Andreas Isaksson's final game for Manchester City seemed a cruelly fitting end to a miserable two years at Eastlands.
On the last day of the 2007-08 season, the giant keeper conceded eight goals away at Middlesbrough, a side hardly renowned for routing Premier League opponents.
It was only the 17th game he had played for City and the Swede was relieved when PSV Eindhoven stepped in to sign him a few weeks later.
On Wednesday, Isaksson returns to England for his side's Champions League tie against Liverpool.
PSV arrive at Anfield with something to prove following their 3-0 mauling by Atletico Madrid in Eindhoven in their first match in Group D.
After being drawn in a tight group that also includes Marseille, there is little room for manoeuvre for the Dutch champions now.
"After what happened in the first game, the match at Anfield is very important for us," Isaksson said.
"If we are to have a chance to go through to the next round we need a good result against Liverpool.
"Atletico were much better than us in that game. Liverpool are the biggest team in the group, but Atletico are very good as well.
"They have very good strikers in Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan and I think they can do some damage to Liverpool."
But Isaksson admits the duo have some way to go before they can be put in the same class as Liverpool talisman Fernando Torres.
The former Atletico star slotted past Isaksson, who has 60 caps, when Spain beat Sweden 2-1 in the group stages of Euro 2008.
"Torres is a world-class striker, one of the very best players around. He is fast, clever and a deadly finisher and the number of goals he scored last season was phenomenal, as it was his first year in England.
"We will have to be very careful and not give him too much space."
PSV have a star of their own in 22-year-old Holland international Ibrahim Afellay, who has been compared to Johann Cruyff by Dutch legend Ronald Koeman.
Arsenal are reported to have watched the Morocco-born midfielder 15 times last season, while City made enquiries about him on transfer-deadline day.
Isaksson said: "Ibrahim is very gifted and can go a long way. He needs to show what he is capable of against Liverpool, which none of the team really did against Atletico in the first match."
Isaksson will also be determined to show English fans what he can do after his torrid two years in Manchester.
"Last season was tough and frustrating, because I didn't play much," Isaksson said.
"I'm in football to play games, not just to train and be on the bench. Now I'm back playing and enjoying it. PSV are a big club and we have a good team, so it's been a great move for me.
"This is the chance for me to start over. I don't want to think about what happened in the past anymore."
City beat off competition from several major European clubs to land Isaksson from Rennes for £2m in 2006.
The 6ft 6in keeper, who had a season at Juventus early in his career, was an established international with Sweden and had developed a lofty reputation during two years in France.
Yet soon after he had signed he picked up knee and ankle injuries and missed the first three months of the season, which set the tone for the rest of his time at the club.
Isaksson played the final 10 games of that season, before fracturing his thumb in pre-season, which caused him to miss the first two months of the following season.
By this time Sven-Goran Eriksson had taken over from Stuart Pearce as manager and announced that he wanted to rotate Isaksson, Joe Hart and Kasper Schmeichel before he would settle on a first-choice keeper.
Eriksson eventually plumped for Hart, which meant the end for Isaksson at City.
"He told me during Christmas last year that I didn't have a future at the club, so I knew I had to move on. I thought I was worth a spot in the team, but it was up to him.
"The timing of my injuries weren't the best and Joe played well when he had the chance. I was very unlucky, but that's football."
The 26-year-old bears no hard feelings towards his compatriot and says he was bemused by Thaksin Shinawatra's treatment of Eriksson.
"Sven did well with the team and everybody liked him, so it was all a bit bizarre when we heard he was going to be sacked," he said.
Neither is there any resentment about the decision to give Hart the starting jbetween the sticks. Isaksson thinks it is only a matter of time before the 21-year-old becomes England number one.
"Joe is a great lad and we got along really well," he said. "He had a great season last year and has a great future.
"He's young and still learning, but he could be England's number one, there's no doubt about it. He's got the qualities to do it, although you need a bit of experience as well.
"He's only played one season at City, so he needs more games before he can be ready to challenge, but it will happen soon I think."
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