Manchester United 18 Mar 1990 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Manchester United

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 28.5)

1	Bruce Grobbelaar
2	Glenn Hysén
3	Barry Venison
4	Steve Staunton
5	Ronnie Whelan
6	Alan Hansen (c)
7	Peter Beardsley
8	Ray Houghton
9	Ian Rush
10	John Barnes
11	Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12	Gary Gillespie
14	David Burrows

Goals (Assists in brackets)

John Barnes 15′ (Peter Beardsley)
John Barnes 55′ penalty

Opposition Lineup (Average age 26.86)

Opposition goals

Ronnie Whelan O/G 82′

Opposition substitutions

Danny Wallace replaced by Russell Beardsmore 56′
Viv Anderson replaced by Mike Duxbury 56′

Notes

- An unmarked Whelan chipped a backpass from 30 yards over Grobbelaar and into the net. To date, it is considered by many to be one of the most bizarre and comical own goals in top-flight history.

Other details

Manager: Kenny Dalglish

Opposition manager: Alex Ferguson

Referee: Courtney G

Attendance: 46,629

Half-time score: 0 - 1

Game number: 4093

League game number: 3434

Liverpool league position: 2nd

Manchester United league position: 16th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Aston Villa	29	18	4	7	46	26	+20	58
2	Liverpool	28	16	8	4	53	27	+26	56
3	Arsenal	29	14	5	10	42	29	+13	47
4	Chelsea	30	12	10	8	46	41	+5	46
5	Nottm Forest	29	12	8	9	42	33	+9	44
6	Coventry C	30	13	5	12	33	41	-8	44
7	Southampton	29	11	10	8	58	50	+8	43
8	Everton	28	12	6	10	39	34	+5	42
9	Tottenham H	30	12	6	12	43	39	+4	42
10	Norwich C	30	10	11	9	31	32	-1	41
11	Wimbledon	28	9	12	7	37	32	+5	39
12	QPR	27	10	9	8	33	30	+3	39
13	Derby Co	28	11	5	12	34	26	+8	38
14	Sheffield Wed	30	9	9	12	28	38	-10	36
15	Crystal P	28	9	6	13	32	55	-23	33
16	Man Utd	29	8	8	13	35	39	-4	32
17	Luton T	30	6	12	12	33	46	-13	30
18	Man City	29	7	9	13	30	44	-14	30
19	Millwall	29	5	10	14	34	49	-15	25
20	Charlton Ath	30	5	9	16	24	42	-18	24