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Liverpool v Spurs

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I think this will be a tough game, tbh. I remember we played them on the last day in 1993 (and thrashed them). Souness wasn't there and we were hoping that meant he was about to go...now finally we have the manager who should have been appointed then, so I am optimistic again..

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Question. Is Sky showing this? I'm in turkey on vacation and would hate to miss it. Rental car already booked to Get me to someone who shows the game

 

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League Game 37/38: v Spurs (h)

KO: 15:00 GMT/16:00 Local 15 May

Host Broadcaster: BBC Sport

TV/Web: Satellites/Streams

 

First home game of the season against a North London club, last home game of the season against a North London club. Last time at home for several players, and the last game of the season with red shirts. We owe these cunts payback for the robbery last November, and send a signal over how we'll compete against them next year. Despite the season's difficulties, the home record has been very consistent, and sealing our European spot will give everyone a good send-off for the summer, raring to go again.

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I think this will be a tough game, tbh.
I fear you're right but I'm the eternal pessimist. A strong performance today will, I'm sure, consolidate the confidence flowing through the whole club. It'll therefore provide a rock-solid platform on which to build. It's just the sort of game I've come to fear in the past. Let's fucking shittem and distance ourselves from unnecessary wobbles.
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The seventh goal in that Spurs battering is a thing of absolute beauty.

 

Its probably the best first time cross in the history of ever.

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A match report from that 7-0 game which is a nice read for a Sunday morning.

 

 

Division One: Saturday September 2, 1978. att. 50,705

Liverpool 7 Tottenham Hotspur 0

 

Liverpool: R.Clemence, P.Neal, A.Kennedy, P.Thompson, R.Kennedy, E.Hughes (D.Johnson), K.Dalglish, J.Case, S.Heighway, T.McDermott, G.Souness.

 

Tottenham: B.Daines, D.McAllister, T.Naylor, G.Hoddle, J.Lacy, S.Perryman, R.Villa, O.Ardiles, P.Taylor, J.Duncan, N.McNab.

 

There was more than the usual buzz of anticipation surrounding the build up to this early season clash at Anfield.

 

Despite not being the reigning league champions, Liverpool were still widely regarded as the standard bearers of English football having won the European Cup two years running.

 

Tottenham were back from a one season exile in the second division and were the talk of English football after enticing two of the victorious Argentinian World Cup winning squad to White Hart Lane in the summer.

 

Much was expected of Osvaldo Ardiles and Ricardo Villa, as well as the home grown rising star Glenn Hoddle, and this trip to Merseyside was seen as the acid test of their credentials.

 

Of equal importance to Tottenham's chances would no doubt be how their defence, which had only just been good enough to get them out of the second division, would cope against the fluid Liverpool attack.

 

It was a wonderful day, the sun beating down on a full to bursting Anfield and the pitch in perfect order.

 

The visitors began with a series of crisp passing moves which suggested that they were keen to show their skills.

 

One particularly incisive movement out of defence which saw the ball quickly shifted from Don McAllister to Villa, on to Neil McNab and back to Villa gave the strongly built Argentinian the opportunity to pierce the Liverpool defence with a ball which left John Duncan running clear.

 

With Hoddle and Villa, who had continued his run, unmarked in the middle Duncan tried to round Ray Clemence down the right hand side of the box before squaring but the extremely nimble keeper was able to dive and smother the cross.

 

It was a glaring mistake by the striker and one that would be severely punished.

 

Perhaps affronted that a team would come to Anfield and actually try to take them on in an open, passing contest, Liverpool set about showing why most opponents came intent on nothing more than damage limitation.

 

A long ball over the top by Ray Kennedy caught the Tottenham defence hopelessly square and left Terry McDermott running clear. Suddenly appearing on his left shoulder was Kenny Dalglish who exercised his strikers' perogative to take over. Shooting early on the volley, however, the Scot was unusually wild with his finish and the ball disappeared high into the Kop.

 

There was no question of recriminations from the bulging terrace though as the gaping miss simply brought huge chants of "Dalglish" in recognition of their undoubted hero.

 

Liverpool were sweeping forward at pace now and the movement of the midfield players was proving impossible for the visitors to contain.

 

Winning possession again in midfield, Ray Kennedy swept a pass out to the right for Jimmy Case. Moving forward into a gaping hole Case lashed a ball low into the box. It might have been intended as a shot but ended up at the feet of Dalglish, where it stuck like glue.

 

Turning instantly, Dalglish drilled his shot low past Barry Daines for the opening goal before John Lacy could even think about reacting. It was typical Dalglish.

 

There was no let up from the home team. As Tottenham tried to football their way out of defence Liverpool's pressing put McAllister under pressure and his desperate back pass went straight to Steve Heighway. At full speed Heighway was crudely taken out by Steve Perryman just outside the box.

 

It was a free kick but, in those days, not even a yellow card for the offender.

 

From the free kick Heighway drilled a shot around the wall with the outside of his right foot which Daines, plunging to his left, was grateful to hang on to.

 

With the pressure now incessant Case sent a diagonal ball into the box which Ray Kennedy nodded down to the feet of Dalglish. Again Lacy was powerless to stop him turning but this time the curled effort was wide of the far post.

 

Lacy had certainly drawn the short straw in having to mark Dalglish and was already having a torrid afternoon.

 

Heighway and McDermott then indulged in a double one two which sent McDermott cruising away from Ardiles down the right. The cross was not the best but Perryman tried to collect on his chest rather than heading clear and the ball dropped to Dalglish.

 

Without looking up Dalglish sprayed an instant ball across the box to the unmarked Ray Kennedy. Kennedy unleashed a typically crisp left foot drive which Hoddle desperately blocked on the line.

 

Inevitably a red shirt was first to the rebound in the shape of Graeme Souness. Souness could not get a shot in so reversed a pass to Case. His shot was not true but reached Dalglish lurking beyond the far post six yards out and he diverted the ball into goal expertly.

 

There was only time for Liverpool to replace the hobbling Emlyn Hughes with David Johnson before they struck again.

 

Case spread the play to McDermott on the right who speared another centre to the far post. Ray Kennedy was again unchallenged as he headed back across goal towards Johnson.

 

Before the ball could reach its' intended target, however, it had been turned into his own net by the hapless Lacy.

 

3-0 to Liverpool with less than half an hour played. Winning the World Cup must have seemed a long time ago to Ardiles and Villa.

 

Tottenham were gifted an opportunity to get back into the game after lax play from a throw in resulted in Phil Neal playing a dreadful ball across his own goalmouth.

 

Ardiles intercepted, Peter Taylor flicked on and Neal, desperately trying to recover, was penalised for high kicking as he cleared from Duncan.

 

There was little chance of Spurs piercing the massed ranks of red shirts racing from the goalline at the indirect free kick and Taylor's shot was indeed charged down.

 

The rebound fell for Lacy who sent in a fierce drive which cannoned down from Souness' arm and looped goalwards. Clemence arched backwards and pawed the ball but still it looped on towards goal. Finally, Alan Kennedy was on hand to head away from under the bar and Case hoofed clear before Taylor could pounce.

 

The half ended with Liverpool threatening a fourth goal after McDermott set Dalglish away again, nutmegging Perryman and drawing Daines before squaring to Ray Kennedy whose piledriver from the edge of the area was somehow blocked by the retreating Lacy.

 

Half Time: Liverpool 3 Tottenham Hotspur 0

If the visitors thought Liverpool might ease off in the second half at 3-0 up and kicking away from the Kop then they were in for a rude awakening as they quickly fell behind to a quite sumptuous goal.

 

A nine man passing move which took the play out of defence down the right flank before cutting inside and piercing the Spurs defence through the middle ended with Dalglish being thwarted by Daines as he volleyed on the turn.

 

Once more the rebound was seized on by a red shirt as David Johnson sent a low drive skimming into the bottom corner.

 

Then it became five. Peter Taylor, with a hint of desperation, set off on a solo run from inside his own half. He skipped away from Alan Kennedy but was robbed by the supporting Case.

 

In a flash the ball was worked forward to Dalglish who waited for the perfect moment before slipping in Johnson who shot low through the keepers' legs for his second goal.

 

The disarray in the visitors ranks by this stage was highlighted by the fact that Ardiles had found himself as the last man for this goal.

 

Still Liverpool poured forward and it looked all over a hat trick for the substitute when Johnson met an Alan Kennedy centre at the back post with a looping header which beat Daines all ends up.

 

Leaping into a spectacular overhead kick, however, John Duncan engineered an incredible goalline clearance.

 

Duncan had come back to defend a Liverpool free kick and before he could escape back up the other end the Reds were coming again and when Heighway burst forward to take Ray Kennedy's pass Duncan undid his good work by sailing in with a real forwards' challenge to concede a penalty.

 

Barry Daines flung himself to his right to make a superb stop from Phil Neal's low spot kick only for the referee to have the kick retaken, a ridiculous decision.

 

There was no stopping the next one, Neal drilling home high into the top left hand corner for 6-0.

 

Fittingly, Liverpool saved the best till last. Breaking out of defence, Dalglish collected possession midway inside his own half and quickly laid the ball out to the right wing for David Johnson.

 

Looking up, Johnson sent a long crossfield ball with the outside of the right foot into the path of the onrushing Steve Heighway. Without breaking stride Heighway sent over a raking cross to the far post where the marauding Terry McDermott arrived to head beyond Daines.

 

It was a marvellous goal to cap a wonderful performance, arguably the finest given by any Liverpool team, and they churned out plenty of good ones during the 1970's and 80's.

 

All around the pitch Tottenham players were left with hands on hips as pockets of Liverpool players celebrated both a goal and a performance which perhaps most adequately defined them.

 

Full Time: Liverpool 7 Tottenham Hotspur 0

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I hope Gomes plays.

 

Fucking hope not mate.

 

Clangers galore, but fuck me sideways he's always raised his game when it's against us (his fingertip save from Gerrard's piledriver last season springs to mind).

 

Come to think of it that, the Schwarzers and the Sorensens of this world always do.

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Fucking hope not mate.

 

Clangers galore, but fuck me sideways he's always raised his game when it's against us (his fingertip save from Gerrard's piledriver last season springs to mind).

 

Come to think of it that, the Schwarzers and the Sorensens of this world always do.

 

Schwarzer had a 'mare against us last week. I think it's Gomes' turn this week.

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