'Money can't buy you love' read the headline on the back of the ECHO, the morning after one of the greatest nights in Liverpool Football Club's illustrious history.
With supporters' ears still ringing, the unfancied Reds had just reached their first European Cup final in 20 years after knocking out the newly crowned 2005 Premier League champions - who had finished 37 points ahead of their hosts - with a nerve-wracking 1-0 win. The contest had been billed as not so much a David versus Goliath duel but a battle of a billionaire-backed team against normal folk.
The fact that Liverpool prevailed on the night amid what was unquestionably one of the most intense breath-taking atmospheres the famous ground had ever produced played perfectly into the narrative that the West London club could have all the money in the world but they would still be no match for the true spirit of a Kop-inspired Liverpool playing under the lights at Anfield.
