December 8th 2004 was that famous night against Olympiakos which set us on the way to Champions League glory. I still get goosebumps looking back on it now. Against all the odds we had to win by two goals to qualify for the knockout stages and it looked extremely unlikely when Rivaldo put Olympiakos 1-0 up in the first half. This was still the score at half time.
Rafa throws on Florent Sinama-Pongolle at half time and within two minutes he has equalised to make it 1-1. We proceed to miss several chances to take the lead so with just over ten minutes to go Rafa sends on Neil Mellor as a last throw of the dice. Unbelievably with his first touch Mellor puts Liverpool infront but we still need one more goal to qualify. I think we all know what happened next. It will go down in folklore as one of the most famous and important goals in Liverpool history.
Highlights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5izq8EW2XQ (part1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV7JtlsYU60 (part 2)
radio city commentary:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ppgUDpTT1Q
What are your abiding memories of that game and night (if you weren't too drunk)?