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Robbie Fowler was booed days after THAT cocaine snorting celebration, a fresh-faced Michael Owen on target and Pierre van Hooijdonk with a stunning late leveller... what happened the last time Nottingham Forest and Liverpool met 23 years ago

There was a time when Nottingham Forest and Liverpool were the bitterest of rivals.

Even when Liverpool were sweeping all before them during the 1970s, Brian Clough's Forest remained a thorn in their side, not least when they knocked them out in the first round of the European Cup in 1978.

But by the time of their most recent encounter, some time ago now in April 1999, relations between the two teams had thawed considerably.

Pierre Van Hooijdonk (second right) is mobbed by his team-mates after his late equaliser for Nottingham Forest against Liverpool the last time they met back in April 1999
Michael Owen raced clear to fire Liverpool in front at 2-1 but they couldn't hang on to win

The indescribable horror of the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989, when Forest supporters watched on in shock as 97 Liverpool fans were crushed to death at the Leppings Lane End, forged a mutual respect.