 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Liverpool yakatungamirira nenzira yokudzora. Vakanga vasingagoni kumiswa, vachikunda chero chikwata chaiva mberi kwavo. Nepo kutanga kusvika pakati pe1970s kwaive nekukunda katatu kwakateedzana kweEuropean Cup imwe neimwe yeAjax neBayern Munich, makwikwi aya akatongwa nemakirabhu eChirungu mukupera kwema1970 nekutanga kwema1980. Pakati pa1977 na1982, zvikwata zveEngland zvakahwina makwikwi matanhatu akatevedzana. Kutevedzana kwakatanga apo Liverpool, inotungamirirwa naBob Paisley, yakakunda Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 1 mu1977 European Cup Final, mumutambo wekupedzisira weKevin Keegan wekambani. Mutsivi waKeegan Kenny Dalglish akarova chibodzwa bedzi chomugumo wa1978vachipesana neClub Brugge sezvo Liverpool yakava kirabhu yekutanga yeChirungu kuchengetedza mukombe. Zvichakadaro, Brian Cloughs Nottingham Forest yakanga yakunda Liverpool semakwikwi eEngland, uye zvikwata zviviri izvi zvakatarisana mumutambo wekutanga we1978-79 European Cup mumusangano wekutanga wemakirabhu maviri eChirungu mumakwikwi aya. Nottingham Forest yakakunda tie munzira yekusvika kumagumo, kwavakakunda Malmö 10. Forest ndiyo yaive kirabhu yechitatu kuhwina mutambo uyu pakuedza kwavo kwekutanga, mushure meReal Madrid muna 1955-56 neInternazionale muna 1963-64. 