 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Liverpool yakabviswa zvakare mumutambo wekutanga muna 197980, nepo Forest yakachengetedza mukombe, ichikunda Hamburg 1-0 mumutambo wekupedzisira. Mwaka wakatevera yakanga iri nguva yeNottingham Forest kuti iite kubuda kwekutanga kwekutanga sezvo Liverpool yakaenda kusvika kumagumo, kwavakarova Real Madrid 10 kuti vawane mukombe wavo wechitatu weEuropean pasi paBob Paisley. Vatambi veLiverpool Terry McDermott naGraeme Souness ndivo vakabata zvibodzwa zvikuru mumakwikwi aya, pamwe chete naKarl-Heinz Rummenigge weBayern Munich, vaine zvibodzwa zvitanhatu mumwe nemumwe. Liverpool yakakundikana kuchengetedza mukombe uyu panguva iyi sezvo vakarohwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira neCSKA Sofia mumakwikwi e1981-82. Kukunda kwechitanhatu kwakatevedzana kweChirungu kwakaitwa zvisinei, sezvo Aston Villa, ichitamba muEuropean Cup kwenguva yekutanga, yakakunda Bayern Munich 10 mumutambo wekupedzisira muRotterdam. Kubudirira kwemakirabhu eChirungu kwakaguma muna 198283 apo Liverpool neAston Villa zvakabuda muchikamu chekupedzisira mushure mekurasikirwa neWidzew Łódź neJuventus zvichiteerana. Mumakwikwi e1983-84, Liverpool yakasvika zvekare kumagumo, kwavakasangana neRoma munhandare yekupedzisira, Stadio Olimpico. Mutambo wakapera 11 mushure mekuwedzera nguva uye Liverpool yakahwina penalty shootout yakatevera 42 kusimudza mukombe wavo wechina weEuropean. Yakanga iri nguva yokutanga iyo mutambo wokupedzisira wakanga wagadziriswa kupfurikidza nokurova kwakarongwa. 