*Today marks the anniversary of Liverpool beating Roma 2-0 at Anfield back in 2002. Here, Dan Kay looks back on a truly special night under the lights in the Champions League... The legend of Anfield has in many ways been built on dramatic European nights under the floodlights of various different shapes and sizes.
At its core is the magical alchemy which exists between this unique football club and its supporters, the emotion they are together able to invoke time and again managing to produce a torrent of passion which has often overpowered superior opponents and lifted those wearing red to feats they would never have imagined possible.
The Kop's mosaic for Gerard Houllier against Manchester United as the Liverpool manager recovered from his life-threatening heart operation - November 2001
“That March, to progress in the Champions League, we needed to beat Roma by two goals at Anfield.
An expectant Anfield ahead of Liverpool's crunch Champions League clash with AS Roma and Gerard Houllier's return to the dug-out as manager - 19 March 2002
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