Rodolfo Borrell's youngsters turned on the style as they reached the fifth round of the FA Youth Cup after a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace at Anfield on Saturday.
The young Reds deservedly came back from a goal down to beat Palace after extra time.
Half-time substitute Kristjan Gauti Emilsson scored twice at the Kop end and captain Conor Coady slotted home a late penalty.
Borrell's team played some mesmerizing football at times with Spanish starlet Suso and Raheem Sterling tormenting the Eagles defence.
Against the run of play Palace took the lead after 34 minutes when Jack Caprice's low cross from the right found Ibra Sekajja who netted at the Kop end.
With Emilsson replacing Adam Morgan at the break, the substitution had a dramatic impact when the Icelandic forward made it 1-1 nine minutes after the restart.
Coady's superb cross from the right found Emilsson who chested the ball down before lashing an unstoppable shot into the back of the Kop net.
Liverpool continued to press forward, creating numerous chances and Toni Silva could have won it in stoppage time when he was clean through but shot straight at 'keeper Charlie Mann.
13 minutes into the first period of extra time, Borrell's side got their noses in front when Emilsson headed home Silva's astute cross.
Coady then netted a late penalty when Sterling was brought down.
The youngsters did the Academy proud on the day and they enjoyed playing on the hallowed turf for the first time.
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