ess ▁to ▁stop ▁Ar sen al ▁taking ▁the ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁ 7 2 nd ▁minute . ▁Liverpool ▁respond ed ▁by ▁making ▁changes ▁and ▁equal ised ▁in ▁the ▁ 8 3 rd ▁minute ; ▁Ar sen al ' s ▁failure ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁a ▁free - k ick ▁presented ▁Michael ▁O wen ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁score . ▁O wen ▁then ▁out p ac ed ▁Lee ▁D ixon ▁and ▁Tony ▁Adams ▁to ▁score ▁his ▁second ▁and ▁the ▁match ▁winner , ▁two ▁minutes ▁before ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁normal ▁time . ▁Liverpool ' s ▁victory ▁marked ▁the ▁second ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁unique ▁tre ble ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 – 0 1 ▁season : ▁they ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁League ▁Cup ▁in ▁late ▁February ▁and ▁added ▁the ▁UEFA ▁Cup ▁four ▁days ▁later . ▁ ▁Route ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁ ▁The ▁FA ▁Cup ▁is ▁English ▁football ' s ▁primary ▁cup ▁competition . ▁Club s ▁in ▁the ▁Premier ▁League ▁enter ▁the ▁FA ▁Cup ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁and ▁are ▁drawn ▁randomly ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁hat ▁with ▁the ▁remaining ▁clubs . ▁If ▁a ▁match ▁is ▁drawn , ▁a ▁re play ▁comes ▁into ▁force , ▁ordin arily ▁at ▁the ▁ground ▁of ▁the ▁team ▁who ▁were ▁away ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁game . ▁As ▁with ▁league ▁fi xt ures , ▁FA ▁Cup ▁matches ▁are ▁subject ▁to ▁change ▁in ▁the ▁event ▁of ▁games ▁being ▁selected ▁for ▁television ▁coverage ▁and ▁this ▁often ▁can ▁be ▁influenced ▁by ▁cl ash es ▁with ▁other ▁compet itions . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁season ▁that ▁The ▁Football ▁Association