El periodista Alex de la Rosa: “En futbol mexicano todos a Gilberto lo vemos como una esperanza, pero ¿Sabes qué Gil? Tú no tienes que cargar con los sueños de nosotros, quizá tú debas de tener el valor de ir tan lejos como tu talento te lo permita, hemos tenido en el pasado promesas que se quedaron en eso, quizá porque tuvieron otras prioridades, a ti Morita solo te pedimos que sigas con esa pasión y esa alegría al jugar y ojalá que algún día cuando hablemos de los grandes futbolistas mexicanos en la historia tu nombre no aparezca como una promesa que pudo ser, sino como una leyenda que se atrevió a hacerlo realidad.”
Manchester City being found guilty of serious financial breaches only makes the achievements of Liverpool Football Club during that era feel even more monumental.
England’s grandest institution stood almost alone against a machine that dominated English football, yet Jürgen Klopp, Anfield and those famous red shirts kept dragging themselves back into the fight, season after season.
Liverpool reached heights of ninety-seven and ninety-nine points, conquered Europe, conquered England and produced football worthy of one of the greatest sides this country has ever seen.
There is something almost poetic about looking back now at the seasons in which Manchester City were crowned champions ahead of Klopp’s Liverpool, because history has a habit of remembering more than simply whose name was engraved on the trophy.
What Jürgen Klopp built at Liverpool was never merely a collection of medals, it was an era, a rebellion and another immortal chapter in the history of England’s greatest football institution.
And with everything we know today, the legend of that Liverpool side only grows larger with time.