“You could see the joy on the faces: ‘I want a bit more of this.’”
Liverpool’s 2000-01 season overflowed with pivotal games, sliding-doors moments, and personal and collective breakthroughs.
But those who were there, those who made three trophies and Champions League qualification a reality during that campaign, agree on a fundamental turning point for the team built by Gerard Houllier.
This group of players’ first taste of silverware together. And that feeling it prompted, that moreish desire, described by assistant manager Phil Thompson above.
Here, in the first instalment of a special Liverpoolfc.