I will never forget the headline in a national newspaper after Liverpool were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City at Anfield on Boxing Day of 1981, leaving us 12th in the First Division. ‘The Empire is crumbling’, it read. We went on to win the league.
So, when I hear talk of this Liverpool team being past their best, I really do laugh. You would be a raving lunatic to suggest they are in need of a rebuild.
This newspaper ran the headline ‘Who’s in crisis now!’ after they lost 2-1 at Manchester United on Monday.