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League Cup 3rd round 2nd replay
Villa Park | 23 November 1988 at19:45UK local time
Liverpool
2
-
1
Arsenal
Starting Lineup
(Average age 25.73)
1
Mike Hooper
2
Gary Ablett
3
Barry Venison
4
Steve Nicol
5
Ronnie Whelan
(c)
6
Nigel Spackman
7
Peter Beardsley
8
Steve Staunton
9
Ian Rush
10
Ray Houghton
11
Steve McMahon
Substitutes
12
John Aldridge
14
Alex Watson
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
Steve McMahon
61′
(Peter Beardsley)
John Aldridge
87′
(Ray Houghton)
Substitutions
Ian Rush
replaced by
John Aldridge
44′
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 24.54)
John Lukic
Lee Dixon
Nigel Winterburn
Michael Thomas
Steve Bould
Tony Adams
David Rocastle
Kevin Richardson
Alan Smith
Paul Merson
Brian Marwood
Opposition goals
Paul Merson
26
′
Opposition substitutions
Brian Marwood
replaced by
Martin Hayes
65
′
Notes
Other details
Manager:
Kenny Dalglish
Opposition manager:
George Graham
Referee:
Hackett KS
Attendance:
21,708
Half-time score:
0
-
1
Game number:
4022
League Cup game number:
123
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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
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