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Liverpool Legends 4-2 Ajax Legends: Sven-Goran Eriksson fulfils his dream to manage the Reds after cancer diagnosis - as Anfield outfit come back from two-nil down to score four second-half goals

Liverpool Legends defeated an Ajax team 4-2 at Anfield, in a charity game which saw Sven-Goran Eriksson live out his dream to manage the Reds.

The Dutch visitors went two goals clear by half-time, courtesy of goals from Derk Boerrigter and Kiki Musampa.

However, Liverpool looked like a different team after the break, and completed a stunning second-half comeback, with goals coming from Gregory Vignal, Djibril Cisse, Nabil El Zhar and Fernando Torres.

Eriksson received a heart-warming ovation as he walked onto the Anfield pitch for the game, after revealing that his dream was to manage Liverpool.