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I've gone for the players that have given me the most enjoyment, and given I was 15 when we last won the League, I have heavily stacked in favour of the current team. I think they have given me the most consistent period of enjoyment over any that I have ever watcehd.
Suarez would be in there on ability, but he gets dropped for the biting and racism controversy. Kenny in the Firmino role with Mane and Salah would be immense.
Alisson is the best keeper I have ever seen. The full back play the game in a different way to any we have ever seen so both have to go in. VVD is the ultimate defender, and he and Hansen would be bullet proof.
Hendo epitomises captaincy, desire and humility with no little ability, he gets in. Gerrard has to be there. Barnes could lay anywhere.
Good team. Think Alonso would have to be in my team though!!! Maybe swap Henderson for Alonso and you have a brilliant side....
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Liverpool: BBC Sport readers' all-time Liverpool XI revealed
When a team has won 19 top-flight titles and six European Cups, picking an all-time XI is no easy task.
We asked you to do just that after Liverpool ended their 30-year wait to be champions of England - and more than 125,000 of you submitted your teams.
It is quite a starting XI, but just as interesting is who missed out, with some legendary figures not making the cut.
The three most-selected players
As a player Sir Kenny Dalglish inspired the Reds to six league titles and three European Cups, scoring 172 goals in 515 games. But that remarkable record is only enough to make the Scot the third most-selected player, included in 73% of teams.
In second place came defender Virgil van Dijk, one of the stars of this season's success under Jurgen Klopp and last year's Champions League win. He was included in 75% of teams.
But the most-selected player overall? Despite being unable to lift the Premier League trophy, an Anfield career taking in 710 appearances and 186 goals - along with countless iconic moments - ensured Steven Gerrard claimed that honour. He was included in 92% of teams.
But what about the substitutes?
Mohamed Salah was picked in 31% of starting XIs but he was just pipped by Luis Suarez (32%) as the third most popular striker, so the Egyptian - the catalyst for so much of Liverpool's recent success - has to make do with a place on the bench. Suarez and Dalglish are joined up front by Ian Rush, who scored 346 goals in 660 games and made 57% of your teams.
Xabi Alonso (37%) was actually the 10th most-selected player overall but there is no place for him in the most popular 4-3-3 formation, with Gerrard, Graeme Souness (63%) and John Barnes (53%) all picked more in midfield.
Jamie Carragher spent his entire career at Anfield but he does not make the cut despite being included by 25% of you. Van Dijk and Alan Hansen (70%) are the preferred centre-back pairing.
In goal, Ray Clemence (44%) edged out Alisson (33%).
Other notable absentees from this XI include Champions League and Premier League-winning captain Jordan Henderson (11%), along with a host of brilliant attackers, including Kevin Keegan (19%), Robbie Fowler (17%), Steve McManaman and Sadio Mane (both 14%) and Fernando Torres, Peter Beardsley and Michael Owen (all 11%).
You can still read about all of the players' credentials below and pick your XI at the bottom of this page.
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