Never before or since has a Liverpool player got off the mark at Anfield in such spectacular fashion.
Exactly 28 years ago today, Robbie Fowler truly announced himself to Reds supporters with a memorable five-goal haul against Fulham in the League Cup on only his fourth appearance for the club.
Fowler, then aged 18, had netted on his debut in the first leg at Craven Cottage a fortnight earlier to help the Reds to a 3-1 win.
He followed that with a first Premier League start in the 1-0 defeat at Chelsea, and a debut Anfield bow in the goalless home draw with Arsenal.
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So by the time Fulham visited for the return match, Fowler - who had twice been an unused substitute the previous campaign - had already started to adapt to life in the first team.
And the Cottagers discovered that to their cost.
Fowler took only 13 minutes to open his account, snapping up the rebound after a shot from Rob Jones had been parried.
The second came eight minutes later when Neil Ruddock rolled an indirect free-kick inside the area to the young forward, who smashed into the roof of the net at the Kop end.
Fowler completed his hat-trick shortly after the break, tapping home a low Jones cross from the right from a matter of yards, and it didn't take long before he notched his fourth by heading home a Julian Dicks ball from the opposite flank.
And when the teenager was put clear by Nigel Clough 20 minutes from time, he became only the fifth and most recent player to score five goals in one game for Liverpool.
It was an historic moment in Liverpool history, Fowler going on to net 18 goals in his debut season and a total of 183 in 369 appearances over two spells at the club.
But the remarkable truth is there were only 12,541 inside Anfield to see it, these the closing months of Graeme Souness's turbulent reign in which attendances fluctuated wildly depending on the opposition - either side of the match, the visit of Arsenal brought a crowd in excess of 42,000 while 10,000 fewer turned up to watch the win over Oldham Athletic.
There weren't many there to watch Fowler's iconic five-star display. Those that were, though, will never forget it.
