Manchester City 26 Apr 1971 - LFChistory - Stats galore for Liverpool FC!

Manchester City

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Liverpool

Starting Lineup (Average age 24.14)

1	Tommy Lawrence
2	Chris Fagan
3	Roy Evans
4	Ian Ross
5	Ron Yeats (c)
6	John McLaughlin
7	Steve Arnold
8	Alun Evans
9	Bobby Graham
10	Jack Whitham
11	Phil Boersma

Substitutes

12

Peter Thompson

Goals (Assists in brackets)

Bobby Graham 30′ (Alun Evans)
Bobby Graham 34′ (Roy Evans)

Opposition Lineup (Average age 20.65)

Opposition goals

Ian Ross O/G 32′
Stephen Carter (pen) 80′

Opposition substitutions

Tommy Booth replaced by Ian Mellor 11′

Notes

- Liverpool were fined £7,500 for fielding a weakened team in this First Division match. Bill Shankly's justification for his team selection was that the match at Maine Road came only two days after a league match at Nottingham Forest and only two days before the crucial second leg of a Fairs Cup semi-final at Elland Road, Leeds..
- Ian Ross scored an own goal, as reported by the Echo: "Mellor rose at the far post to nod down a left-wing centre, and Ross, trying to head the ball for a corner, turned it into his own net."
- This was Tommy Lawrence’s 390th and final appearance for Liverpool in a first-team career spanning 9 years.

Other details

Manager: Bill Shankly

Opposition manager: Joe Mercer

Referee: Partridge P

Attendance: 17,975

Half-time score: 1 - 2

Game number: 2982

League game number: 2655

Liverpool league position: 4th

Manchester City league position: 8th

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds U	41	26	10	5	70	30	+40	62
2	Arsenal	40	27	7	6	69	29	+40	61
3	Chelsea	41	18	14	9	52	42	+10	50
4	Liverpool	41	16	17	8	41	24	+17	49
5	Wolves	40	21	7	12	63	54	+9	49
6	Tottenham H	38	17	13	8	51	31	+20	47
7	Southampton	39	16	12	11	49	41	+8	44
8	Man City	40	12	17	11	44	37	+7	41
9	Man Utd	40	15	10	15	60	62	-2	40
10	Derby Co	40	15	9	16	54	54	+0	39
11	Newcastle U	40	13	13	14	41	44	-3	39
12	Coventry C	40	15	9	16	35	38	-3	39
13	Everton	41	12	13	16	54	58	-4	37
14	Stoke C	39	12	12	15	44	46	-2	36
15	West Brom	40	10	15	15	58	70	-12	35
16	Nottm Forest	40	14	7	19	42	59	-17	35
17	Huddersfield	40	10	13	17	38	48	-10	33
18	Crystal P	40	11	11	18	37	51	-14	33
19	Ipswich T	40	12	8	20	42	48	-6	32
20	West Ham U	40	9	14	17	45	58	-13	32
21	Burnley	41	7	13	21	29	62	-33	27
22	Blackpool	41	4	14	23	33	65	-32	22