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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Sport
Richard Garnett

Where are they now? The Liverpool XI that witnessed Djimi Traore's comical own goal at Burnley

Before Liverpool won their fifth European Cup after playing out one of the most unforgettable football matches in living memory, there were more mediocre matches under Rafael Benitez.

In fact, overcoming a star-studded AC Milan side - whether they were given a three goal head start or not - would have been regarded as the talk of a lunatic by anyone who was at Turf Moor on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 to witness the Reds' FA Cup Third Round match against Championship side Burnley.

Fielding a notably inexperienced side, Benitez was about to discover how underestimating the opposition in English football was seldom a good idea. However the nature of a shock 1-0 win for the Clarets was even more baffling.

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