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SvenGoran Eriksson acquired a standing ovation and a dramatic comeback win when taking cost of a Liverpool staff for the primary and certain final time on Saturday.
LIVERPOOL, England: Sven-Goran Eriksson acquired a standing ovation and a dramatic comeback win when taking cost of a Liverpool staff for the primary and certain final time on Saturday.
The former England supervisor was a Liverpool fan from childhood and stated it was a dream come true to be given the possibility to handle a staff of the Merseyside membership’s greats towards Ajax in a charity match at Anfield.
Eriksson revealed in January he had most cancers and may need lower than a 12 months to reside.
With his love of Liverpool properly documented, he was requested to hitch membership greats John Aldridge, John Barnes and Ian Rush on the sidelines for the annual charity recreation.
An Anfield crowd of 59,655 confirmed its appreciation for the Swedish coach, who’s 76, with rousing applause as he walked onto the sphere earlier than kickoff.
Earlier, Liverpool supervisor Jurgen Klopp confirmed his assist when assembly Eriksson and the squad at its lodge.
A staff that included Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres ensured Eriksson loved a debut win after getting back from 2-0 down at halftime.
Derk Boerrigter and Kiki Musampa put Ajax in entrance on the break, however objectives from Gregory Vignal, Djibril Cisse, Nabil El Zhar and Torres sealed a win for the house staff.
In January, Eriksson stated he has pancreatic most cancers and it was inoperable.
“At best I have maybe a year, at worst maybe a little less,” he stated.
Eriksson had a storied profession, profitable championships in Italy, Portugal and Sweden. He was England supervisor from 2001-06.
This week he spoke about lastly fulfilling his lengthy-standing want to handle Liverpool.
“When I was manager, I always dreamt about Liverpool, but it never happened,” he stated. “It was close once. There were some discussions once. It was many years ago. It never happened but now it happens.”
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