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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 26 Dec 1981 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 1 - 3 Manchester City

Starting Lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Phil Neal Phil Neal
3 Mark Lawrenson Mark Lawrenson
4 Phil Thompson Phil Thompson (c)
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
7 Kenny Dalglish Kenny Dalglish
8 Sammy Lee Sammy Lee
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston
11 Graeme Souness Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12 Alan Kennedy Alan Kennedy

Goals

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 25.31
  • - Average age of the Manchester City starting lineup: 25.68
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 12
  • - Manchester City league position after match: 4
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
  • Thompson lost his captaincy to Graeme Souness following this defeat.

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Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley
Opposition manager: John Bond
Referee: Richardson M
Attendance: 37,929
Half-time score: 0 - 1
Game number: 3605
League game number: 3093
LFC played towards Kop: Second half

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