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European Cup 3rd R 2nd L

Anfield | Wed 15 Mar 1978 at 19:30

Liverpool 4 - 1 Benfica

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 Jimmy Case Jimmy Case
9 Steve Heighway Steve Heighway
10 Terry McDermott Terry McDermott
11 Ian Callaghan Ian Callaghan

Substitutes

16 Steve Ogrizovic Steve Ogrizovic
12 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
13 David Johnson David Johnson
14 Joey Jones Joey Jones
15 David Fairclough David Fairclough

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 28.57
  • - Average age of the Benfica starting lineup: 25.28

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: John Henry Mortimore
Referee: Konrath G (France)
Attendance: 48,364
Half-time score: 2 - 1
Game number: 3385
Europe game number: 96
LFC played towards Kop: Second half
Look at the 1st leg: Wed 1 Mar 1978 (A)
Aggregate score: 6 - 2 vs Benfica

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