We now head back to April 2003 and the day when the home defence could just not deal with a bang in-form striker.

Gerard Houllier's side arrived at The Hawthorns knowing they had to win to keep alive their outside hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

A 6-0 victory signalled Liverpool's intentions and Michael Owen was the star of the show as he netted four times.

Owen was simply unplayable and his pace caused Gary Megson's side all sorts of problems.

Milan Baros was also on the mark as he netted twice.