Aston Villa 03 May 1980 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Liverpool

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Aston Villa

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.15)

1	Ray Clemence
2	Phil Neal
3	Avi Cohen
4	Phil Thompson (c)
5	Ray Kennedy
6	Alan Hansen
7	Kenny Dalglish
8	Sammy Lee
9	David Johnson
10	Terry McDermott
11	Graeme Souness

Substitutes

12

Howard Gayle

Goals (Assists in brackets)

David Johnson 3′ (Terry McDermott)
Avi Cohen 50′ (Kenny Dalglish)
David Johnson 72′ (Graeme Souness)
Noel Blake O/G 78′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 22.69)

Opposition goals

Avi Cohen O/G 26′

Opposition substitutions

Ivor Linton replaced by Tony Morley 70′

Notes

- Avi Cohen scores his first LFC goal
- For the second year running Liverpool win the title by beating Aston Villa comprehensively at Anfield. Man Utd are left in their wake, two points behind.
- David Johnson scored a tremendous goal: "Ronnie Moran had a go at me for not scoring enough goals with my left foot. I lashed one and it hit the post and shot across into the net."

Other details

Manager: Bob Paisley

Opposition manager: Ron Saunders

Referee: Morris T

Attendance: 51,541

Half-time score: 1 - 1

Game number: 3514

League game number: 3033

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 1st

Aston Villa league position: 5th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Liverpool	41	25	10	6	81	29	+52	60
2	Man Utd	42	24	10	8	65	35	+30	58
3	Ipswich T	42	22	9	11	68	39	+29	53
4	Arsenal	39	17	15	7	50	30	+20	49
5	Aston Villa	42	16	14	12	51	50	+1	46
6	Nottm Forest	39	19	7	13	61	40	+21	45
7	Southampton	42	18	9	15	65	53	+12	45
8	Wolves	40	18	9	13	54	44	+10	45
9	West Brom	42	11	19	12	54	50	+4	41
10	Middlesbrough	40	14	12	14	44	44	+0	40
11	Leeds U	42	13	14	15	46	50	-4	40
12	Norwich C	42	13	14	15	58	66	-8	40
13	Crystal P	42	12	16	14	41	50	-9	40
14	Tottenham H	42	15	10	17	52	62	-10	40
15	Coventry C	42	16	7	19	56	66	-10	39
16	Brighton & HA	42	11	15	16	47	57	-10	37
17	Man City	42	12	13	17	43	66	-23	37
18	Stoke C	42	13	10	19	44	58	-14	36
19	Everton	41	9	17	15	43	50	-7	35
20	Bristol C	42	9	13	20	37	66	-29	31
21	Derby Co	42	11	8	23	47	67	-20	30
22	Bolton Wan	42	5	15	22	38	73	-35	25