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1st Division
Anfield | 20 April 1991 at15:00UK local time
Liverpool
3
-
0
Norwich City
Starting Lineup
(Average age 28.01)
1
Bruce Grobbelaar
2
Gary Ablett
3
David Burrows
4
Steve Nicol
(c)
5
Jan Mølby
6
Steve Staunton
7
Peter Beardsley
8
Ray Houghton
9
Ian Rush
10
John Barnes
11
Gary Gillespie
Substitutes
12
David Speedie
14
Ronny Rosenthal
Goals
(Assists in brackets)
John Barnes
31′
(Steve Staunton)
Ray Houghton
36′
(Ian Rush)
Ian Rush
85′
(Ray Houghton)
Opposition Lineup
(Average age 25.93)
Bryan Gunn
Ian Culverhouse
Mark Bowen
Ian Butterworth
John Polston
Jeremy Goss
Daryl Sutch
Robert Fleck
Tim Sherwood
Ruel Fox
David Phillips
Notes
- Graeme Souness' first game as Liverpool's manager.
Other details
Manager:
Graeme Souness
Opposition manager:
David Stringer
Referee:
Callow VG
Attendance:
37,065
Half-time score:
2
-
0
Game number:
4149
League game number:
3478
Played towards Kop:
Second half
Liverpool league position:
2nd
Norwich City league position:
15th
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18 Aug 1990 - Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United
25 Aug 1990 - Sheffield United 3-1 Liverpool
28 Aug 1990 - Liverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest
01 Sep 1990 - Liverpool 2-1 Aston Villa
08 Sep 1990 - Wimbledon 2-1 Liverpool
16 Sep 1990 - Liverpool 4-0 Manchester United
22 Sep 1990 - Everton 3-2 Liverpool
25 Sep 1990 - Liverpool 5-1 Crewe Alexandra
29 Sep 1990 - Sunderland 1-0 Liverpool
06 Oct 1990 - Liverpool 2-0 Derby County
09 Oct 1990 - Crewe Alexandra 4-1 Liverpool
20 Oct 1990 - Norwich City 1-1 Liverpool
27 Oct 1990 - Liverpool 2-0 Chelsea
31 Oct 1990 - Manchester United 1-3 Liverpool
04 Nov 1990 - Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Liverpool
10 Nov 1990 - Liverpool 4-0 Luton Town
17 Nov 1990 - Coventry City 1-0 Liverpool
24 Nov 1990 - Liverpool 2-2 Manchester City
02 Dec 1990 - Arsenal 0-3 Liverpool
15 Dec 1990 - Liverpool 2-0 Sheffield United
22 Dec 1990 - Liverpool 3-2 Southampton
26 Dec 1990 - Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Liverpool
30 Dec 1990 - Crystal Palace 0-1 Liverpool
01 Jan 1991 - Liverpool 3-0 Leeds United
05 Jan 1991 - Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Liverpool
08 Jan 1991 - Liverpool 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
12 Jan 1991 - Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool
19 Jan 1991 - Liverpool 1-1 Wimbledon
26 Jan 1991 - Liverpool 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
30 Jan 1991 - Brighton & Hove Albion 3-2 Liverpool
03 Feb 1991 - Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool
09 Feb 1991 - Liverpool 3-1 Everton
17 Feb 1991 - Liverpool 0-0 Everton
20 Feb 1991 - Everton 4-4 Liverpool
23 Feb 1991 - Luton Town 1-3 Liverpool
27 Feb 1991 - Everton 0-1 Liverpool
03 Mar 1991 - Liverpool 0-1 Arsenal
09 Mar 1991 - Manchester City 3-0 Liverpool
16 Mar 1991 - Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland
23 Mar 1991 - Derby County 7-1 Liverpool
30 Mar 1991 - Liverpool 1-3 Queens Park Rangers
01 Apr 1991 - Southampton 0-1 Liverpool
09 Apr 1991 - Liverpool 1-1 Coventry City
13 Apr 1991 - Leeds United 5-4 Liverpool
20 Apr 1991 - Liverpool 3-0 Norwich City
23 Apr 1991 - Liverpool 3-0 Crystal Palace
04 May 1991 - Chelsea 2-4 Liverpool
06 May 1991 - Nottingham Forest 1-2 Liverpool
11 May 1991 - Liverpool 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
League Table
Pos
Team
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Arsenal
34
21
12
1
63
16
+47
73
2
Liverpool
34
21
7
6
69
34
+35
70
3
Crystal P
35
18
9
8
44
38
+6
63
4
Man City
35
15
11
9
56
49
+7
56
5
Man Utd
34
15
11
8
55
38
+17
55
6
Leeds U
34
16
7
11
54
40
+14
55
7
Wimbledon
35
14
12
9
52
42
+10
54
8
Tottenham H
34
11
13
10
46
43
+3
46
9
QPR
35
12
9
14
43
49
-6
45
10
Chelsea
36
12
9
15
52
65
-13
45
11
Nottm Forest
34
11
11
12
53
45
+8
44
12
Southampton
36
12
8
16
55
62
-7
44
13
Everton
34
11
10
13
42
40
+2
43
14
Coventry C
36
11
10
15
41
43
-2
43
15
Norwich C
34
12
6
16
38
55
-17
42
16
Sheffield U
35
12
6
17
33
52
-19
42
17
Aston Villa
34
8
13
13
39
45
-6
37
18
Luton T
36
9
7
20
40
60
-20
34
19
Sunderland
35
8
8
19
36
57
-21
32
20
Derby Co
34
4
9
21
29
67
-38
21
