Just hours earlier he had been linked with a move to Newcastle!
We sat in a Toon pub, giving the guy the once-over as he was introduced as a late substitute, and I hardly got the words "he's a bit ropey isn't he" out of my mouth when he sent the ball crashing into the top corner ... past his own goalkeeper!
Dirk Kuyt thought he had given his side a 1-0 first-leg lead to take back to Stamford Bridge, having slotted from close range on 43 minutes at Anfield.
But just like that infamous 4-3 that the Scouse pick-pockets keep reminding Toon fans of every time we visit Anfield, the Kop can "suck the ball into the back of the net" ... especially in injury time.
Salomon Kalou's cross into the Reds' 18-yard box in the dying seconds was headed into his own net by Riise, meaning the battle to reach this season's final in Moscow is wide open ahead of the second leg in London.
Just for the record ... the pub in Newcastle was full of Liverpool "supporters" and we had a roll call ... apart from a kid from Chester, the closest any of them lived to Merseyside was a lad from Leeds!!!