Matchdetails from Liverpool - Bruges played on Wednesday 28 April 1976 - LFChistory

Match details

Liverpool 3 - 2 Bruges

Game date:	Wednesday 28 April 1976 at 19:30	Stadium:	Anfield
Competition:	UEFA Cup Final 1st leg	Attendance:	49,981
Half - time score:	0 - 2	Referee:	Biwersi F ( Germany)
Manager:	Bob Paisley	Opposition manager:	Ernst Happel

Starting lineup

1		Ray Clemence
2		Phil Neal
3		Tommy Smith
4		Phil Thompson
5		Ray Kennedy
6		Emlyn Hughes (c)
7		Kevin Keegan
8		David Fairclough
9		Steve Heighway
10		John Toshack
11		Ian Callaghan

Subs

13		Peter McDonnell
14		Joey Jones
12		Jimmy Case
15		Brian Hall
16		Terry McDermott

Goals

Ray Kennedy 59'

Jimmy Case 61'

Kevin Keegan 64' pen

Substitutions

John Toshack out for Jimmy Case 46'

Opposition lineup

Birger Jensen, Alfons Bastijns, Edward Krieger, George Leekens, Jos Volders, Julien Cools, René Vandereycken, Daniel de Cubber, Roger van Gool, Raoul Lambert, Ulrik Lefèvre

Opposition goals

Raoul Lambert 5'

Julien Cools 15'

Notes

- Average age of the Liverpool starting lineup: 26.7

- Average age of the Bruges starting lineup: 27.1

- Liverpool was 0-2 down at half-time vs. Bruges. Substitute Jimmy Case scored Liverpool's second goal: "It wasn't that Tosh was playing badly, but manager Bob Paisley and the coaches felt something had to be changed, the pattern had to be altered", says Case.

It worked to perfection. Case picks up the story: "The Kop and the supporters were magnificent that night. Throats must have been red-raw with cheering. But you know what? I believe those fans liked to see us with our backs to the wall because they knew we could win."

Jimmy's equalizing goal came after a Ray Kennedy had struck the post. Case remembers it well: "I thought for a split second that the shot was going in, but suddenly the ball rebounded and was coming my way. It could have hit my thigh and run out of play, but I jumped instinctively and side-footed the ball into the net."

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