On November 24th, 2009 Liverpool were knocked out of the Champions League. Despite winning that night's match against Debrecen in Budapest; Fiorentina's defeat of Lyon nearly 600 miles away in Florence sealed Liverpool's fate.
Since that night Liverpool have not returned to the esteemed competition. This has coincided with a decline in the once great football club as financial mismanagement and a poor managerial appointment brought the team to the brink of collapse.
On October 15th, 2010 the club was saved from administration and potential liquidation by its new owners Fenway Sports Group. The new owners brought the promise to return the club to its place amongst Europe's elite teams.
The transition has been painful with talisman Fernando Torres leaving the club on January 31st, 2011, the misappropriated, overvalued transfers of players such as Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam and a hotly debated managerial change following a controversial FA Cup final exit.
Despite having a new manager the goals remained the same, build a team that can earn a Champions League berth, win Liverpool's first Premier League Title, and finally, return the Champions League Trophy to Anfield.
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