This is the moment a Liverpool fan who suffered life changing brain injuries when he was attacked by a football hooligan returned to Anfield for the first time.
Sean Cox from Dunboyne, Co Meath, was set upon outside Anfield moments before Liverpool's Champions League home game with Roma last year.
Roma fan Simone Mastrelli was jailed for three-and-a-half years for the unprovoked attack which left the Irishman in a coma.
But today Sean returned to Anfield for the first time since the attack. The County Meath man was at Anfield on the invitation of Liverpool CEO Peter Moore.
Mr Cox is in the UK as he is set to begin a cycle of treatment at a specialist neurological facility in the north of England for an initial 12 week rehab programme focused on developing his speech and movement.
The attack shocked everyone at the club, including the reds' manager Jurgen Klopp.
He said: “When it happened, it was the lowest point for me here at LFC. Because it should not happen in life or football games.
“The love Sean and family have for this club, I hope it has given him strength and power in recovery."
Mr Cox's wife spoke to Dublin Live about the return to Anfield earlier this week.
She said: "We're getting him there, and that's a really positive thing for him - I think it will be great for him.
"Liverpool have been amazing, and they've really come on board. Obviously they had the [charity] game in the Aviva... so I reckon they'll be pulling out all the stops for Sean.
"It will give him a boost, I think, on Sunday."
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And she also provided an update on her husband's condition. She said: "He's on a 12-14 week programme.
"Sean needs a serious amount of rehab, and it's to improve him... for a better quality of life.
"We don't really know the final outcome, how things are going to pan out... but we're there just to make things better for him.
"Unfortunately for Sean, he needs so much more rehab - so that's why we had to reach out and see what we could do.
"Other than that, Sean would just be in a nursing home - and we just weren't having that, so that's why we did all the fundraising."
Earlier this year Liverpool CEO Peter Moore presented the Sean Cox Rehabilitation Trust with a cheque for €748,000.
Chairman of the Sean Cox Rehabilitation Trust, Stephen Felle, has spoken of the strong links between Liverpool and Ireland.
He said: "In Dublin, you had people who played for Liverpool 20 years ago being mobbed, people like Jason McAteer.
"It's almost an Irish club! I wasn't a lifelong fan unlike Sean and neither was Martina, but you just see so many Irish people supporting them. The people of Liverpool have been so amazing."
