 LIVERPOOL, mighty and magnificent, confirmed themselves as European champions at Wembley last night, although they could manage only one Kenny Dalglish goal to emphasise their entitlement of the crown. Scenes of tremendous jubilation among the Liverpool-dominated Wembley crowd were accompanied by rapturous scenes on the field with players hugging each other and dancing delight-edly as manager Bob Paisley joined his conquering heroes. Trailing behind them towards the Royal Box were the dejected Belgians Bruges, who could hardly raise a gallop. Emlyn Hughes and one of the heroes of the game, Graeme Sou-ness, emerged with the cup to begin a lap of honour, but soon Hughes joined McDermott in dancing his way to salute the fans who had supported them so magat Wembley nificently and so vociferously throughout the game. There was a sporting cheer, too, for the Belgians, as first they stopped to applaud Liverpool and then take their circuit of the stadium. The scenes of jubilation surpassed those in Rome last year simply because nine-tenths of the crowd were sporting Liverpool favours. Liverpool not only made history by being the first British team to win the European Cup twice in succession but they did it in style and with authority. It undoubtedly took Liverpool longer to crush the Belgian challenge than they had counted on, and in fact it was a tentative start with both teams eyeing each other with the suspicion of boxers embarking on 15 rounds. It took 64 minutes before the crowd were able to let themselves go in salute of a Dalglish gem of a goal. It was a long time coming but well worthy of the wait. One instinctively felt that this single breach in the Bruges wall would engulf them, and so it was, but not before Liverpool survived as hair-raising a moment as football can provide. They had been in the lead for only 15 minutes when a degree of hesitancy by Alan Hansen let in Sorensen. Clemence - what a magnificent reader of the game he is - ran out and deflected Sorensen's shot. It went to Simoen, who fired at what seemed an open goal. Even as the ball was in the act of crossing the line at the foot of the post Phil Thompson swooped in to kick clear. It was a horrifying moment, and a tremendous relief to young Hansen who had settled down from a tentative beginning to play like a Wembley veteran instead of the comparative novice he is. Liverpool will look back on this night with undiluted joy and the 65th minute, when Kenny Dalglish's goal threatened to raise the roof, will never be forgotten. It was Souness, with one of his multitude of delicate flicks, who found Terry McDermott, who never stopped running, out on the wing. A Dalglish overhead kick was pushed out by goalkeeper Jensen and from a Belgian point of view it could not have been a more ill-directed punch. The ball flew to Souness and another brilliant pass sent Dalglish racing on to the ball. | 
