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Sachin Tendulkar was the first player to achieve the double of 10,000 runs and 100 wickets in ODIs. He reached 10,000 runs in 2001 and had over 150 wickets by career end. Viv Richards, Ian Botham, and Garfield Sobers were great all-rounders but didn't reach this specific milestone. This record highlights Tendulkar's complete all-round abilities despite being primarily a batsman.

Chris Gayle scored the first T20I century (117 off 57 balls) against South Africa in 2012. This was a groundbreaking innings that established the century benchmark in T20 internationals. Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, and Ian Harvey were great T20 players but Gayle was the first to reach three figures in T20I format.

Kevin Keegan scored for Liverpool in both legs of the 1976 UEFA Cup final against FC Bruges. Liverpool won 4-3 on aggregate, with Keegan being one of their key goal scorers in that European campaign.

Phil Neal had to walk all the way up the pitch to take the penalty that sealed Liverpool's 3-1 victory against Borussia Monchengladbach in the 1977 European Cup final. As a defender, taking the penalty from distance was unusual and memorable.

Kenny Dalglish scored the vital goal in the 1978 European Cup final at Wembley, where Liverpool defeated FC Bruges 1-0 to defend their crown. Dalglish had joined Liverpool in 1977 and was their key attacking player.

Liverpool won their third European Cup in 1981 by defeating Real Madrid 1-0. This was another successful European campaign for Liverpool in the late 1970s and early 1980s under manager Bob Paisley.

Bruce Grobbelaar was Liverpool's goalkeeper in the 1984 European Cup final against AS Roma. His distracting 'jelly-legged' wobbly dance during the penalty shootout helpedpsychologically unsettle Roma's shooters, contributing to Liverpool's victory. Jerzy Dudek was Liverpool's hero in the 2005 final (also doing the wobble dance), while Clemence was a legendary Liverpool keeper from the 1970s.

In the legendary 2005 Champions League final in Istanbul, Steven Gerrard scored Liverpool's first goal in the 54th minute, starting the remarkable comeback from 3-0 down. His header sparked the six-minute frenzy where Liverpool scored three times. Smicer scored the second, Alonso the third (via rebound).

Liverpool's European trophy history includes 5 European Cups/Champions League titles (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005) and multiple Super Cup wins (1977, 1978, 1984, 2001, 2005, 2019). The 2005 Super Cup win was their 3rd trophy of the 2005 calendar year (CL final + Super Cup), or could be counted as their 3rd Super Cup overall depending on interpretation. Options 2nd, 4th, 5th don't fit this sequence.

In the 2007 Champions League semi-final penalty shootout against Chelsea, Dirk Kuyt scored the decisive winning penalty. The shootout went to sudden death after 4-4, with Kuyt converting the final kick to send Liverpool to the Athens final. Gerrard also scored his penalty earlier in the shootout.