In advance of Wednesday evening's Champions League Quarter-final second leg against PSV Eindhoven, YNWA looks at the our previous visitors from the Netherlands over the years, as well as our three prior meetings with PSV to date.

Previously against PSV
We met PSV in a competitive fixture for the first time last September, with Dirk Kuyt making his first return to his homeland and Jan Kromkamp and Bolo Zenden both featuring against their former club. The game ended goalless, with Steven Gerrard coming closest to breaking the deadlock when he struck the inside of a post late on.

The Anfield return in November resulted in a 2-0 victory with Steven Gerrard striking just after the hour mark, the first time they had conceded in 714 minutes, to draw him level with Ian Rush as our top European Cup goalscorer on fourteen. Peter Crouch grabbed a late second as we ensured top spot in the group with a game to spare.

A testimonial was held in honour of Jan Mølby in August 1996. PSV Eindhoven provided the opposition, and left Anfield having won 3-2 with Mølby playing just under an hour. Stan Collymore was on target with Stig Inge Bjørnebye also heading a goal after we had gone three goals behind, while the eventual winning goal came from second half substitute Bolo Zenden!

In yellow
We came from behind twice as we were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Ajax in the European Cup in December 1966, with ‘Sir' Roger Hunt and the legendary Johan Cruyff scoring twice each, as we crashed out at the Second Round stage 7-3 on aggregate. Peter Thompson and Geoff Strong had both hit the woodwork before the scoring began. This was the first time we had ever played in a yellow kit.

Other Dutch visitors
A thrilling night at Anfield in November 1981 ended in a 3-2 defeat of the previous season's losing UEFA Cup Finalists AZ'67 Alkmaar, as we reached the Third Round of the European Cup 5-4 on aggregate. The Dutch champions equalised twice after a Terry McDermott penalty and an Ian Rush strike before Alan Hansen won it with five minutes to go. Alkmaar's second equaliser came from a 25-yard shot from future Nottingham Forest star Johnny Metgod that bounced down from the crossbar and onto Phil Thompson's foot for a bizarre own goal.

Michael Owen nabbed the only goal of the game in December 2002 as we progressed past Vitesse Arnhem in the UEFA Cup Third Round 2-0 on aggregate.