A lifelong ambition fulfilled.
Sven-Goran Eriksson managed a team of Liverpool legends at Anfield Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted he was moved to tears by the Anfield faithful’s rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone ahead of Saturday’s legends match against Ajax. The former England boss was diagnosed with terminal cancer earlier this year and revealed he had, at best, little more than 12 months to live.
Fernando Torres was back scoring goals in front of the Kop for Liverpool Sven-Goran Eriksson and Fernando Torres embraced after the Spaniard was taken off in the second half ‘Everybody was a winner today, it was beautiful, absolutely incredible,’ said Eriksson afterwards. ‘Everything from You’ll Never Walk Alone to the rest of the match. ‘We were down 2-0 and won 4-2. We were the better team so it was a fair result. But this was fantastic.. Crying .
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