It marks the final Anfield appearance for Steven Gerrard, ending an almost 26 years association.
Fans, team-mates and players from opponents of the day, Crystal Palace, gave a guard of honour to the captain, richly deserving to a player who had won almost every silverwares available in club football.
Gerrard joined Liverpool Academy at the age of nine, made his first-team debut in 1998 and replaced Sami Hyypia as captain in 2003.
He made his England debut in 2000 and was appointed permanent captain for England at Euro 2012.
When he retired from the international scene, he had 114 caps to his name, third most capped players after Peter Shilton and David Beckham.
He is tied on fifth place with Robbie Fowler in the all time list of goalscorers for Liverpool and is one of only three players to have played more than 500 Premier League games for one club.
His other accolades includes being the only player to have scored in the the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League Finals and Liverpool's first ever player to score in 15 successive league campaigns.
See below for his career timeline.
1980
May 30 Born in Whiston, Merseyside
1989
Join Liverpool Academy
1994
Trials with various clubs, including Manchester United
1997
Nov 5 Signed first professional contract with Liverpool
1998
Nov 29 Made first-team debut in a Premier League match against Blackburn Rover, coming on as a last-minute substitute for Vegard Heggem. Made 13 appearance in debut season.
1999
Sep 27 Received first red-card for a foul on Everton's Kevin Campbell
Dec 12 Scored his senior goal in a 4-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday
2000
May 31 Made international debut against Ukraine.
2001
Made 50 starts and scored 10 goals as he won his majors honours with Liverpool; FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Cup. Named PFA Player of the Year.
Aug 12 Won Charity Shield.
Aug 24 Won UEFA Super Cup.
Sep 01 Score first international goal in the 5-1 win over Germany.
2003
Mar 02 Scored the opening goal in club's 2-0 win over Manchester United in the League Cup Final.
Oct 15 Replaced Sami Hyypia as Liverpool captain.
2005
May 25 Scored the first goal and won the penalty for the third as Liverpool came back from a three-goal deficit to tie the final at 3-3. Liverpool claimed their first Champions League trophy in twenty years after truimphing 3-2 in the penalty shootout. Named Man of the match and later received the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year award
Jul 05 Rejected club record £100,000-a-week offer new contract. Made U-turn the next day and signed a new four-year deal.
2006
May 13 Scored twice in the FA Cup final which Liverpool won 3-1 in the penalty shootout. Became the only player to score in the FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup and Champions League Finals.
Jun Played in his first World Cup, scoring two goals. Missed one of England's spotkick as the Three Lions was knocked out by Portugal.
2007
Oct 13 Captained England for the first time in a competitive game.
Oct 28 Scored in his 400th game for Liverpool against Arsenal.
2008
Apr 13 Made his 300th Premier League appearance, scored opening goal against Blackburn.
Selected for PFA Team of the Year and one of nominees for PFA Player of the Year award.
Oct 01 Scored his 100th career Liverpool goal against PSV in a Champions League group stage game.
2009
Mar 10 Made 100th appearance in European club competition for Liverpool, scoring twice in their 4-0 win over Real Madrid.
Mar 22 Scored his first ever hat-trick in the Premier League against Aston Villa.
May 13 Named Footbll Writers' Association Footballer of the Year.
Dec 05 Made his 500th apperance for Liverpool in a 0-0 draw against Blackburn Rovers.
2010
Jun Appointed England's captain for the World Cup.
Sep 07 Scored his second career hat-trick in the 3-1 win over Napoli in the Europa League.
2012
Mar 13 Made his 400th Premier League appearance, scoring thrice to give Liverpool a 3-0 victory over local rival Everton.
Jun Made permanent captain for England at Euro 2012. Only England player to be named in the UEFA Team of the Tournament.
Nov 14 Won his 100th cap for England in friendly against Sweden.
2013
Sep 16 Captained Liverpool for the 400th time in a 2-2 draw at Swansea City.
Oct 05 Scored in a 3-1 win over Crystal Palace, becoming Liverpool's first ever player to score in 15 successive league campaigns, overtaking Liverpool legend Billy Liddell.
Oct 19 Scored his 100th Premier League goal against Newcastle United.
2014
Apr 06 Scored two penalties against West Ham United to go top of the Premier League table with 5 games to go. Double took him above Kenny Dalglish as Liverpool's sixth-top scorer of all time.
Apr 27 Top with three games to go, Gerrard slipped while receiving a pass to allow Demba Ba to score the opening goal for Chelsea. Chelsea went on to win 2-0 and Liverpool's title hope were no longer in their hands.
May Finish season with 13 goals and league most assist at 13. Nominee for the PFA Player of the Year award. Won the 2014 Liverpool Echo Sports Personality Award.
Jul 21 Announced retirement from international football. With 114 caps, he is the third most capped player after Peter Shilton (125) and David Beckham (115).
2015
Jan 01 Announced that he will be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
Feb 04 Made his 700th appearance for Liverpool in the the FA Cup tie against Bolton.
Feb 10 Scored from the penalty spot in 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspurs. Goal put Gerrard equal with Robbie Fowler in fifth place in the all time list of goalscorers for Liverpool.
Mar 22 Sent off after 38 seconds after coming on as a half-time substitute in a match against Manchester United.
Apr 25 Made his 500th league appearance for Liverpool, becoming only the third player to achieve 500 or more Premier League appearances for one club, after Ryan Giggs and Jamie Carragher.
May 17 Given a guard of honour by his Liverpool teammates and Crystal Palace players ahead of his Anfield farewell.
All around Europe, the leagues are coming to an end and clubs being crowned champions.
In the five biggest league in Europe, we have Chelsea, Juventus, Bayern Munich, and most recently Barcelona and Paris St Germain (PSG) winning their respective leagues.
Beside being champions, all the clubs had a common denomination, they are rich.
According to Deloitte report, Bayern Munich had the third most revenue for the 2013/14 season. Barcelona is 4th, PSG 5th, Chelsea 7th and Juventus 10th.
The top two are occupied by Real Madrid and Manchester United. While both did not had a good season, expect Real Madrid to be up there next season. As for Manchester United, they are a club in transition.
Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Juventus had silverwares laden history, so it is not surprising to see their huge fanbases. However, the same cannot be said of Chelsea and PSG. Both clubs were in limbo until they were taken over by billionaire owners.
With the sheer amount of money thrown into the clubs, both Chelsea and PSG were transformed, from also-ran to champions in super short period.
As the silverwares come, so too did the fans. The result? Higher revenues from television, match-day, merchandises and the money-pot Champions League.
The revenue is then spend on strengthening the already winning team, making them almost untouchable.
The big question, money before success or success comes money?
Like all businesses, without a heavy initial investment, one will not be able to bring in the resources to create the product that will bring in the moolah.
So rightly or wrongly, the same is applicable to a soccer club.
Barcelona vs Real Madrid at Berlin for the most coveted silverware of European club trophies. Majority of the neutral fans wanted it too. But the Old Lady from Turin is having none of it.
Barcelona did their part despite losing 3-2 at the Allianz Arena. Bayern Munich threatened to stage another amazing comeback when Mehdi Benati put the German side 1-0 ahead on the 7th minute.
But two goals in 15 minutes from Neymar kills off any hope the Germans had of overturning the tie.
Lewandowski and Mueller both scored in the second half but it was mere consolation.
Trailing 2-1 from the first leg, Real Madrid went for it from the start and was rewarded when Chellini fell James in the box and Ronaldo buried the resulted penalty. Level on aggregrate but leading on away goal rule, Real Madrid was in the driving seat.
Instead of sitting back, the home side went for it and it took some fine goalkeeping from Buffon to prevented the home side from extending their lead.
Juventus turned the tie back in their favour in the 57th minute when old boy Morata equalised for the Italian side.
Tried as they might, Real Madrid could not find the goal to bring the match into the extra time.
When the final whistle goes, so too did Real Madrid's dream of becoming the first team to retain the Champions League title.
"I still feel I am the best coach in the Premier League." declared John Carver.
I am not sure what Carver has been eating but whatever it is, it sure seems to have some effects on his brain.
With a win ratio of 11.8% and 0.56 points per game, his boast seems far off.
Not to mention the likes of Jose Mourinho or Arsene Wenger, his record pale in comparison to even his predecessor Alan Pradew, whom the Geordies cannot wait to get rid of.
If Newcastle is to get relegated, I expect him to be sack. And if it does happens, maybe Bayern Munich will be knocking on his door, offering the post vacant by Pep Guardiola.
As the Premier League welcome two new members, they bid farewell to two existing clubs.
After the weekend round of games, Burnley and Queens Park Rangers sealed their fate.
Despite their 1-0 victory over Hull City, results elsewhere condemned the Clarets to the Championship. Brave effort but too little too late.
The same cannot be said of QPR. Needing as much points as they can gather, they fell to a limp 6-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium.
Would the result be the same had Harry "Houdini" Redknapp stayed at the club? Your guess is as good as mine.
With the two clubs relegated, it will be hard to see either of them holding onto their star players, Danny Ings and Charlie Austin. Expect to see some scramble for both the players.
Having won the Championship title, Bournmouth, for the first time in their history, will be plying their trade in the top tier of English football next season.
Their rose to the top is nothing short of amazing, especially when as recently as 2008, the Cherries were forced into administration and relegated to League Two. They spend a couple of season in that divison before gaining promotion back to League One in 2010, after finishing in second position. Three years later, they returned to the Championship division.
Beside winning the title, they created many club history in recently concluded season. Beside winning promotion to the top tier for the first time, they reached the quarter final of the League Cup, another first. And who can forget, their 8-0 victory over Birmingam at St Andrew's. The first time they ever recorded 8 goals in a game.
Which ever way you look at it, it was a brilliant season for them.
The Cherries will be joined by Watford while, Norwich, Middlesbrough, Brentford and Ipswich will fight it out for the remaining spot.
When the draw for this year's Champions League semi final was announced, beside the mouth-watering ties, there was the subplot of old boys returning to their former hunting ground.
Carlos Ancelotti will bring his Real Madrid squad to Turin to face Juventus, which the Italian managed from 1999-2001 while Pep Guardiola will be in the opposite dugout at the ground where he spent almost 30 years as a player and then manager.
They say familiarity gives you a slight advantage, but the game ended with Juventus winning 2-1 against the holders and Barcelona hammering Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich, 3-0.
Juventus vs Real Madrid
Barcelona vs Bayern Munich
With the return leg to come at the Bernabeau and facing only an one goal deficit, Real Madrid has a fighting chance to become the first team to retain the Champions League trophy.
As for Bayern Munich and Guardiola, they will have to wait for another season, unless they can pull off another miracle. Impossible? Just ask Porto.
Every year, whenever the PFA Team of the Year is announced, two questions will be in the mind of many. Why is that player in the team? Why is so-so out of the list? This year is no difference.
In my opinion, there are some worthy players who were left out. Without choosing any players that is in the offical list, here are my own Team of Year.
Joe Hart England number one, who celebrated his 100th clean sheet in March, has been a consistent performancer. He did encounter a dip in form but overall, he is still a reliable goalkeeper.
Hector Bellerin When Arsenal bought Chambers and Debuchy in the summer, the Spaniard's future looked dim. But when given the chance, boy did he took it. So much so that Debuchy might not be an automatic first choice when he return from injury. Brilliant break through season.
Toby Alderweireld Mainly a central defender but the Belgian was sometimes deployed as a holding midfielder. Many have expected Southampton to crumble after the exodus of players, but they surprised all naysayer. Not only have the Saints survived, they still stand a fighting chance to qualify for next season's Europa League. And Alderweireld is one of the reasons.
Laurent Koscielny Arsenal's defence without him resemble a fish out of the water. Koscielny missed 14 games through injuries and in his absence, Arsenal conceded 21 goals and took only 27 points from their first 17 Premier League fixtures.
Leighton Baines With 2 goals and 9 assist, Baines is one of England's best left back if not, the best. He shows that he can contribute in both end of the field. What more do you need from a modern day full back?
Francis Coquelin Arsenal return to form coincide with the Frenchman return to the London club. After some consistent play and Man of The Match performances, he is one of the first name penciled in for the matchday.
Oscar The niggling Brazilian can dribble, shoot, tackle and has an eye for the pass. Enough said. One of the unsung heros for the Blues. Christian Eriksen Together with Harry Kane, the Danes drove Tottenham to the among the top of the pile only to suffer their usual end of season slump. One of the League most technical player and always dangerous with freekicks.
Raheem Sterling Made to play in the striker role during the absense of Daniel Sturridge and Sterling did not fare too badly. Where will Liverpool be without him?
Cesc Fabregas With 17 assists to his name, he was the driving force in Chelsea's early season surge to the top. True, his form dipped towards the latter stages but how much of it is due to the change in tactics?
Sergio Aguero How is it possible that the league top scorer not be in PFA team of the year? Sure Manchester City did not have a great season, but it is no reason to doubt the quality of the Argentine.
When Chelsea hosted Crystal Palace on Sunday, the equation is simple. Win and Chelsea will be crown champions.
Win they did, 1-nil (what other scoreline will one expect). Arsenal should hand over their famous chant "1-nil to the Arsenal".
While clubs in similar situation will put up a good show, to win the game in style and reward the fans, this is not in the DNA of Jose Mourinho.
Remain tight, grab a goal and close out the game.
Thou I hated to say as much, it works and they are the "best" team during the course of the season. "Best" in churning out results, low on entertainment value.
Not that it matters to Mourinho, as long as there are trophies at the end of the season.
Anyway, kudos to Chelsea.
Now that this is settled, the top four should be done and dusted, with position to be decided, the focus will be on the relegation battle.
Barring a miracle, Burnley will be relegated. Two among Aston Villa, Newcastle, Hull City, Leicester, Sunderland and QPR will be joining The Clarets.
Who will face the drop? My picks, Newcastle and QPR.
When Barcelona hammered Getafe 6-0 at the Nou Camp, Messi and Suarez both hit a double while Neymar and Xavi scored a goal apiece.
Known collectively as MSN in Spain, the trio of Messi (49 goals), Suarez (21) and Neymar (32) has now scored a combined 102 goals in all competition this season. They smashed the club record of a century of goals scored by Messi, Samuel Eto'o and Thierry Henry during the 2009 Treble winning season.
With at least 6 more games to go, who in the right state of mind will bet against them stretching the record further.
What makes this feat more impressive is Suarez's contribution. Due to his ban for biting an opponent during the World Cup, the Uruguary international started his Barcelona career only in end October. It is not far-fetched to suggest the record would have been broken earlier if not of his ban.
Whenever Suarez is being mentioned, one cannot help but bring Liverpool into the picture. Powered by his and Sturridge's goals, Liverpool pushed Manchester City hard for the title last season. Surely, their performances will give their fans plenty to look forward to this season.
But Suarez was sold to Barcelona while Sturridge had an injuries plagued season. New recruits Mario Balotelli had one goal to his name while Rickie Lambert could only double the tally. False number nine, Sterling, who is their top scorer this season, had only 11.
The total goals scored as at the time of posting, 47. With such low tally, getting into the top four will be a tall order, let alone winning the title.
One cannot help but wonder what it might have been had Liverpool kept their S&S strike-force together.
Like they say, goals win you games. But, don't tell this to Jose Mourinho.
