30 May 1984 was one of Bruce Grobbelaar’s biggest days in life. At the Olimpico stadium in Rome, his Liverpool was playing in the European Cup Final (now Champions League) against Roma, and the game ended 1-1, but eventually the Reds won the title after a penalty shootout in which Bruce played a small part. Liverpool keeper distracted penalty taker Graziani by wobbling his legs at the Liverpool goal, which worked in the end, as the Italian missed. Bruce Grobbelaar on how he secretly helped Liverpool’s win the title in 2020:”In Africa, if the pitch was cursed then you peed on the posts. So when I came back to live in England, I was asked to play in the corporate game at Anfield.” #lfc [fourfourtwo] pic.twitter.com/ozVzdONgFm— Anfield Watch (@AnfieldWatch) August 24, 2022 He was Liverpool keeper until 1994 and during that time, he won the league title with the Reds in 1990, but nothing happened since. For 30 long years, the Reds waited for the league title, which only came in 2020, under coach Jurgen Klopp. But, it seems that Bruce Grobbelaar, who retired years before had something to do with this title as well. Ten Hag’s Maguire omission, Milner barking at Van Dijk and other things we saw at the derbyThe Zimbabwe born former player was answering fans’ questions in the FourFourTwo magazine and revealed that he helped Liverpool lift the ‘curse’ and finally win the title. “In Africa, if the pitch was cursed then you peed on the posts. So when I came back to live in England, I was asked to play in the corporate game at Anfield. I told the story to Tage Herstad, the fan who invited me, and he said, ‘Bruce, you’ve got to do the business'” recalled Bruce.But at that particular moment, Grobbelaar didn’t quite uderstood what the fan meant and so he just replied he will do his best in the match. “I said, ‘Yeah, I’ll try to play well’. Herstad said, ‘No, you’ve got to finally lift the curse!’. So I peed in a bottle, poured it all down the posts and crossbar at both ends, and saved a penalty at the Anfield Road End. Then the Reds went on an undefeated run at Anfield and won the Premier League!” said the African. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6588301##With the way Liverpool started this season, it seems that Bruce will have to do his ritual again in a few years…
