After 62 games of their incomparable 2000-01 campaign, Gerard Houllier’s Reds had safely – if a little too dramatically at times – stored the League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup in the trophy cabinet.
The monumental efforts and flawless attitude of the players and staff over the previous nine gruelling months, featuring a variety of challenges at home and abroad, had ensured this team would take a well-earned place in the club’s history books.
But with one more fixture to play – their last league match at Charlton Athletic, 20 years ago today – there was one more mission to achieve, one more final to win.