough replaced John Toshack with time running out. Fairclough scored in front of a fervent Kop to ensure a 3-2 aggregate win for the home side. Liverpool went on to claim their first European Cup, defeating Borussia Monchengladbach in Rome.
Many more memorable European nights followed at Anfield, and have continued in recent times. The 2001 UEFA Cup semi-final second leg 1-0 win against a much fancied Barcelona came courtesy of a Gary McAllister penalty and saw the side reach a first European final in 16 years. Steven Gerrard’s incredible 86th-minute thunderbolt in front of the Kop against Olympiacos to see his side progress from the UEFA Champions League group stages in the 2004/05 season was a pivotal moment in that European campaign. The Reds went on to defy the odds against AC Milan in the final, with Gerrard on target again.
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