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1st Division

Anfield | Fri 26 May 1989 at 20:05 UK local time

Liverpool 0 - 2 Arsenal

Starting Lineup

1 Bruce Grobbelaar Bruce Grobbelaar
2 Gary Ablett Gary Ablett
3 Steve Staunton Steve Staunton
4 Steve Nicol Steve Nicol
5 Ronnie Whelan Ronnie Whelan (c)
6 Alan Hansen Alan Hansen
7 Ray Houghton Ray Houghton
8 John Aldridge John Aldridge
9 Ian Rush Ian Rush
10 John Barnes John Barnes
11 Steve McMahon Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12 Barry Venison Barry Venison
14 Peter Beardsley Peter Beardsley

Substitutions

Opposition Lineup

Opposition goals

Opposition substitutions

Notes

  • - Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 27.59
  • - Average age of the Arsenal starting lineup: 25.21
  • - Liverpool league position after match: 2
  • - Arsenal league position after match: 1
  • - Click here to view the full league table after the match.
  • - Steve McMahon reflects on the fateful game: "It hurts me. It hurts me. It hurts me so much. It was just unreal. It just flashed before you, the goal. It was like 'Nah, is this really happening?"

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Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: George Graham
Referee: Hutchinson D
Attendance: 41,718
Half-time score: 0 - 0
Game number: 4054
League game number: 3406
LFC played towards Kop: Second half

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