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League Cup Semi-final 1st leg

Anfield | Tuesday 7 February 1978 at 19:30 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 1 Arsenal
Half time 1–1

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.13)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Tommy Smith
4
Phil Thompson
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Emlyn Hughes (c)
7
Kenny Dalglish
8
Jimmy Case
9
Steve Heighway
10
Terry McDermott
11
David Fairclough

Substitutes

12
David Johnson

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.23)

Pat Jennings
Pat Rice
Sammy Nelson
David Price
David O'Leary
Willie Young
Liam Brady
Alan Hudson
Malcolm MacDonald
Frank Stapleton
Graham Rix

Notes

  • - Liverpool embarked on a club record run at Anfield: 85 home games unbeaten in all competitions. This run included 63 league matches and stretched over 3 years from this game to 31st January 1981.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Terry Neill
Referee: Courtney G
Attendance: 44,764
Half-time score: 1 - 1
Game number: 3378
League Cup game number: 45
Played towards Kop: First half
2nd leg: Tue 14 Feb 1978 (A) 0 - 0

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Match timeline

Liverpool
Arsenal
13'
Malcolm MacDonald (0–1)
Kenny Dalglish (David Fairclough) (1–1)
26'
HT 1–1
Ray Kennedy (2–1)
81'
Full time 2–1

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