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Houllier rates Liverpool's Anfield fans best in world

Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier says Anfield fans are the best in the world.

Houllier also managed Olympique Lyon and before last night's shock victory for the French giants, he told Lyon TV: "At Anfield the fans are fantastic - the best in the world. You'll see the singing at the beginning of the game and it makes you shiver, it gives you some kind of different feeling.

"They're very supportive of their team. They like good football and they like their team to win, but not necessarily in an ugly way - they want their team to win in style."

The 62-year-old also revealed his admiration for his successor Rafa Benitez and Liverpool's current crop of players.

"Liverpool are a prestigious club," he said. "To me they are one of the best, if not the best, in Europe, with fantastic people, a great coach and good players."

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