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Arsenal

Starting Lineup (Average age 27.59)

1	Bruce Grobbelaar
2	Gary Ablett
3	Steve Staunton
4	Steve Nicol
5	Ronnie Whelan (c)
6	Alan Hansen
7	Ray Houghton
8	John Aldridge
9	Ian Rush
10	John Barnes
11	Steve McMahon

Substitutes

12	Barry Venison
14	Peter Beardsley

Substitutions

Ian Rush replaced by Peter Beardsley 32′

Opposition Lineup (Average age 25.21)

Opposition goals

Alan Smith 52′
Michael Thomas 90′

Opposition substitutions

Paul Merson replaced by Martin Hayes 73′
Steve Bould replaced by Perry Groves 76′

Notes

- Steve McMahon reflects on the fateful game: "It hurts me. It hurts me. It hurts me so much. It was just unreal. It just flashed before you, the goal. It was like 'Nah, is this really happening?"

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Manager: Kenny Dalglish

Opposition manager: George Graham

Referee: Hutchinson D

Attendance: 41,718

Half-time score: 0 - 0

Game number: 4054

League game number: 3406

Played towards Kop: Second half

Liverpool league position: 2nd

Arsenal league position: 1st

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	22	10	6	73	36	+37	76
2	Liverpool	38	22	10	6	65	28	+37	76
3	Nottm Forest	38	17	13	8	64	43	+21	64
4	Norwich C	38	17	11	10	48	45	+3	62
5	Derby Co	38	17	7	14	40	38	+2	58
6	Tottenham H	38	15	12	11	60	46	+14	57
7	Coventry C	38	14	13	11	47	42	+5	55
8	Everton	38	14	12	12	50	45	+5	54
9	QPR	38	14	11	13	43	37	+6	53
10	Millwall	38	14	11	13	47	52	-5	53
11	Man Utd	38	13	12	13	45	35	+10	51
12	Wimbledon	38	14	9	15	50	46	+4	51
13	Southampton	38	10	15	13	52	66	-14	45
14	Charlton Ath	38	10	12	16	44	58	-14	42
15	Sheffield Wed	38	10	12	16	34	51	-17	42
16	Luton T	38	10	11	17	42	52	-10	41
17	Aston Villa	38	9	13	16	45	56	-11	40
18	Middlesbrough	38	9	12	17	44	61	-17	39
19	West Ham U	38	10	8	20	37	62	-25	38
20	Newcastle U	38	7	10	21	32	63	-31	31