Xabi said: "I feel that our performance against Juventus without Steven Gerrard proved once and for all that we are not a one man team. No team can depend on only one player to help them win trophies and we are no different, even though Stevie is one of the best players in the world."
He added: "Our performances in this season's Champions League have proved we have a good all round team and we have answered all those people who say we rely too much on one player."
And Xabi said he was aware of the coincidences which 1978 and 2005 held in common.
He said: "I have been told that 1978 and 2005 have a number of links including the Pope passing away, Wales winning the Grand Slam and Liverpool losing the League Cup final to the eventual Champions. In 1978 it was also true that Liverpool won the European Cup. These are strange coincidences but it's not impossible that history could repeat itself."