LIVERPOOL might have visited Turf Moor twice in the past five seasons, but when they arrived in East Lancashire for an FA Cup third round tie 10 years ago last week, it was a rare sighting of one of the country’s biggest teams.

The Clarets hadn’t been in the top division for 28 seasons and were in the middle of a run of six campaigns where they finished in the bottom half of the second tier.

That season was Liverpool’s first under Rafa Benitez, and in just over four months’ time they would be crowned champions of Europe on a memorable night in Istanbul.

But on January 18, 2005, European success looked a long way away when they were humbled on an electric night at Turf Moor.

“It was a great day, nobody expected us to win that game,” said Brian Jensen, who didn’t have a save of note to make that night.

“To get a big club like that is great and to win as well was special.

“They might not have played their strongest team but how many times have you seen big clubs like that not play their strongest team and still go through.

“It was a different team selection with different players, but at the end of the day we didn’t care.

“It’s always nice to have on your CV that you beat the European champions, that’s for sure. I know our goal was a bit of a fluke but they all count so we’ll take it.”

Ah yes, THAT goal. For neutrals this is a match remembered for one of most bizarre own goals in the FA Cup’s rich history.

Quite incredibly, Traore went on to play 120 minutes in the Champions League final against AC Milan at the end of the season, but start typing his name into YouTube and you get ‘Djimi Traore own goal’.

Six minutes into the second half, Traore was under no pressure on the edge of his six-yard box when he inexplicably swivelled and turned Richard Chaplow’s low cross into the back of his net.

“He’s been getting stick for that for years after,” jokes Jensen.

“At the time they were starting to use the rotation system, so they had players who wanted to prove themselves.

“We had to play our game and show what we could do to exploit their weaknesses, even though there probably wasn’t too many of them, other than Traore.

“So we played a little bit on Traore and he came up in the end.”

Turf Moor was rocking that night as Benitez and his under-strength side were sent packing.

“The fans are always brilliant, especially on a big occasion like that when a big team comes to Turf Moor, it’s always a hostile atmosphere for the opposition,” said Jenses.

“Burnley’s always been good for that and the town gets right behind it, so it was nice to hear them in the background but nice to get the victory for them as well.”

Burnley saw off Bournemouth in round four, before drawing 0-0 at Turf Moor with fierce rivals Blackburn, and going out 2-1 in a replay at Ewood Park.

“We went there and we did a great job,” said Jensen. “Morten Gamst Pedersen scored in the last minute after we’d drawn at Turf Moor to get a replay.

“It was a little bit more bitter that we lost to them, it always hurts a little bit more when it’s Rovers,” Jensen said.

“But we beat Liverpool, and that’s what everyone remembers.”

Burnley: Jensen, Sinclair, Cahill, Roche, McGreal, Camara, Grant, Chaplow, Hyde, Valois, Moore.

Liverpool: Dudek, Raven, Hyypia, Whitbread, Traore, Nunez, Biscan, Welsh, Warnock, Potter, Sinama-Pongolle.