Melbourne Victory coach Kevin Muscat is grateful to Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers for the chance to see the Reds at work.

Muscat has led Victory to today's A-League grand final in his first full season as coach.

"What I tried to do is visit places is places where the coach or managers had a philosophy. I wrote to Brendan to explain who I was and the added connection that Liverpool were due to visit Australia to play us at the end of the season (2014).

"He opened up the doors to me and was more than welcoming. It was valuable to me as well, seeing what he was doing and the style he was playing was brilliant, eye-opening."