As it turned out, the Eagles dominated after the restart and earned their eventual lead through Wilfried Zaha, who netted 23 seconds after hitting the pitch as a substitute on the end of a Yannick Bolasie ball.
Zaha was involved again as the game reached its conclusion, the winger being felled in the box by Lucas. Glenn Murray stepped up to strike the resulting spot-kick, missed, and then turned home his own rebound.
It may have been overlooked by everyone else, but it was a huge win in the club's history - Palace's first win at Anfield since 2003 in the FA Cup, and 1991 in the top-flight.
Remarkably, it was a trick they would also repeat the following two seasons, winning at Liverpool's famous stadium in November 2015 (Bolasie and Scott Dann getting the goals) and April 2017 (a Christian Benteke brace) to boot.
Not the send-off Gerrard would have wanted, or arguably deserved - but a landmark win for Palace side now well and truly dining at English football's top table.