Lille manager calls on his players to write their own history in clash with Liverpool FC

Mar 11 2010 by Our Correspondent, Liverpool Daily Post

LILLE coach Rudi Garcia has called on his side to show some St Etienne spirit in their Europa League last-16 first-leg tie against Liverpool tonight.

Having dismissed Liverpool’s defeat at Wigan on Monday as a “more-than-average performance” Garcia said he hoped his club would write their own history against the five-time European champions.

And he used St Etienne’s 1-0 European Cup quarter-final home first-leg victory over the Reds in 1977 (they went on to lose 3-2 on aggregate in a famous night at Anfield) as a motivating factor.

“Liverpool are a big team and big teams are always there,” said Garcia.

“We cannot under-estimate them but we’ll see if they perform again like they did against Wigan. It will be difficult (for us) after this more-than-average game they had against Wigan.

“Liverpool are probably the most legendary team in England, but then again maybe we have to write our own story.”