“Pick one if you think you deserve it.”
Since Liverpool’s original heyday conquering all of Europe in the 70s and 80s, it has become famous how Ronnie Moran would dish out winner’s medals to the Reds squad after each new title. A cardboard box was placed in the middle of the dressing room as the coach almost dismissively barked out the above.
While winning trophies would rightly be celebrated, with Liverpool certainly knowing how to play hard, it was only ever in the moment. In truth, they had no choice but to work even harder. After all, each success was over as soon as the trophy had been held aloft. Now it was onto the next one.
