I snapped my groin in Liverpool's greatest ever game and could not believe the reaction

Harry Kewell scored his final goal for Liverpool on this day in 2008.

The Australian international spent five years as a Liverpool player and Theo Squires looked back at his legacy in July.

Following a dismal return in the 2002 summer transfer window, Liverpool needed to make a statement signing ahead of the 2003/04 season.

Fresh off the back of claiming a first Premier League runners-up finish 12 months earlier, the Reds had been determined to take that next step to end their drought to be champions of England.

But rather than that final step forward, Gerard Houllier’s side endured two miserable steps back.

The League Cup was no consolation as Liverpool missed out on Champions League football, finishing fifth with new arrivals El-Hadji Diouf, Salif Diao and Bruno Cheyrou all disappointing at best as they made minimal impact.

Having been let down by the unknown, Houllier turned to the Premier League tried and trusted.

Steve Finnan joined from Fulham in a £3.5m deal having impressed in the top-flight after helping the Cottagers win promotion but it was the Reds’ other major signing that summer that set the pulses racing.

Harry Kewell.

A self-confessed boyhood Liverpool fan, Thursday marks 17 years since the Australian completed his dream move to the Reds from struggling Leeds United.

The winger was desperate to play for Liverpool - reportedly rejecting offers from AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United despite being offered more money - while his love of the club saw him request the famous number seven jersey at the expense of Vladimir Smicer.

At the time only 24, Kewell had established himself as one of the Premier League’s most exciting attacking talents.

PFA Young Player of the Year in 2000, he was