Report

Liverpool 2 - 0 Sheffield United

Game date: Saturday 15 December 1990 at 15:00 Stadium: Anfield
Competition: 1st Division Attendance: 33,516
Half-time score 0 - 0 Referee Lloyd JW
Manager Kenny Dalglish Opposition manager Dave Bassett
   

Starting lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Glenn Hysén Glenn Hysén
3 David Burrows David Burrows
4 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Gary Gillespie Gary Gillespie
7 Peter Beardsley Peter Beardsley
8 Ray Houghton Ray Houghton
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 John Barnes John Barnes
11 Steve McMahon Steve McMahon

Subs

12 Gary Ablett Gary Ablett
14 Steve McManaman Steve McManaman

Goals

John Barnes 61'
Ian Rush 75'

Substitutions

Peter Beardsley out for Steve McManaman 80'

Opposition lineup

Simon Tracey, Chris Wilder, Paul Beesley, Colin Hill, Wilf Rostron, Ian Bryson, Vinnie Jones, John Gannon, Richard Lucas, Carl Bradshaw, Brian Deane

Opposition substitutions

Chris Wilder out for Jamie Hoyland 76'
Carl Bradshaw out for Peter Duffield 79'

Notes

- Steve McManaman makes his LFC debut
- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 29.05
- Average age of the Sheffield United starting lineup: 25.11
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Sheffield United league position after match: 20
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.
- Beardsley out for six weeks after tearing ligaments in his ankle.

Related files

Times, Sunday Times and Guardian reports

Other games during this season

1st Division

Overall Home Away
# P W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts
1 Liverpool 16 13 2 1 34 12 7 1 0 20 3 6 1 1 14 9 41
2 Arsenal 17 11 6 0 33 9 6 2 0 18 4 5 4 0 15 5 37
3 Tottenham Hotspur 17 8 6 3 31 19 6 2 1 23 12 2 4 2 8 7 30
4 Crystal Palace 16 8 6 2 25 17 4 3 0 12 8 4 3 2 13 9 30
5 Leeds United 16 7 6 3 26 17 4 2 2 15 9 3 4 1 11 8 27
6 Manchester City 16 6 8 2 26 22 6 1 1 16 10 0 7 1 10 12 26
7 Chelsea 17 7 5 5 30 30 5 4 0 15 10 2 1 5 15 20 26
8 Wimbledon 17 6 7 4 27 23 3 4 2 12 11 3 3 2 15 12 25
9 Manchester United 17 7 5 5 23 20 5 1 3 15 9 2 4 2 8 11 25
10 Norwich City 17 7 2 8 23 28 5 1 3 15 15 2 1 5 8 13 23
11 Nottingham Forest 16 5 6 5 22 22 3 2 2 12 9 2 4 3 10 13 21
12 Luton Town 16 5 5 6 19 26 3 4 1 9 6 2 1 5 10 20 20
13 Aston Villa 16 4 6 6 17 18 3 4 0 11 6 1 2 6 6 12 18
14 Southampton 17 4 4 9 22 32 3 2 3 13 11 1 2 6 9 21 16
15 Derby County 16 4 4 8 16 28 2 4 3 11 15 2 0 5 5 13 16
16 Everton 16 3 6 7 19 21 3 3 3 13 9 0 3 4 6 12 15
17 Sunderland 17 3 6 8 20 26 2 4 3 9 9 1 2 5 11 17 15
18 Coventry City 17 3 5 9 15 22 2 4 3 12 12 1 1 6 3 10 14
19 Queens Park Rangers 17 3 3 11 21 34 2 1 5 11 12 1 2 6 10 22 12
20 Sheffield United 16 0 4 12 7 30 0 2 5 3 11 0 2 7 4 19 4

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