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Liverpool

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Arsenal

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.01)

1	Tommy Lawrence
2	Chris Lawler
3	Geoff Strong
4	Tommy Smith
5	Ron Yeats (c)
6	Emlyn Hughes
7	Ian Callaghan
8	Roger Hunt
9	Alun Evans
10	Ian St John
11	Peter Thompson

Substitutes

12

Gerry Byrne

Goals

Tommy Smith 52′ penalty

Substitutions

Emlyn Hughes replaced by Gerry Byrne 73′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.46)

Opposition goals

Jimmy Robertson 42′

Notes

- Tommy Smith had to take his penalty twice. He scored the first time but Bob Paisley was on the field at the time treating the injured Alun Evans so the referee ordered a re-take. Fortunately, Smith was just as accurate the second time too!

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Bertie Mee

Referee: Corbett DA

Attendance: 44,843

Half-time score: 0 - 1

Game number: 2861

League game number: 2564

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 2nd

Arsenal league position: 3rd

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds U	34	23	9	2	59	24	+35	55
2	Liverpool	34	22	7	5	55	21	+34	51
3	Arsenal	34	19	10	5	46	19	+27	48
4	Everton	32	17	10	5	65	29	+36	44
5	Chelsea	36	17	8	11	64	46	+18	42
6	West Ham U	34	13	14	7	62	41	+21	40
7	Southampton	37	13	12	12	45	43	+2	38
8	Tottenham H	34	10	16	8	51	44	+7	36
9	Burnley	36	13	9	14	47	69	-22	35
10	Man Utd	36	11	12	13	46	45	+1	34
11	Ipswich T	35	12	9	14	51	51	+0	33
12	Wolves	35	9	14	12	35	45	-10	32
13	Man City	33	11	9	13	57	45	+12	31
14	Newcastle U	32	10	11	11	42	43	-1	31
15	Sheffield Wed	32	10	11	11	34	39	-5	31
16	West Brom	33	11	8	14	44	56	-12	30
17	Nottm Forest	35	8	12	15	40	48	-8	28
18	Stoke C	35	8	12	15	35	51	-16	28
19	Sunderland	35	9	10	16	38	62	-24	28
20	Coventry C	35	8	8	19	41	56	-15	24
21	Leicester C	31	6	10	15	28	53	-25	22
22	QPR	38	3	9	26	34	89	-55	15