He bought players and moulded them together to create great teams. People talked about him as 'Uncle Bob', but he was as ruthless as they come. Anyone who worked under him, as I did, knows that. He could be hard but he went about it in the right way and was quite gentlemanly about it, for all his rough edges. He had a genius for creating teams.
- Phil Thompson om åren med Bob Paisley som manager 1974 - 83
21 december 2019: På fjärde försöket lyckades Liverpool ta hem VM-pokalen för klubblag. I finalen i Qatar besegrades brasilianska Flamengo med 1-0 tack vare Roberto Firminos fräcka mål i 99:e minuten.