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1st Division
Anfield | 03 September 1988 at12:00UK local time
Liverpool
1
-
0
Manchester United
Starting Lineup
(Average age 27.1)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Gillespie
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
(c)
6
Jan Mølby
7
Peter Beardsley
8
John Aldridge
9
Ray Houghton
10
John Barnes
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
Ian Rush
14
Nigel Spackman
Goals
Jan Mølby
38′ penalty
Substitutions
Steve McMahon
replaced by
Nigel Spackman
24′
John Aldridge
replaced by
Ian Rush
78′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 28.32)
Jim Leighton
Viv Anderson
Clayton Blackmore
Steve Bruce
Paul McGrath
Mike Duxbury
Bryan Robson
Gordon Strachan
Brian McClair
Mark Hughes
Jesper Olsen
Opposition substitutions
Gordon Strachan
replaced by
Peter Davenport
10
′
Paul McGrath
replaced by
Billy Garton
84
′
Notes
Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
Alex Ferguson
Referee:
Hackett KS
Attendance:
42,026
Half-time score:
1
-
0
Game number:
4005
League game number:
3370
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
3rd
Manchester United league position:
14th
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20 Aug 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Wimbledon
27 Aug 1988 - Charlton Athletic 3-0 Liverpool
29 Aug 1988 - Liverpool 4-1 Nottingham Forest
03 Sep 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United
10 Sep 1988 - Aston Villa 1-1 Liverpool
17 Sep 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur
20 Sep 1988 - Arsenal 1-2 Liverpool
24 Sep 1988 - Southampton 3-1 Liverpool
28 Sep 1988 - Liverpool 1-0 Walsall
01 Oct 1988 - Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle United
08 Oct 1988 - Luton Town 0-1 Liverpool
12 Oct 1988 - Walsall 3-1 Liverpool
22 Oct 1988 - Liverpool 0-0 Coventry City
26 Oct 1988 - Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool
29 Oct 1988 - West Ham United 2-0 Liverpool
02 Nov 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
05 Nov 1988 - Liverpool 3-0 Middlesbrough
09 Nov 1988 - Arsenal 0-0 Liverpool
12 Nov 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Millwall
19 Nov 1988 - Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Liverpool
23 Nov 1988 - Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
26 Nov 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Wimbledon
30 Nov 1988 - West Ham United 1-4 Liverpool
04 Dec 1988 - Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool
11 Dec 1988 - Liverpool 1-1 Everton
17 Dec 1988 - Liverpool 0-1 Norwich City
26 Dec 1988 - Derby County 1-0 Liverpool
01 Jan 1989 - Manchester United 1-3 Liverpool
03 Jan 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
07 Jan 1989 - Carlisle United 3-0 Liverpool
14 Jan 1989 - Sheffield Wednesday 2-2 Liverpool
21 Jan 1989 - Liverpool 2-0 Southampton
29 Jan 1989 - Millwall 2-0 Liverpool
04 Feb 1989 - Newcastle United 2-2 Liverpool
18 Feb 1989 - Hull City 3-2 Liverpool
01 Mar 1989 - Liverpool 2-0 Charlton Athletic
11 Mar 1989 - Middlesbrough 4-0 Liverpool
14 Mar 1989 - Liverpool 5-0 Luton Town
18 Mar 1989 - Liverpool 4-0 Brentford
22 Mar 1989 - Coventry City 3-1 Liverpool
26 Mar 1989 - Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Liverpool
29 Mar 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Derby County
01 Apr 1989 - Norwich City 1-0 Liverpool
08 Apr 1989 - Liverpool 5-1 Sheffield Wednesday
11 Apr 1989 - Millwall 2-1 Liverpool
03 May 1989 - Everton 0-0 Liverpool
07 May 1989 - Liverpool 3-1 Nottingham Forest
10 May 1989 - Liverpool 1-0 Nottingham Forest
13 May 1989 - Wimbledon 2-1 Liverpool
16 May 1989 - Liverpool 2-0 Queens Park Rangers
20 May 1989 - Liverpool 3-2 Everton
23 May 1989 - Liverpool 5-1 West Ham United
26 May 1989 - Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Everton
2
2
0
0
5
0
+5
6
2
Southampton
2
2
0
0
5
0
+5
6
3
Liverpool
2
2
0
0
4
0
+4
6
4
Norwich C
2
2
0
0
5
3
+2
6
5
Aston Villa
2
1
1
0
5
4
+1
4
6
Millwall
2
1
1
0
3
2
+1
4
7
Sheffield Wed
2
1
1
0
2
1
+1
4
8
Arsenal
2
1
0
1
7
4
+3
3
9
Derby Co
2
1
0
1
1
1
+0
3
10
Charlton Ath
2
1
0
1
3
4
-1
3
11
Tottenham H
1
0
1
0
2
2
+0
1
12
Luton T
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
13
Nottm Forest
2
0
1
1
2
3
-1
1
14
Man Utd
2
0
1
1
0
1
-1
1
15
QPR
2
0
1
1
0
1
-1
1
16
Wimbledon
2
0
1
1
3
7
-4
1
17
Newcastle U
2
0
1
1
2
6
-4
1
18
Coventry C
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
0
19
Middlesbrough
2
0
0
2
2
4
-2
0
20
West Ham U
2
0
0
2
1
7
-6
0
