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Sven-Goran Eriksson has branded his day as Liverpool<\/a> Legends manager ‘a memory for life’ after he achieved a life-long dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former England manager\u00a0stunned the world of football<\/a>\u00a0back in January when he announced that he had ‘about a year’ to live and was battling\u00a0cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He fulfilled\u00a0his lifelong dream of managing Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0at Anfield on Saturday,\u00a0leading his side to a 4-2 win<\/a>\u00a0with\u00a0the likes of Fernando Torres<\/a>, Djibrial Cisse and\u00a0Gregory Vignal on the score sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 76-year-old was all smiles as he took to the Anfield turf<\/a> before the game, cameras surrounding him and the 60,000 fans in attendance clapped his arrival as he bowed his head in acknowledgement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the game, Eriksson hailed the charity game and explained his pride in leading his team at Anfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘We were all the time the better team, I think, so it was a fair result,’ he told the Liverpool website<\/a>. ‘But this  is fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I think we were the better team even in the first half, even if we were 2-0 down. You always worry when you lose but as I said, very good first half and extremely good second half. A good win, a fair win, but the big winners are everybody here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I think the man of the match is the public, the crowd, but it was a good football game to look at. They can still play football. Very good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘They are not 20 years old anymore and it’s good football, extremely good football. It’s fantastic, they come from all over the place, all over Europe and he [Steven Gerrard] is coming from another part of the world to do this and it’s fantastic. A memory for life.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eriksson received a heartwarming reception when he walked out onto the pitch at Anfield before the game, standing arm-in-arm with Gerrard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sven-Goran Eriksson admits he was crying at You’ll Never Walk Alone<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admitting he was in tears when You’ll Never Walk Alone rang around the ground, he helped turn the game around from 2-0 down to a 4-2 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was embraced by a number of players throughout the game, and sat next to the likes of Ian Rush and John Barnes in the home dugout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I think everybody was a winner today and it was beautiful, absolutely fantastic, incredible,’ he said. ‘Everything from You’ll Never Walk Alone and the rest of the match, and a good win \u2013 we were 2-0 down and won 4-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘I was crying [at You’ll Never Walk Alone].\u00a0He [Gerrard]\u00a0is the boss out there<\/a>\u00a0– of course [he still has it].’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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