 Robbie Fowler then managed a hat-trick in less than five minutes in the next game, when Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-0 at Anfield.Fowler was on target again, along with John Barnes, in the next game - a 2-0 win at Southampton.The month began with Roy Evans breaking the national defender transfer fee with a £3.6 million move for Wimbledon's John Scales, followed 24 hours later by a £3.5 million signing of Coventry's Phil Babb.