14 Aug 2014 12:41:56
10 years ago in a blackening abyss,
Everything at Liverpool was far from bliss,
The man at the helm was at the end of his stay,
And the Champions league dream was slipping away,
As Houllier left us the club was in tatters,
And our seasons aspirations were virtually shattered,
Not many had seen a darker day,
Where on earth would we be come the end of May?

Then in came a new man to take up the reigns,
He signed us some spaniards with fancy names,
Xabi Alonso and Luis Garcia,
Players that opposition soon learned to fear,
We're playing Olympiakos and the ball falls to Mellor,
He knocks it down, "Lovely cushioned header",
Up steps Stevie to smash home the goal,
Rafa had done it, we were on a roll!

A 0-0 bore draw at Stamford bridge,
Were we lucky with the ghost goal? Maybe just a smidge!
But we marched on proud to face AC Milan,
Their team looked stronger than ours, man for man,
In less than a minute we'd fallen a apart,
Maldini the skipper took a knife to our heart,
Then pounced Crespo to make things worse,
And Shevchenko helped him add to his first,
3-0 down as they marched off the pitch,
Our dreams had been trashed and left in a ditch.

Suddenly you hear it coming from the crowd,
You'll Never Walk Alone being sang out loud,
The dressing room rocked as they heard the support,
"Maybe we can do this" the players all thought,
They ran back out to play for their pride,
In front of millions of people, nowhere to hide,
It's whipped in by Riise, Gerrard heads it in,
Maybe there's a comeback about to begin!
It's hit by Smicer, now we've got two,
I know you won't believe it but I swear that it's true!
Gerrard is fouled and he points to the spot,
Up steps Xabi to try and rewrite the plot!
But Dida has saved it, dreams gone once more,
But he crashes in the rebound and is dragged to the floor!
The players go wild and the fans follows suit,
All the Milan fans are totally mute,
Carragher is struggling but still carries on,
Dudek's inspired and can do nothing wrong.

Extra time is over, penalties begin,
They might all be nervous, but the fans still sing,
Dudek's been watching Bruce Grobelaar,
As an Italian penalty flies over the bar,
Up steps Shevchenko to stay in game,
Dudek has saved it, we're Champions again!
Still in disbelief Steven Gerrard steps up,
With an almighty roar he raises the cup,
Nobody knows quite what they have seen,
But one things for sure, we're living the dream.