TNS 0 Liverpool 3 (Agg: 0-6): TNS may have lost but they stole the show with a display that left the European champions with faces as red as their shirts until Steven Gerrard scored a late double.
This should have been a stroll for Liverpool, but they found the Welsh side bristling with confidence to produce the display of their lives.
Djibril Cisse's first-half goal separated the sides for a long spell, with Liverpool missing a penalty through Dietmar Hamann while the Anfield men missed a hatful of chances thanks to Gerard Doherty's heroic display in goal.
It took Steven Gerrard to steam forward twice in the final minutes to blast in his fourth and fifth goals of the tie to finally put TNS in their place and Liverpool into the second qualifying round.