Xabi Alonso was in the directors’ box, disconsolate at being suspended, but soon joining in the singing, almost crying when the Kop sang his name. When Luis Garcia settled the tie with what Jose Mourinho still calls the “ghost goal”, the referee Lubos Michel could not hear his assistant. “I have refereed at places like Barcelona, Ibrox, Manchester United and Arsenal but I’ve never in my life been involved in such an atmosphere,’’ said Michel afterwards. “It was incredible.” Even Mourinho conceded: “I felt the power of Anfield, it was magnificent.”