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Woodburn makes history as Liverpool march to a record semi-final

"And his name didn't even make the back sheet of the programme." On this day in 1998, a teenage Steven Gerrard was introduced to the Anfield crowd with that piece of commentary against Blackburn Rovers.

Eighteen years later, Ben Woodburn became Liverpool’s youngest-ever goalscorer - beating Michael Owen’s record by just under 100 days - with his name also left off the back of the matchday booklet for Tuesday night’s League Cup quarter-final against Leeds United.

Having made his first-team bow in the final minutes of the 2-0 victory over Sunderland at the weekend, the 17-year-old made his first impact for the Reds against Garry Monk’s men with the symmetry complete as Gerrard watched on from the Main Stand.