The KOP comes to Asia 2009 (Part 3)
Feeling more and more excited that day. Lying down on sofa watching Liverpool match is one of the most relaxing thing I will do at home, especially on a boring weekday. I never expect myself to be watching their match in a stadium. Huiying’s BF drove there and the parking was full.. the whole place was filled with RED. Lucky for us, Yiheng and Choonyan helped us book some seats which are located at a very good position.
Before even walking into the stadium, I could hear fans singing You’ll never walk alone and other Liverpool songs. A visit to Anfield on a European night has always been a dream of mine. I wanted to experience the feeling of hair standing when all the fans sing. Well, that was what many other soccer players will describe when they visit Anfield.
When I stepped into the stadium, I was like WOW. So many people.. I read from reports that there were 40,000 fans so you could imagine them singing and cheering for the team. As soon as I was seated down, the match had already started. My vision was on the pitch 24/7, not even wanting to have a blink. After 15minutes then I realised I was too engross with the match that I have to take out my camera to take pictures lol.
As I predicted, it will be a high scoring match and it ended with a 5-0 victory to the reds. The first half was quite normal as the reds created lots of chances but the Lions defended well. There were some glimpse of hope for the Lions, some of the passes, tricks and movement really impressed the me. First half ended 1-0 with Varonin taking a shot deflecting off a defender’s leg and went into the net.
During the break, lots of fans went to buy beer and Liverpool accessories. There were very long queues in every stall. Wanted to get a Liverpool lanyard for myself but it was sold out.
Second half started with some substitutions. It was close to first team during the 2nd half for the reds, while Singapore team subbing most of their first team players out. So at that point of time I was already expecting more goals.. After Riera scored the 2nd goal, the fans were all screaming and shouting for Fernando Torres and Alonso. Everyone was singing Torres’ song and I really feel like I am in Anfield. But I know it was only 1/10 as loud as Anfield.
When the match ended, everyone gave a standing ovation for the team when they gave a walk pass around the field. I have to admit some of the singings during the match almost made me cry if I didn’t control my emotion lol. Before leaving the stadium, everyone sang You’ll never walk alone again for the last time. After which, a group of people were singing near the exits. Initially, I heard them sang ManUre’s song which was like WTF. But when I listened carefully, they actually changed the lyrics and was scolding ManUre lol, asking ManUre to bring it on next season. It will be hard for me to describe the feeling. All I can say was POWER.
Outside the stadium, everyone was going off in different direction and it was when the best moment of the night begin. You could see a swarm of REDS flooding the carparks, stadium gates and everyone was singing another Liverpool song together. It was like armm.. no government, nobody’s business. The fans were all going crazy.
As for me, I was holding a huge Liverpool flag which YF brought. I was crazy as well. I even hold it behind my back as though it looked like a cape, so you can imagine I was running and jumping around in high spirit trying to make the Liverpool logo fly as high as possible. It was also one of my craziest moment of life, with the Liverpool fans.
You’ll never walk alone.





































































