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Flashback to Liverpool's first European Cup triumph in 1977

May 25 is a significant date in Liverpool's history -- it is a date synonymous with the club lifting the European Cup on two separate occasions.

In 2005, Liverpool produced one of football's most famous comebacks to win the Champions League, but it is also four decades on since they won the European Cup for the very first time.

On the 40th anniversary of Liverpool's win over Borussia Monchengladbach at Rome's Stadio Olimpico, ESPN FC looks at the importance of the victory and just how it laid the foundations for further success in European competition.

ufffdufffd 40 years ago today, #LFC won their first ever European Cup!