Liverpool's first return to the Champions League in five years was always going to be tinged with nostalgia given how much the Reds have longed for such nights during what have been frequently turbulent seasons by their standards.
The natural pride with which the club carries itself—as any club with five European Cups to their name would do—was always tinged with both regret and a sense of underachievement as they scrambled around outside of even the Europa League.
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