I'd rather win 3-0, but, in 10 years, I'll see a picture of me with the medal and the cup. I don't see 5-4."QUITE WHAT picture will remain in G?rd Houllier's mind will be revealed more clearly next season. A strong challenge for Manchester United's League title will be the only appropriate encore to the Treble and as he headed for the team coach, the magnificent Uefa Cup trophy tucked under his arm, the Frenchman must already have been pondering whether the nucleus of his side is strong enough to match those ambitions. His fig leaf has been blown away.United, Roma, Barcelona, Houllier prounounced all three better sides than his own Yet Liverpool have beaten them all Bring on the championship. "We were playing for history tonight, for immortality," Houllier said. "What the players have done is unique."That will be a comforting thought to the Liverpool manager as well. He has added a line of his own to the annals penned in gold by Shankly, Paisley and Dalglish, fashioned some space for himself at one of the most intensely scrutinised clubs in football.
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"Extra trophy space needed, contact G?rd on Treble 01," proclaimed a banner inside the Westfalenstadion. "We've played in a final which will be remembered for a long time," said Houllier. Regardless of tomorrow, that is a decent legacy to bequeath the past.. Ashley Cole came of age last week. Some might argue that his elevation from Arsenal reserve player to England international in little over six months proved his ability some time ago.
But the man himself acknowledges that the events of the last eight days, and in particular the manner in which he has dealt with them, have transformed him both as a player and as a person Ashley Cole came of age last week. Some might argue that his elevation from Arsenal reserve player to England international in little over six months proved his ability some time ago. But the man himself acknowledges that the events of the last eight days, and in particular the manner in which he has dealt with them, have transformed him both as a player and as a person. Cole's week has been one of contrasting emotions. In Cardiff, the joy of being selected for the FA Cup final was rapidly followed by the despair that accompanies defeat. Then on Tuesday, having barely had time to take stock, Cole and his team-mates had to "be professional" and travel to Newcastle in search of the Premiership point that would guarantee second place and automatic qualification for the group stage of next season's Champions' League. "Playing that match after the disappointment of the Cup," he says, "was just about the hardest thing to do."At least the 20-year-old can find comfort in the fact that, unlike his fellow defenders Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Lee Dixon and David Seaman, he is almost certain to figure in a final again. It is a measure of the esteem in which the new boy is held by his elders that his usually restrained club manager, Ars? Wenger, rates Cole's blossoming as the highlight of the season.
