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Eriksson happy taking charge of Liverpool Legends: Absolutely beautiful

Former England coach Sven Goran Eriksson was happy taking charge of Liverpool Legends on Saturday.

Eriksson fulfilled a dream managing the Reds in their 4-2 win against the Ajax Legends.

Eriksson, who is a lifelong Liverpool fan, disclosed his terminal cancer diagnosis in January.

He said afterwards: "That will be a huge memory in life.

"Absolutely beautiful.

"To sit on the bench for Liverpool, that's been my dream my whole life. Now it happened, and it was a beautiful day in all meanings.

"The crowd, the game, the players, everything, fantastic, and thank you to Liverpool for giving me this opportunity, to invite me for such an important game - it's not points, but the importance of the game is incredible.

"It was full of emotions, tears coming. It's been my dream club all my life - even when I had England, I also supported Liverpool, but I couldn't say it at that time.

"It's a good finish, to finish with Liverpool, it can't be much better than that."

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