After all the hype about the impact Sunday's game would have on fourth place it was no great
surprise when it didn't live up to expectations.
It was a poor, poor game and neither team deserved to win.
In fact, it looked as if they'd made some kind of pact not to encroach in each other's half.
Disclaimer: This isn't a Top Ten, just a selection of past and, in one case, current Liverpool
players who I think are worthy of a mention for their World Cup finals record. Who have I
missed?
Kevin Keegan: 1982 for England
Injuries and a poor qualifying record restricted him to just 26 minutes of World Cup finals
football
Alan Hansen: 1982 for Scotland
Failed to dislodge an Aberdeen central defence partnership and made a right mess of one tackle
against the USSR
Jan Molby: 1986 for Denmark
Part of the so-called Danish Dynamite Team which included Michael Laudrup
Graeme Souness: 1978, 1982 and 1986 for Scotland
A formidable opponent who usually raised Scotland's game by force of personality alone
John Barnes: 1986 and 1990 for England
Set up Gary Lineker against Argentina in 1986 and repeated the trick minutes later only to see the
second chance cleared
Steven Gerrard: 2006 and 2010 for England
While he missed out in 2002 through injury, and failed to score from the spot in 2006, Gerrard may
still end his World Cup career as England captain
Dietmar Hamann: 1998 and 2002 for Germany
This clever and much-respected German became only the second Liverpool player to take part in a
World Cup Final
Kenny Dalglish: 1974, 1978 and 1982 for Scotland
Probably his country's greatest ever player, Dalglish's Liverpool – Scotland link was forever
cemented by the headed goal at Anfield against Wales which secured a place at the 1978 World Cup
(before anyone moans, I know this wasn't a World Cup finals match, but I had to put it in
anyway)
Michael Owen: 1998, 2002 and 2006 for England
Fondly remembered for his breathtaking arrival on the World Cup scene in 1998, Owen went on to
provide some hope against Brazil in 2002, succumbed to injury in 2006, and now looks extremely
unlikely to play in 2010
Roger Hunt: 1962 and 1966 for England
Known to Liverpool fans as "Sir Roger", striker Hunt already had a formidable goal scoring record
before the 1966 tournament.
