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Houllier underwent major heart surgery during the 2001 – 02 season and Liverpool finished second in the League, behind Arsenal.
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This second stint was eventful-a spat between Thompson and striker Robbie Fowler led to the sale of the popular centre forward to Leeds United ; and Thompson spent several months in sole charge of the team ( with some success ) when Houllier underwent emergency heart surgery.
Houllier and major
After a major mistake in a game against Bolton Wanderers on 27 August 2001 he was put on the bench by then-manager Gérard Houllier, who promptly signed two new goalkeepers – the Polish international Jerzy Dudek ( who would become a Champions League-winning hero ) and the injury-prone but impressive Englishman Chris Kirkland.
Houllier and heart
In October 2001, after falling ill at half time in the Liverpool's Premier League match with Leeds United, Houllier was rushed to hospital for an emergency operation due to the discovery of a heart condition.
Houllier and during
At the end of 2003 – 04, Gérard Houllier was sacked as manager of Liverpool despite having won four cup competitions ( including three in one season ) during his six-year spell as manager.
In November 2010, Houllier signed 37-year-old former Arsenal midfielder Robert Pirès on a free transfer in an attempt to aid the club during its injury crisis.
Redknapp scored several spectacular goals in his time at Anfield and his contributions peaked during the 1998 – 99 season as he created numerous chances and scored 10 goals under new boss Gérard Houllier.
After retiring as a player, he later served Liverpool as assistant manager and, during the 2001 – 02 season, acted as caretaker for 6 months while manager Gérard Houllier was ill.
manager Gérard Houllier in June 2000, forming part of the back four during Liverpool's successful 2000 – 01 season.
In March 2011, manager Gérard Houllier fined Collins and fellow centre-back Richard Dunne two weeks ' wages after what was reported as " a boozy row with club staff during a team-bonding exercise ".
Houllier and 2001
Fowler began the 2001 – 02 season controversially, after being dropped by the then manager Gérard Houllier from the Liverpool squad for the 2001 Charity Shield match following a training ground confrontation with assistant manager Phil Thompson.
Le Tallec was signed from Le Havre AC by Liverpool in 2001, along with his cousin Florent Sinama Pongolle, by manager Gérard Houllier.
Houllier and –
Gérard Houllier was appointed co-manager in the 1998 – 99 season and became the sole manager in November 1998 after Evans resigned.
Houllier was replaced by Rafael Benítez at the end of the 2003 – 04 season.
Under Houllier, France failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup in the U. S. after losing the final game 2 – 1 at home to Bulgaria when a draw would have sufficed.
The 2002 – 03 season saw him score nine goals in 51 appearances for Liverpool and received criticism for his low goal to game ratio, with Houllier claiming that his future at the club was safe.
Under Gérard Houllier, who previously managed Heskey at Liverpool, the striker enjoyed a successful start to the 2010 – 11 campaign including winning goals in the local derbies with Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion.
* Gérard Houllier – See Stéphane Henchoz above.
The appointment of Gérard Houllier as co-manager before the 1998 – 99 season and subsequent departure of Roy Evans proved to be pivotal in Berger's decision to remain with the club.
In 1998 Liverpool's longstanding Boot Room coach Ronnie Moran retired and was set to be replaced by Gerrard Houllier for the 1998 – 99 season onwards.
Houllier and season
On 30 August 2006, Florent Sinama-Pongolle left Liverpool for a season loan with Recreativo de Huelva, the last of the French players signed by Houllier to leave Merseyside.
An official statement on Lyon's website stated that Houllier asked to be released from the last season of his contract and that request was granted by the president.
The following season, he was used sparingly by Houllier but did score goals against Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Fulham in the Premier League and against Dynamo Kyiv, Roma and Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League.
Fulham, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, and in the FA Cup against Birmingham City, but manager Gérard Houllier decided not to offer him a permanent deal after the end of the season in favour of signing his future Bolton teammate, El Hadji Diouf.
Earlier in the season Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier refused to release Song for the Olympics but Song as a loyal captain insisted ; Cameroon eventually won the gold medal with him.
Houllier and Liverpool
" Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier laughed off any apparent interest: " They might be able to afford Ronaldo but they cannot afford Michael Owen.
Houllier moved to re-shape the Liverpool squad in 2003 to reassure Owen.
* Gérard Houllier, manager of Liverpool Football Club from 1998 to 2004.
In July 1998, Houllier was invited to become joint team manager of Liverpool Football Club, together with Roy Evans.
Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier looked forward to working with him, but stated that " at his age he is not the finished product ".
Heskey was linked with a £ 12 million move to Tottenham Hotspur in December 2002, but Houllier insisted he was a part of his long-term plans and he remained at Liverpool.
Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier stated that this was a Cameroonian grass eating celebration, learnt from teammate Rigobert Song.
However he found himself the third choice Liverpool striker, with Houllier favouring a forward partnership of Michael Owen and Emile Heskey.
This meant that coupled with Fowler's relationship with Houllier, speculation over Fowler's future persisted for most of Houllier's tenure and became an issue that divided Liverpool fans.
Fowler maintains that Houllier forced him out of Liverpool, and accused Houllier of pressuring the Liverpool Echo newspaper to use its influence to turn opinion against him.
After working as a part-time striker's coach for Liverpool under Gerard Houllier in 2003, he was appointed manager of his first professional club, Chester City ( by this time in Football League Two ), in August 2004.
Litmanen was hailed as " one of the most exciting signings Liverpool have ever made " by the manager Gérard Houllier upon signing for the club he had supported as a boy.
In June 2005, Baroš ' future at Liverpool looked bleak, with the player seemingly poised to leave Liverpool to rejoin former manager Gérard Houllier at Olympique Lyonnais, who had expressed interest in bringing him to France.
On 26 January 2007, Baroš signed with French side Olympique Lyonnais, reuniting with former manager Gérard Houllier from his time at Liverpool.
The award has been shared on one occasion, in March 2002, when Liverpool manager Gérard Houllier was jointly awarded Manager of the Month with caretaker manager Phil Thompson, who had deputised while Houllier was absent for medical reasons.
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Houllier later moved to Arras as youth coach, and Nœux-les-Mines as head coach where he won two consecutive promotions into the second division before moving to Lens in 1982.
Houllier and League
An example of his fallibility came when Houllier substituted the defensive midfielder Dietmar Hamann with winger Vladimír Šmicer in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen in the UEFA Champions League quarter-final.
Despite these claims, Villa named Gérard Houllier as their permanent manager on 8 September 2010 ; however, MacDonald remained in charge for the following two Premier League matches against Stoke City and Bolton due to Houllier having to work his notice with the French Football Federation.
Houllier would remain at the club until 2004, collecting one FA Cup, one UEFA Cup and two League Cups in that time.
After Houllier was rushed to hospital McAllister was installed manager for the Premier League game against Stoke which ended in a 1-1 draw although McAllister then lead Aston Villa to a 2-1 away win against Arsenal and a 1-0 home win over Liverpool.
He subsequently worked for Premier League club Liverpool for nine years, assisting Gérard Houllier and Rafael Benítez.
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