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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 25 Feb 1978 at 15:00

Liverpool 3 - 1 Manchester United

Starting Lineup

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

Substitutes

12 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Notes

  • - Graeme Souness scores his debut goal for LFC
  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.28
  • - Average age of the Manchester United starting lineup: 25.16
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 4
  • - Manchester United league position after match: 12
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Dave Sexton
Referee: Styles K
Attendance: 49,590
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3380
League game number: 2936
LFC played towards Kop: Second half

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