No.7: Torres scores Euro 2008 final winner
Signed by Rafa Benitez in July 2007 for a club record fee of approximately £20 million, Spanish striker Fernando Torres needed no time at all to settle into the English game and quickly set about breaking goalscoring records.
His 24 league strikes saw him overtake Ruud van Nistelrooy to become the most prolific foreigner ever in a debut season in England and his 33 conversions in all competitions made him the first Red since Robbie Fowler in 1996-97 to break the 30-goal-a-season barrier.
It was in this sensational form that the LFC No.9 joined up with Luis Aragonés' Spain squad for Euro 2008. Torres set up David Villa to score Spain's opening goal of the tournament against Russia and then scored himself against Sweden as La Roja steamrolled on to a final showdown with Germany.
Spain had gone through the tournament unbeaten and dominated at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, but the match was eventually settled by a single goal form the boot of Torres.
Latched onto a through pass from Cesc Fabregas, the striker outpaced Philipp Lahm and lifted a shot over advancing goalkeeper Jens Lehmann to convert what appeared a half-chance into a match-winning goal. Torres had fired Spain to their first major honour since 1964.