Liverpool vs Napoli: Remembering Marca’s ‘This is Anfield so what?’ headline after Dries Mertens ridicules famous sign

Liverpool vs Napoli: Remembering Marca’s ‘This is Anfield so what?’ headline after Dries Mertens ridicules famous sign
Napoli ace Dries Mertens has made fun of Liverpool’s famous ‘This is Anfield’ sign ahead of the two teams clashing in the Champions League this evening.Mertens could not believe just how disappointing the sign was when he visited the Reds’ famous home eight years ago while playing for Utrecht.3

Mertens has a second opportunity to see the famous sign tonight

My strongest memory is that they have a sign saying This is Anfield and everyone was talking about it, so I was thinking its very big, you know.I came through the tunnel and I asked, Where is the thing? and they said you missed it and I hadnt noticed it.So, in the second half, Im looking at this small thing and asking, Is this so special?

• How Liverpool can qualify for the Champions League knockout stage
• Ian Rush EXCLUSIVE: Europa League could derail Liverpools title challenge
• Joe Gomez signs new long-term contract with Liverpool

Mertens’ comments have obviously not gone down well with Liverpool fans, who hope their side run riot against Napoli tonight to get revenge – and book their place in the Champions League knockout stage.And it would not be the first time the Merseyside club have got their own back after the ‘This is Anfield’ sign was disrespected. Back in March 2009, Real Madrid rocked up at Anfield in the Champions League last 16, needing to recover from a 1-0 defeat suffered to Rafa Benitez’s side at the Bernabeu in the first leg of the tie.On the day of the second leg, Madrid-based publication Marca ran as their headline story: ‘This is Anfield… so what?’.3

This did not age well

The headline was meant to downplay Liverpool’s famous home and those historic European nights which are so often spoken about.It did NOT work, however.Clearly fired up by the negative coverage, Liverpool ran riot that evening, scoring four times in front of their own fans to knock Real Madrid out of Europe by a 5-0 aggregate scoreline.Fernando Torres opened the scoring, with Steven Gerrard adding Liverpool’s second – from the penalty spot – and third either side of half-time.3

Gerrard and co got the perfect revenge over Real Madrid

And then, to round off the revenge, even Andrea Dossena scored for the hosts.A repeat of that performance tonight, against Napoli, would be the perfect way to get revenge over Mertens and his complete disrespect of that famous, famous sign.

---

Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham (2-2 agg, 4-2 pens): Maurizio Sarri's side reach Carabao Cup final after David Luiz hits winning penalty in shootout following Eric Dier and Lucas Moura's missed spot-kicks
Carabao Cup: Chelsea 2-1 Tottenham (2-2 agg, Chelsea win 4-2

---

As well as his prison sentence, Johnson was also placed on the sex offender register for the remainder of his life. After Labour MP Clive Efford told talkSPORT Johnson should not be allowed to play football again, former Crystal Palace owner Jordan conceded society is flawed and the footballer's crimes should be heeded by the stars of tomorrow.
News list for gordon strachan faces axe from sky as fury

---

Every Premier League club ranked by how well they are performing compared to their statistical points projection Which teams are doing better than the mathematicians believe they should be and
Statistically Ranking the World's Top 10 Football Leagues

---

Could Gueye replace Ander Herrera at United? Everton boss Marco Silva has responded to suggestions that Manchester United will move to sign Idrissa Gueye as a replacement for Ander Herrera.
Liverpool fans are all struggling with a major problem ahead

---

Nations League, Women's World Cup, Copa America and much more 5 days ago 5 days ago Africa Cup of Nations , Champions League , Championship , Copa America , EFL , England Under-21s , European Championship , FA Cup , football , League One , League Two , Premier League , UEFA Super Cup , World Cup
What football is on this summer? Nations League, Women's

---

NOT COMING The Gunners travel to Belarus to play BATE Borisov on Thursday night but will not have the German or the Welshman to call upon Arsenal duo Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey have not travelled to Belarus with the Gunners squad for their Europa League last-32 game against BATE Borisov.
Ozil and Ramsey left out of Arsenal squad for Europa League

---

What does the UEFA Nations League trophy look like? The

---

FIFA Club World Cup Match Report for Real Madrid v Al Ain on 22 December 2018, includes all goals and incidents. Have your say on the game in the comments.
Real Madrid win the Club World Cup with victory over Al Ain

---

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been lethal for Arsenal with only Mohamed Salah scoring more Premier League goals since he arrived in England. Aubameyang came off the bench to score twice as Arsenal
F365's top ten Premier League strikers of the season

---

Rio Ferdinand thinks Liverpool's front three can 'destroy' Bayern Munich in their Champions league showdown on Wednesday. Liverpool travel to Germany for the second leg with the last-16 tie finely
Rio Ferdinand Predicts Liverpool to 'Destroy' Ageing Bayern

---

Dutch footballer left in disbelief as wonderful chip spins back off goal line. AZ Alkmaar's Mats Seuntjens thought he had scored a superb goal in their cup match. Video. By Josh Fordham
Dutch footballer left in disbelief as wonderful chip spins

---

Manchester City vs Watford: Hornets skipper Troy Deeney vows to give 'absolute beast' Vincent Kompany one hell of a battle at Wembley Huge Manchester United

---

Wayne Rooney: More than 20,000 tickets sold for USA friendly

---