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'I've still got the match ball' - the story of an unlikely Anfield hat-trick

Few would ever have predicted Liverpool would once finish a game with a strike partnership of Steve Staunton and Jan Molby.

But it happened, with great success, on the night of October 4, 1989.

It was the second leg of a League Cup second-round tie as Kenny Dalglish's side hosted Wigan Athletic.

When Ian Rush went off injured at half-time, Dalglish turned to Staunton and deployed the defender up front.

It proved a stroke of genius; the Republic of Ireland star responded by netting a hat-trick in front of the Kop as the Reds won 3-0 on the night and sealed an 8-2 aggregate victory.