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1st Division

Anfield | Sat 16 Jan 1988 at 15:00 UK local time

Liverpool 2 - 0 Arsenal

Starting Lineup

1 Mike Hooper Mike Hooper
2 Gary Gillespie Gary Gillespie
3 Mark Lawrenson Mark Lawrenson
4 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen (c)
7 Peter Beardsley Peter Beardsley
8 John Aldridge John Aldridge
9 Ray Houghton Ray Houghton
10 John Barnes John Barnes
11 Steve McMahon Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12 Craig Johnston Craig Johnston
14 Nigel Spackman Nigel Spackman

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.28
  • - Average age of the Arsenal starting lineup: 24.29
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 1
  • - Arsenal league position after match: 4
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.


  • - Mark Lawrenson's last game for Liverpool before injury ended his professional career in England.

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Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: George Graham
Referee: Barratt KP
Attendance: 44,294
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3979
League game number: 3351
LFC played towards Kop: First half

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