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1st Division

Anfield | Wednesday 13 April 1988 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 5 - 0 Nottingham Forest
Half time 2–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.4)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Gary Ablett
4
Steve Nicol
5
Nigel Spackman
6
Alan Hansen (c)
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Craig Johnston
14
Jan Mølby

Opposition Lineup (Average age 22.82)

Steve Sutton
Steve Chettle
Stuart Pearce
Des Walker
Colin Foster
Terry Wilson
Gary Crosby
Neil Webb
Nigel Clough
Lee Glover
Brian Rice

Substitutes used

Darren Wassall

Notes

  • - The legendary Sir Tom Finney certainly enjoyed Liverpool's performance: "It was the finest exhibition I've seen the whole time I've played and watched the game. You couldn't see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil. The moves they put together were fantastic."



Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Brian Clough
Referee: Milford RG
Attendance: 39,535
Half-time score: 2 - 0
Game number: 3994
League game number: 3362
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 1st
Nottingham Forest league position: 5th
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Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
Ray Houghton (John Barnes) (1–0)
18'
John Aldridge (Peter Beardsley) (2–0)
37'
HT 2–0
46'
Darren Wassall Des Walker
Gary Gillespie (Ray Houghton) (3–0)
58'
Steve McMahon Jan Mølby
78'
Peter Beardsley (John Barnes) (4–0)
79'
Ray Houghton Craig Johnston
85'
John Aldridge (Nigel Spackman) (5–0)
88'
Full time 5–0

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