Matchdetails from Liverpool - Manchester United played on Monday 4 April 1988 - LFChistory

Liverpool

Manchester United

Starting Lineup

1		Bruce Grobbelaar
2		Gary Gillespie
3		Gary Ablett
4		Steve Nicol
5		Nigel Spackman
6		Alan Hansen (c)
7		Peter Beardsley
8		John Aldridge
9		Ray Houghton
10		John Barnes
11		Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12		Craig Johnston
14		Kenny Dalglish

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Peter Beardsley 38' (Ray Houghton)
Gary Gillespie 41' (John Barnes)
Steve McMahon 46' (Steve Nicol)

Substitutions

John Aldridge out for Craig Johnston 78'

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Opposition red Cards

Colin Gibson 60'

Opposition substitutions

Clayton Blackmore out for Jesper Olsen 54'
Mike Duxbury out for Norman Whiteside 54'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.37
- Average age of the Manchester United starting lineup: 28.21
- Liverpool league position after match: 1
- Manchester United league position after match: 2
- Click here to view the full league table after the match.

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish

Opposition manager: Alex Ferguson

Referee: Key JM

Attendance: 43,497

Half-time score: 2 - 1

Game number: 3992

League game number: 3361

LFC played towards Kop: First half

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Times report

			Overall					Home					Away
#		P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Liverpool	33	23	8	2	73	20	13	3	0	41	7	10	5	2	32	13	77
2	Manchester United	35	18	12	5	58	35	10	5	1	30	14	8	7	4	28	21	66
3	Nottingham Forest	33	18	9	6	58	29	9	4	2	32	13	9	5	4	26	16	63
4	Everton	34	17	10	7	46	21	13	3	1	30	7	4	7	6	16	14	61
5	Queens Park Rangers	34	18	7	9	42	32	12	3	4	29	13	6	4	5	13	19	61
6	Arsenal	34	16	10	8	49	29	11	3	4	34	14	5	7	4	15	15	58
7	Wimbledon	33	13	11	9	50	38	8	6	2	26	13	5	5	7	24	25	50
8	Sheffield Wednesday	34	14	4	16	41	54	10	1	7	23	22	4	3	9	18	32	46
9	Coventry City	33	11	10	12	40	48	5	6	5	21	23	6	4	7	19	25	43
10	Tottenham Hotspur	37	11	10	16	35	45	8	5	6	24	22	3	5	10	11	23	43
11	Newcastle United	33	10	12	11	43	46	6	5	5	23	20	4	7	6	20	26	42
12	Southampton	35	10	12	13	41	46	4	7	6	20	22	6	5	7	21	24	42
13	Norwich City	35	12	6	17	36	45	7	3	7	24	23	5	3	10	12	22	42
14	Luton Town	30	12	5	13	44	43	9	4	3	33	16	3	1	10	11	27	41
15	Derby County	35	9	11	15	32	41	5	6	6	16	15	4	5	9	16	26	38
16	West Ham United	34	8	13	13	33	45	5	8	4	18	18	3	5	9	15	27	37
17	Chelsea	35	8	12	15	44	60	6	9	2	21	15	2	3	13	23	45	36
18	Charlton Athletic	35	8	11	16	33	49	6	6	6	20	20	2	5	10	13	29	35
19	Portsmouth	34	7	12	15	29	53	4	7	7	18	23	3	5	8	11	30	33
20	Oxford United	34	6	12	16	39	63	5	6	6	23	28	1	6	10	16	35	30
21	Watford	34	5	9	20	20	44	3	3	11	10	22	2	6	9	10	22	24

Match details

1st Division