Academy graduate Jamie Carragher, who had made his Liverpool debut as a substitute against Middlesbrough just 10 days earlier, scored for the Reds.
The strike initiated a 3-0 win over Aston Villa and, on the Scouser's first start in front of the fans that would come to adore him, helped launch an incredible 16-year playing career with Liverpool.
A one-club man, the Bootle-born defender would go on to achieve some awesome feats in a red shirt. He won the treble in 2001 and gallantly battled through cramp in extra-time against AC Milan to triumph in the greatest Champions League final ever played in 2005.