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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 3 September 1988 at 12:00 UK local time

Liverpool 1 - 0 Manchester United
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.1)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan (c)
6
Jan Mølby
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Ian Rush
14
Nigel Spackman

Opposition Lineup (Average age 28.32)

Jim Leighton
Viv Anderson
Clayton Blackmore
Steve Bruce
Paul McGrath
Mike Duxbury
Bryan Robson
Gordon Strachan
Brian McClair
Mark Hughes
Jesper Olsen

Substitutes used

Peter Davenport
Billy Garton

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Alex Ferguson
Referee: Hackett KS
Attendance: 42,026
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 4005
League game number: 3370
Played towards Kop: Second half
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Manchester United league position: 14th
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Liverpool
Manchester United
10'
Peter Davenport Gordon Strachan
Steve McMahon Nigel Spackman
24'
Jan Mølby penalty (1–0)
38'
HT 1–0
John Aldridge Ian Rush
78'
84'
Billy Garton Paul McGrath
Full time 1–0

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