Liverpool 2 - 2 Cologne

After extra time
Half time 2–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.76)

1	Tommy Lawrence
2	Chris Lawler
3	Gerry Byrne
4	Gordon Milne
5	Ron Yeats (c)
6	Willie Stevenson
7	Ian Callaghan
8	Roger Hunt
9	Ian St John
10	Tommy Smith
11	Peter Thompson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.9)

Toni Schumacher

Fritz Pott

Anton Regh

Hans Sturm

Matthias Hemmersbach

Wolfgang Weber

Karl-Heinz Thielen

Christian Müller

Johanns Löhr

Wolfgang Overath

Heinz Hornig

Notes

- The home and away games were both goalless and after a third draw, a coin-toss was to decide Reds' fate. The chip was red on one side and white on the other but Ron Yeats tells the story by referring to a coin with heads or tails and if that's the way he tells it, then we won't mind: "I got in first to the referee and said: ´I'll have tails.´ Lucky for me the referee said ok. Liverpool tails, Cologne heads. Up it went and christ didn't it stick in a divot. I said to the referee: ´Ref, you're going to have to retoss the coin.´ And he went: ´You're right, mr. Yeats.´ I thought the German captain was going to hit him. He was going berserk because it was falling over on the heads. He picked it up, up it went again, came down tails. We were coming off and who is standing there but Bill Shankly. I was first off the pitch and he went: ´Well done, big man. I am proud of you. What did you pick?´ I said: ´I picked tails, boss´. I was waiting for the adulation but he just went: ´I would have picked tails myself and just walked away.´

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Georg Knöpfle

Referee: Schaut R (Belgium)

Attendance: 47,862

Half-time score: 2 - 1

Game number: 2640

Europe game number: 7

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Match timeline

Liverpool

Cologne

Ian St John (Roger Hunt) (1–0)

22'

Roger Hunt (Ian Callaghan) (2–0)

37'

40'

Karl-Heinz Thielen (2–1)

HT 2–1

48'

Johanns Löhr (2–2)

ET 2–2

After extra time 2–2

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European Cup 2nd round replay

Liverpool 2 - 2 Cologne

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.76)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 24.9)

Notes

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