Joe Cole put the Reds ahead and, while Cristian Tanase equalised for Steaua, Lucas Leiva powered in a long-range strike sandwiched in between two David Ngog goals to wrap up a win for the Merseysiders.
The young man who emerges from Virgil Tanase's biography in particular is seductive, funny and loving, but constantly on the move: between the raw, sun-drenched Mediterranean and cramped, grey Paris, ever in search of respite from crippling bouts of tuberculosis, as well as comfort from the various women he charmed and loved with a passion.