Graeme Souness' stance on infamous Galatasaray moment and reason for flag stunt

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Liverpool legend Graeme Souness previously confessed to regretting his notorious flag celebration as Galatasaray manager. Former Liverpool striker Saunders delivered the winning goal in the 116th minute, but Souness believed he had unfinished business with a Fenerbahce official.

"One of their [Fenerbahce's] vice-presidents had said, 'What are Galatasaray doing signing a cripple?' He was referring to the open-heart surgery I had," Souness previously recalled to Goals on Sunday. "Not only were 62,000 people devastated they had lost to Galatasaray, he then picked the flag up and ran past me to the centre circle, but he couldn't get it in," Saunders recounted to talkSPORT in 2023.

"This Fenerbahce fan has tried to get to him by the tunnel and he's gone bang, right hook. He's hit the fan and he's gone down.