▁player . ▁He ▁would ▁probably ▁be ▁my ▁number ▁two . ▁The ▁best ▁player ▁I ' ve ▁ever ▁played ▁with ▁is ▁Steve ▁Mc Man aman   ... ▁he ▁really ▁was ▁that ▁good ." ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁named ▁# 2 0 ▁in ▁the ▁official ▁Liverpool ▁website ' s ▁second ▁" 1 0 0 ▁Play ers ▁Who ▁Sho ok ▁the ▁Kop " ▁list , ▁rising ▁by ▁two ▁positions . ▁ ▁When ▁Mark ▁Law r enson ▁and ▁Jim ▁Beg lin ▁named ▁Mc Man aman ▁in ▁their ▁team ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁they ▁said ▁that ▁most ▁man agers ▁in ▁the ▁league ▁used ▁the ▁same ▁t actic ▁of ▁mark ing ▁Mc Man aman ▁to ▁stop ▁Liverpool ▁and ▁whilst ▁it ▁was ▁a ▁trem end ous ▁compl iment ▁to ▁Mc Man aman , ▁the ▁opposition ▁could ▁stop ▁Liverpool ▁because ▁the ▁tact ical ▁system ▁of ▁ 3 – 5 – 2 ▁or ▁ 3 – 4 – 1 – 2 ▁was ▁too ▁dependent ▁on ▁Mc Man aman ▁and ▁would ▁fail ▁if ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁off ▁form , ▁or ▁if ▁the ▁team ▁was ▁not ▁complement ed ▁by ▁a ▁quality ▁defence ▁( play ers ▁who ▁could ▁play ▁both ▁wing back ▁and ▁centre ▁half ▁to ▁co pe ▁with ▁on s la ug ht s ), ▁or ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁a ▁ste ely ▁def ensive ▁mid f iel der , ▁which ▁was ▁what ▁happened ▁with ▁the ▁team ▁of ▁that ▁time . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Mc Man aman ▁was ▁voted ▁in ▁on ▁the ▁official