The emotional return of Steven Gerrard starring alongside Fernando Torres was hit with early turbulence as a former Celtic misfit scored to silence the Kop.
A Liverpool legends side faced off against Ajax at Anfield but it was former Parkhead flop Dirk Boerrigter who brought is shooting boots as he netted against the side, poignantly managed by Sven-Goran Eriksson, who asked for the opportunity to take charge of his boyhood club amid his cancer battle. Punters arrived at Anfield in the droves to see Gerrard and Torres get the band back together but it was the Dutch side who turned heads with attacking swagger and chances aplenty. Knackered Jerzy Dudek hadn't been worked this hard since Istanbul with Boerrigter – who spent three injury-ravaged years in Glasgow before retiring – strutted his stuff and left some veterans in red breathing heavy.
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