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1st Division

City Ground | Saturday 2 April 1988 at 15:00 UK local time

Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Liverpool
Half time 1–0

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.28)

1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Gary Ablett
4
Steve Nicol
5
Nigel Spackman
6
Alan Hansen (c)
7
Jan Mølby
8
John Aldridge
9
Craig Johnston
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12
Peter Beardsley
14
Ray Houghton

Opposition Lineup (Average age 23.29)

Steve Sutton
Steve Chettle
Stuart Pearce
Des Walker
Colin Foster
Terry Wilson
Gary Crosby
Neil Webb
Nigel Clough
Paul Wilkinson
Brian Rice

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager: Brian Clough
Referee: Barratt KP
Attendance: 29,188
Half-time score: 1 - 0
Game number: 3991
League game number: 3360
Liverpool league position: 1st
Nottingham Forest league position: 3rd
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Liverpool
Nottingham Forest
24'
Alan Hansen o.g. (0–1)
HT 0–1
47'
Nigel Clough penalty saved (Bruce Grobbelaar)
Jan Mølby Peter Beardsley
57'
59'
Neil Webb (0–2)
John Aldridge penalty (1–2)
70'
John Aldridge Ray Houghton
84'
Full time 1–2

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