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How do you replace a player like Xabi Alonso? Quite simply, you don't. Liverpool may have just won a Champions League title but even the most ardent of Reds fan can attest to just how much they have missed their former Spain star over the years.

The midfield playmaker enjoyed a fine few years on Merseyside and formed one of the Premier League's best midfield trios alongside Javier Mascherano and Kop legend Steven Gerrard.

Now, after a throwback clip was posted on Twitter of one glorious defence-splitting assist from Alonso back in 2005 against Sunderland, many Liverpool fans took to Twitter to reminisce about their ex-midfield magician.

In the clip, Alonso appears to have eyes in the back of his head, swivelling on the volley and playing a perfect blind through-ball with his weaker left foot for Luis Garcia to tuck home.

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Fans of the Anfield side are mind-blown by the sheer quality on display from Alonso and one fan even says that he was "unplayable".

Indeed, some were left gobsmacked as to how Alonso even had the vision in the first place to spot the pass and admitted that they were "gutted" when the midfielder eventually left to join Real Madrid in 2009.

A few Reds supporters even claimed that the 37-year-old was perhaps under-rated having played alongside Gerrard and should be recognised as one of the club's finest.

Check out some of the reaction of Liverpool fans below: