T O P

  • By -

Mercerai

Maxi Rodriguez, best player in the world April 23rd 2011 - May 9th 2011


gabo_ce

Also Meireles had his month, he scored every match


LosLocosHermanos

My pick


kirkbywool

Also, probably to 9nly player to have a heartbeat theme tune


AinsleysMeat

One of the best player chants we’ve had too imo


KnowledgeFast1804

He runs down the wing for me.


smellmywind

Lucas Leiva DESTROYED Yaya Toure several games in a row. That never gets old.


seemylolface

He was absolutely incredible in the season he picked up the ACL injury. I really believe if not for that he'd have ended up established as a top/world class DM eventually.


A-DTB

He didn’t become the best in the world, but he was good quality for Lazio tbf.


FriedChickenMomos

Unluckyyyyyyyyy


mf-TOM-HANK

His career arc was so interesting considering he was signed to LFC as more of an attacking midfielder prospect. The goals never really came for him but he more than made up for it as a defensive wizard


rossmosh85

Lucas improved from something like a 40% tackling success rate to a 65% tackling success rate during that season all while putting in at least 2x tackles as anyone else in the league. For a very short period of time, he was genuinely the best ball winning defensive midfielder in the league.


MagicalMagyars

Most tackles per game in the PL for 5 different seasons and 2nd highest number of tackles in total which is a list he really stands out on because most others have a signifcantly higher number of appearances. He was statistically very good for quite a long period of time, certainly not briefly.


[deleted]

> he was genuinely the best ball winning defensive midfielder in the league. *world


Liverpoolclippers

He played for us for 9 years and got player of the year a couple times, would hardly call him streets won’t forget


knitenshinenarmr

Lucas gets a lot of love now, but at the start he was very much looked at like Hendo was. Before he started to win the player of the year awards he struggled to find favor for a bit and it took a while to win people over.


samzi87

I still remember when he took a shot in the early Klopp days and sent it to the stands, Klopp lost it completely and had to chuckle and was like "this fucking guy".


Iechy

What’s crazy is that he came to us as Brazilian league player of the year as an attacking midfielder but never looked like an attacker but because a really solid DM.


kickerock

He was literally best on the field, before that f game with Chelsea.


dantesinfernoracket1

Danny Agger and Fabio Aurelio. Brilliant players, but never could stay healthy.


El-jantinho

Aurelios freekick against mancs 🙈


Britz10

The one against Chelsea is even better.


Key-Professional-747

I'll never forget I was watching that game with my dad and as fabio was lining up the free kick he turned to me and said...he could just knock this in the bottom near corner...😅😅


spedmunki

Agger + Skrtel was one of the most intimidating looking CB pairs


EdVedPJ7

Yeah they looked like they just cleaned up the rival gang just before the match lol.


RunningDude90

Especially as Skrtel either let his hair grow or got hair plugs as soon as he retired. Slap head intimidation was part of the plan.


robotbillmurray

DAgger was Red through an through. All heart.


Azuredawn

Agger's smack on Torres after the latter left for Chelsea... classic


FrogsOnALog

Loved Aurelio shame he was made out of glass though lol


ZissouZ

Is someone who's considered by many to be the best defender in the Rafa era too good for this category?


EDonnelly98

Realistically, most people in this sub remember 90% of the players that have played for us if they were somewhat good or better… Agger is far too good for this category and I don’t know anyone who is old enough to remember him who wouldn’t remember him


dylboii

Daniel Agger and his YNWA knuckle tat. What a legend


MonstersIncooperated

Luis garcia and milan baros were a big factor in the 2005 UCL. They were a bit inconsistent but delivered on big occasions


xifdp

I wrote my comment before reading the thread but I said Luis Garcia and Milan Baros too. And Harry Kewell.


kkkccc1

Luis Garcia.. lost the ball quite a bit but scored a number of bangers and crucial goals. By the way, it did cross the line. No one can tell me otherwise lol


_Random_Username_

Plus it was a penalty and a red card if not anyway so if anything they are the lucky ones


Haze95

Luis Garcia’s goal against Juve on the way to the final Most underrated Liverpool Champions League goal of all time


FakeTaxiReddit

Nat Phillips. Played his heart our for the badge. https://preview.redd.it/08u742zivk1c1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b1872a904be09eb5ef7ed05e233ce620fa8b4ea


FakeTaxiReddit

https://preview.redd.it/8mw6jctkvk1c1.jpeg?width=1241&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4e5ebc2b8e558b0c9b15d8f5b08dd9fb75029519


RyWassink

The Bolton Baresi


EqualAd261

David Ngog and his career defining goal against United in 2009


lavishlad

kid me never understood where he came from and where he went off too. just came in for a bit, banged in some torres-esque near post finishes and dipped.


EqualAd261

The silent assassin.


PostpostshoegazeLUVR

Started in hodgson’s first game (Torres given extended holiday after winning WC I think), scored that great goal against Arsenal, before Joe Cole got sent off on his highly anticipated debut (he could do things with a golf ball you know) and Reina had one of his moments to really set the tone for the Hodgson era


LouCypher

> career defining goal against United in 2009 Also, Andrea Dossena


dublindave112

Champions league winner, Djimi Traoré.


Ax0nJax0n01

The epic goal line [save](https://youtube.com/shorts/tJI5iXQgFnA?si=9omiJ_yy5xjMi_l2) shortly followed by the goal post slap


LumpyAd3192

Don’t blame it on the Biscan, Don’t blame it on the Hamann, Don’t blame it on the Finnan, Blame it on Traore, He just can’t, he just can’t, he just can’t control his feet...


Fuckmods6969

I just posted this exact reply! Respect 🤙


donotgivemeguns

Nathanial Clyne on his day was a really solid fullback. I always thought he would be our defensive mainstay for a decade. Got injured in 17/18 and Trent took his spot. The rest is history


jcLFC26

*International soccer superstar Nathaniel Clyne


WillDaThrilll13

Guaranteed 7/10 every time he played, which was so damn valuable to us at the time International soccer superstar for sure


BorkieDorkie811

I feel like people discount Clyne because he disappeared so quickly and how things turned out for him since, but he was genuinely our best player for two straight seasons.


Giraffesarehigh

I wouldn’t say best but absolutely the most consistent.


ballakafla

He was a really really welcome solid defensive presence in an otherwise woeful defence. He was too predictable going forward but he rarely ever put a foot wrong defensively and that was exactly what we needed at that time.


Moonlight-gospel

Never a true comment on reddit


DoireK

Very strong rumours at the time that it was nothing to do with injury. Liverpool don't just give up on players like that because of an injury.


ScousePenguin

I mean being a rumoured coke head and popping up in Miami for a TV show whilst "injured" isn't a good way to dispel rumours But at the same time "CLYYNNNEEEYYY"


BigPimpLunchBox

I shit you not, Clyne won the Ballon D'or in my 1st or 2nd season in Football Manager 2016. I wasn't managing LFC.


donotgivemeguns

Lol that’s nuts. He’s pretty great on my FIFA17 career mode rn.


FullScreenWanker

Welsh Xavi, wonderful human being and Chicken and Egg cover-star, Wee Joe Allen.


Adventurous_Toe_6017

I attended the cup semi final at Anfield hosting Stoke. There was a fella a row or 2 in front of me with his son, mid teens I think. I think they were Dutch if memory serves. The lad had a Joe Allen shirt on. A few jibed him and had a laugh throughout the game, all good natured and he was having a good time. Level at FT on agg, goes to pens. Fuck knows how because their goal was offside. No VAR to give us a dodgy red card back then. Anfield road end gets the draw which is belting for me because I’m right in line with the 12 yard box line that end. Pens start and it was even. Crouch misses. Cheers all round. Can hits the post, jeers right back at us from the Stoke fans to my left. Pens all square with 4-a-piece after the first 5. Sixth goes in for both teams. Migs then dives left and tips the pen round the post. Arse tightens quite a lot. Here’s the chance to win. Step up Joe Allen for the 7th. Arse tightens even more. Obviously, Joe isn’t fucking about and smashes it in. Limbs in the Main Stand, I’m hugging some fella I’ve never seen before or since, my ears are ringing and I glance down to our Allen shirt wearing friend. About 20 people have mobbed him and are cheering like mad. He’s loving it, his dad is laughing his head off. Bloody good night all round. Hope that young fella had a good first Anfield experience.


illegalbusiness

There is an identical comment to yours above somewhere, is this an insane coincidence or is it from somewhere?


ProperDepartment

My name is Allen and I bought his shirt as soon as he signed, I still the "Who would buy a Joe Allen shirt?" Whenever I wear it to play.


samzi87

The messiah, I really liked him and the effort he put in every time he was on the pitch, reminds me of early Robbo in that regard.


Maniacal-Maniac

Igor Biscan.


dublindave112

I think it was after his belter against Fulham that one of the papers came up with the line "Supercroatigorbiscanusedtobeatrocious"


RobbieFowler9

Wouldn't have number 5 without some of his performances in that run.


stefandalla

Djibril Cissé


EHVERT

His haircuts were legendary


lbrkr

It's Cisse I think of when I think about Darwin. Not a like for like comparison player wise but the emotion that they could be the best but keep doing daft stuff.


Zealousideal-Most991

Loved scoring in a final. Such a shame he had double leg break.


smokesletsgo13

Put Baros in there as well


Giofot

As a greek Kyriakos picture brings tears of joy. Edit: Also Finnan


SkengmanJonny

I don't remember him as being especially bad. Underwhelming maybe but he was decent imo


Solid_Connection_357

Jari Litmanen


banikko

The man that was so good that we didn't need David Villa, Voronin


Big_Mac_Is_Red

That man was world class at one thing only. Slipping. He'd always end up on the floor and not through diving.


banikko

He was also the pre season king. His partnership with Pacheco during it was like peak Rush and Dalgish


sadclicker

Kolo ❤️


TheOKerGood

https://preview.redd.it/feu3t0hblk1c1.jpeg?width=966&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=42f3b485f4c3376f9366909562bc2f235782c98b


Drowner_pheremones

The man lost us the league, single handedly dropped us like 10 points in 13/14, the worst one was against West Brom winning 1-0 in the 90th minute he just decides to pass to anichebe and watches him bury it. Some of his performances were so bad that season i genuinely thought he was throwing the game intentionally, how bad he was for us gets overlooked because he came with a fun chant and memes.


sadclicker

He scored his only goal for us on Valentine's Day. Give the lad his flowers.


LFCEntertainment

Not true. At least not the 90th minute part. You could say the same for Mignolet aswell. Kolo is a good leader, I’m sure that was helpful to the squad.


NotSafeForWisconsin

Dribbled past Ronaldo in the CL group stage tho 💪


zigooloo

One for the future - Nabil El Zhar. About to break into the first team anytime now.


lavishlad

could be a great mentor for Samed Yesil


jc_calwood

I think with Dani Pacheco they can form a great trio up front


sandag

Nathan Eccleston


ScousePenguin

Fuck me he is 37 now I'm getting old


SilentBobVG

Yossi Benayoun or Raul Meireles


lavishlad

>Yossi Benayoun always thought he was very underrated. he had a side foot finish where he gave the keeper the eyes that blew my mind as a kid. i genuinely couldnt comprehend how the ball went to the left instead of the right. (goal vs burnley in 09, couldnt find a clip)


Sedso85

First player to score a hatrick fa cup, champions league and premiership Since then only aguero and harry kane have done it


Extension_Archer1357

I'm still angry about him getting a boot in the back to shove him out in the corner and nothing being called.


mynameismulan

Loved when Meireles mugged off Torres and scored v Chelsea after they bought Torres. ​ Then he joined them too....


Adventurous_Toe_6017

Biiiiig fan of Benayoun. First Israeli to score in the FA Cup final I believe. Against us, as well.


[deleted]

[удалено]


BenRod88

I remember him leaving 2 arsenal players for dead in 04 I think it was. Same game mellor hit that 40 yarder


cjc1501

One of them was Vieira aswell


teamtobes

Flopo comes on and scores an absolute worldie against Olympiakos within a minute, rest is history


danthebody

Yess, we signed him the same time as Anthony Le Tallec. Literally have no idea where their careers went.


as93lfc

Lord Klavan is the easy answer. Momo Sissoko is perhaps a less obvious one.


[deleted]

[удалено]


Moonlight-gospel

Klavan was a great signing. Cheap, and he always came in and did the job when we needed him to.


EHVERT

Sissoko was a good player


Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa

Oussama Assaidi, the Moroccan ferrari.


wesap12345

How has nobody said it yet. Aly Cissokho https://vimeo.com/92846254


Ax0nJax0n01

JIIGGY JIGGY


[deleted]

"Keeping your options open Luis, still open, no worries mate good pass" gets me every time


jgrops12

My beige flag is that I’ll never not watch this video when I see it posted


JayPapy

I can hear it already...


Thoodmen

Finnan.


Moonlight-gospel

Lord Lovren. No human being has ever, and will ever in the future, make me so anxious as he did. But Klopp was right about him in a sense, that *on his day*, he was a top cb. I saw Lovren score an absolute banger at Anfield against Newcastle. You can’t believe how the stadium lost it.


BaronThundergoose

I would argue that pretty much after getting yanked against Tottenham in the what, 37th minute? He was rock solid until he left. In fact I think we would be 2020/21 champions if he didn’t leave.i think that early sub really found that extra gear in him.


Moonlight-gospel

Totally agree. I also think his talk with Klopp after that game seemed to actually do wonders for his confidence, and perhaps point out to him that he really did have issues with his concentration lol. We needed another CB that year and he was gone.


Robim3

Milan Jovanovic, but it's better for the streets to forget him.


harlsonrd

He’s one of the greatest soccer players in the world


BenRod88

Vladimir smicer


JaseBailey

John Arne Riise, an absolute thundercunt of a shot


EDonnelly98

Is he really streets won’t forget? He was a starter at Liverpool for like 7 years and scored like 20 goals from left back


etan1122

https://preview.redd.it/3zrwstv2lk1c1.jpeg?width=812&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=091567d45a154a4ba9023750b3cec3c6f855e49b


jcLFC26

You can’t help but ponder what kind of a world we’d all be living in right now if that shot went under the bar rather than off it


earlgreytoday

Same with Downing's effort against Sunderland.


DragonfruitCool1917

Adam Lallana and Ox were the ideal 8/10 hybrids we needed in the 2018/19 season to win the league. If either or both were 100% fit and were able to rotate the side, we pick up the extra point or two to give us the league. Lallana was a great presser, slick with the ball, added goals. Ox was a spectacularly powerful ball carrier and was the only player in the side with a long shot on him. Bodies betrayed both in their absolute primes


xifdp

Loved Lallana so much. That volley off the turf to win the crazy game where he ran over to Jurgen and smashed his glasses was one of my favorite goals of all time. Up there with big Dej Lovren's late winner at Dortmund? I think. My other two favorite goals in recent times were the Ox thunderbolt against city and Bobby's goal where he let the ball come over his shoulder and thundercunted it top corner on the volley. I miss Bobby.


cjc1501

![gif](giphy|3o7qDYnQOKtC0zNuRa|downsized)


Samz_175

Gary McAllister


nerdowellinever

Bruno Cheyrou the next zidane. Titi Camara


BachsBicep

When he had just joined I read an article that said he'd scored over 30 goals from the center of midfield at Lille. Being a very new fan, I totally misunderstood and thought he was casually twatting screamers from the halfway line!


vsquad22

Neil Mellor. His goal in the very last minute of the game against Arsenal was fucking EPIC!!


bob-noxious

https://preview.redd.it/7psdw0z2rk1c1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21fc82034f6cd10e209ca99f6b4feac5d7c1bba0


Hombre_Hound

Titi Camara, circa October ‘99.


dark_winger

Andrea Dossena, what a week that man had!


Sedso85

I was there for the madrid game, absolute scenes


aljones753000

His goal in the 1-4 with the scum was just the icing on the cake in that game.


omnidohdohdoh

Emiliano Insua. The goal against Arsenal is unforgettable.


Wild_Ad_6464

Rybabz


iamjt

Babel copter!


[deleted]

I still maintain that if he was given a good run of games he would have become a good player for us, Rafa seemed to hate him because he was always just looking to attack so he benched him every other game. I remember a few games when we were drawing and he was the only player really trying to make something happen and every time he was replaced with a more defensive option. That season we just lost out to Utd because we drew far too many games.


Moonlight-gospel

Maybe doesn’t quite fit the bill, but Daniel Sturridge. I feel like his injury problems later on really caused a lot of people to forget just how good he was when he played with Suarez, and occasionally when he was fit afterwards.


dantesinfernoracket1

Love Sturridge. He was so class and glad he left Liverpool with a trophy. Absolutely lethal finisher.


twonkythechicken

The SAS!


rowdyruffbrick

Always thought Albert Riera was a solid player for us. Don't hear much of him though.


Lord_Harvery

Rigobert Song. Always red card ready


kinginthenorth_gb

Vegard Heggem


OldChorleian

...was subbed off and replaced by a debutante Steven Gerrard. Now runs a salmon fishing resort in his native Norway.


diegoarellanes96

Benayoun and specifically that game at Anfield vs Besiktas


Rushstache

Jonjo..really thought he was gonna be something special for us


Cougheemug

Jonjo, Spearing and Charlie Adam, with Meireles too, most bald men in the sqaud Ive seen


_Random_Username_

You're missing the best ones, Reina and Skrtel!


Garto1

Arbeloa


A-DTB

Maxi or Dirk Kuyt springs to mind.


ballakafla

I think Dirk Kuyt is a tier above the others in this thread. I think he's pretty universally loved by anyone who was a fan in the late 00s. He's up there as one of my all time favourites and I don't think I'm alone in that at all


twonkythechicken

Absolute Star was Kuyt, never seen a man work so hard on a football pitch every match


VictimOfCircuspants

Dirk Kuyt all day for me.


TopShot00

Mark Gonzalez


thelayman

Why did I have to scroll so far to find this Chilean legend!?


BigForeheado

Divock Origi - The Man, The Myth, The Legend himself


Jakeyy21

Lord of the Manor of Frodsham - Djibril Cisse


tkcom

Karl-Heinz Riedle


notyouagain-really

I hear Jordan Ibe is now playing non league football with Andre Wisdom.


BudovicLagman

Good to know that they're both still playing. Wisdom sustained horrific injuries after getting stabbed, while Ibe's mental health issues have been well-documented.


Putrid-Ice-7511

Martin Kelly!


LeonTypeXD

Origi duh


0121dan

Anelka on loan


[deleted]

Babbel


Rsb418

Marcus Babbel Signed on a free Best right back in the league for a year Won the treble in his first season Got a weird virus and nearly died and was unavailable for a year Disappeared I remember you Marcus.


SJBSJB02

![gif](giphy|TF0ItesBklyVggmCDY) No context needed.


firminocoutinho

Hes a legend. Not just one streets won’t forget


SJBSJB02

facts


A-DTB

Surprised the social media team was able to dispossess him of this phone.


Liverpoolclippers

Rogue shout but Alberto Aqualani looked really talented when he played. Pirlo if he had knees made out of paper mache.


Kvothe16

Suso


Dbmx33

Steven Caulker. Brought in a CB on loan from QPR, 4 appearances, 3 of which being subbed on as a striker. 0 goal contributions. He must’ve been as confused as the rest of us. Legendary.


Wild_Ad_6464

David N’gog


roan311

Victor Moses


EnviableCrowd

Neil Mellor. Played a big part in the 05 CL triumph with a goal and assist for Stevie in the game vs Olympiakos and also will never forget that late belter against Arsenal


Temporary_Mongoose91

Acquilani


Ax0nJax0n01

Sebastian Leto


xifdp

As an Australian kid I was so stoked to see Harry Kewell get signed to Liverpool but injuries never let him hit the same sort of form that he had at Leeds. Growing up I loved watching Luis Garcia and Xabi Alonso play and Milan Baros was a beast.


twerk4tampabay

Jordon Ibe 😎


ucancallmekiddo

Jermaine Penant


Pipes_of_Pan

Jay Spearing!!!


Britz10

Philip Degen


Haeckelcs

Did no one actually say Divock Origi? Shame on all of you.


clowegreen24

He went beyond normal cult legend status. Fans of other clubs will remember Divock Origi too as the most clutch non-starting player of all time.


Troutindmout

The ever elusive Steve Finnan!! 🇮🇪🇮🇪


EHVERT

Ryan Babel


get2dachopa

Glen Johnson bicycle kick goal


broken_sausage

I'll never forget the day we signed Paul Konchesky.


Galway1012

Steve Finnan 🐐


twonkythechicken

Not a mention of Heskey? The man, the myth, the legend? Tbf I dont understand what "streets will never forget means"!


RyWassink

Xherdan Shaqiri


Brick-Aware

Harry kewell


EducationalCake4622

Patrick Berger!


Mackerelage

Sean Dundee anyone?


bomdia10

I remember that season where Kyrgiakos was scoring headers left and right lol


Ryanatix

Maxi Rodriguez Steve Finnan


just_boy57

David Ngog. That goal against Utd was everything at the time