There are certain episodes of bravery which have embedded themselves over the years into Liverpool folklore.
Chief among them will always be Gerry Byrne’s heroism at Wembley in 1965 when the Reds' full-back played 117 minutes with a broken collarbone against Leeds United at Wembley in the days before substitutes to help bring the club’s long wait for a first FA Cup triumph to an end.
Phil Neal once played on with a broken toe for six weeks by wearing a bigger boot with a mini plaster cast fashioned by Ronnie Moran while Titi Camara turned out for Liverpool the night his father died and scored the winner and Jamie Carragher’s determination to push through the pain barrier in Istanbul while racked with cramp is as much a part of the legend of the Reds’ fifth European Cup win as Steven Gerrard’s waving arms or Jerzy Dudek’s miraculous saves.
