Chelsea 0 Liverpool 1: Stamford Bridge, October 26, 2008
Liverpool and Chelsea were joint top of the Premier League heading into this early-season clash at Stamford Bridge, having both won six and drawn two of their first eight games of the campaign.
This trip to London was seen as the acid test of the Reds' title-challenging credentials, with Chelsea boasting an 86-match unbeaten run in home league games.
The Blues had not lost a top-flight match at Stamford Bridge since February 2004, but Xabi Alonso's deflected strike proved enough for the Reds to end that remarkable sequence.
Alonso's long-range left-footed effort took a considerable nick off Jose Bosingwa to deceive Petr Cech and give Liverpool - without the injured Fernando Torres - the lead 10 minutes in.
Luiz Felipe Scolari's Chelsea dominated possession but could find no way through the defensive resilience of Jamie Carragher and co.
Alonso almost made sure of the points when he hit the base of the post with a free-kick that had Cech beaten, but the Spaniard's early opener proved enough for the Reds to claim a memorable win and move three points clear at the top.