Red Bull chief Gerard Houllier is happy to be returning to Liverpool tonight with RB Salzburg.
As the club's first foreign manager the Frenchman guided the Reds to qualification for the new format of the Champions League for the first time in 2001.
But Houllier has admitted he is surprised at the reaction he gets from Liverpool fans, despite his success.
"You know, when I go back to Liverpool I am surprised when the people are so nice to me," he told the Telegraph.
"It is nice to go to Anfield and hear people speak so fondly of the European nights we started to bring back."
He added: "Winning a European trophy the Uefa Cup after 16 years and after the long ban meant something. We were on the European map and world map again."
