On this day: Gerrard and Suarez goals earn Old Trafford win
Landmarks for legends, a memorable afternoon at Old Trafford and an historic Anfield night feature in our on-this-day round-up for March 16…
Both Steve Heighway and Robbie Fowler made milestone appearances for Liverpool on this day.
Heighway played his 200th Reds game on March 16, 1974 - and duly marked the occasion with the winning goal in a 1-0 home victory over Leeds United.
Fowler, meanwhile, turned out for Liverpool for the 100th time in the Premier League 24 years ago today. Naturally, he scored to help Roy Evans’ side beat Chelsea 2-0 at Anfield.
That goal was Fowler’s 62nd in the division and took him to 30 in all competitions in the 1995-96 season.
On March 16, 1988, Liverpool set a then-record of 31 consecutive unbeaten top-flight matches by drawing 1-1 at Derby County, while 11 years earlier, Anfield staged one of its greatest nights when David Fairclough’s late strike saw off Saint-Etienne and kept the Reds on course for a first European Cup triumph.
On this day: Gerrard and Suarez score to beat United
More recently, a pair of coolly-converted penalties by Steven Gerrard set Liverpool on their way to a 3-0 win over Manchester United on March 16, 2014. Luis Suarez was also on target at Old Trafford.
And a year later, Jordan Henderson scored the only goal of the game as the Reds claimed a 1-0 victory at Swansea City.