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1st Division

Anfield | Saturday 31 January 1981 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 1 - 2 Leicester City
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.05)

1
Ray Clemence
2
Phil Neal
3
Avi Cohen
4
Phil Thompson (c)
5
Ray Kennedy
6
Colin Irwin
7
Steve Heighway
8
Sammy Lee
9
David Johnson
10
Terry McDermott
11
Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12
Jimmy Case

Opposition Lineup (Average age 22.6)

Mark Wallington
Tommy Williams
Paul Friar
Andy Peake
Larry May
John O'Neill
Pat Byrne
Jim Melrose
Alan Young
Ian Wilson
Kevin MacDonald

Substitutes used

Mark Goodwin

Notes

  • - Liverpool lose at home for the first time in three years, a run of 85 games without defeat in all competitions has ended.

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: Jock Wallace
Referee: Lovatt J
Attendance: 35,154
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3556
League game number: 3062
Played towards Kop: First half
Liverpool league position: 3rd
Leicester City league position: 21st
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Match timeline

Liverpool
Leicester City
Alan Young o.g. (1–0)
15'
HT 1–0
60'
Pat Byrne (1–1)
76'
Jim Melrose (1–2)
Terry McDermott Jimmy Case
78'
86'
Mark Goodwin Pat Byrne
Full time 1–2

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