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Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal - December 08, 1981 / League Cup 1981/1982

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League Cup 1981/1982 - Round of 16

Anfield - Liverpool - England

December 08, 1981

Liverpool

3 - 0

After extra time

Arsenal

Craig Johnston

95'

(penalty) Terry McDermott

101'

Kenny Dalglish

108'

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0' - Substitution Peter Nicholasis substituted by Ray Hankin

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72' - Substitution Sammy Leeis substituted by Craig Johnston72

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95' - Goal Craig Johnston95

101' - Goal Terry McDermott101

108' - Goal Kenny Dalglish108

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

3 - 0

Arsenal

Liverpool Arsenal

Team line-ups

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age24 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age26 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age24 years

positionCentral defender

A. Kennedy

Alan Kennedy

England

B.date31/08/1954

Age27 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age30 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Souness

Graeme Souness

Scotland

B.date06/05/1953

Age28 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Lee72

Sammy Lee

England

B.date07/02/1959

Age22 years

H1m58

positionMidfield

Ray Kennedy

England

B.date28/07/1951

Age30 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

McDermott101

Terry McDermott

England

B.date08/12/1951

Age30 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age20 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Dalglish108

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		24	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		26	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Kennedy		27	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		30	409	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graeme Souness		28	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Lee	72	22	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Kennedy		30	389	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Terry McDermott	101	30	302	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish	108	30	255	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

187

Arsenal

Wood

George Wood

Scotland

B.date26/09/1952

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Hollins

John Hollins

England

B.date16/07/1946

Age35 years

positionCentral defender

O'Leary

David O'Leary

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/05/1958

Age23 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Whyte

Christopher Whyte

England

B.date02/09/1961

Age20 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Sansom

Kenny Sansom

England

B.date26/09/1958

Age23 years

H1m68

positionLeft full-back

Nicholas0

Peter Nicholas

Wales

B.date10/11/1959

Age22 years

positionDefensive Midfielder

Robson

Stewart Robson

England

B.date06/11/1964

Age17 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

Davis

Paul Davis

England

B.date09/12/1961

Age19 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Talbot

Brian Talbot

England

B.date21/07/1953

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Rix

Graham Rix

England

B.date23/10/1957

Age24 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Sunderland

Alan Sunderland

England

B.date01/07/1953

Age28 years

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	George Wood		29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Hollins		35	108	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David O'Leary		23	288	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Christopher Whyte		20	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Kenny Sansom		23	72	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Peter Nicholas	0	22	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stewart Robson		17	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Davis		19	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Brian Talbot		28	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Graham Rix		24	244	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alan Sunderland		28	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.4 years

Average number of matches played for the team

107

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	M		Craig Johnston	9572	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Ray Hankin	0	25	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sammy Lee

Ronnie Whelan

OUT

Alan Kennedy

Phil Thompson

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

George Wood

Pat Jennings

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Robert Paisley

438

Success rate in this team:

55 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Paisley vs Arsenal

7 victories

11 draws

6 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1981

Paisley vs Neill

10 victories

10 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1981

Manager

Age

Match num

Terry Neill

308

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

40 %

Neill vs Liverpool

3 victories

11 draws

12 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1981

Neill vs Paisley

3 victories

10 draws

10 losses

Latest figure on December 08, 1981

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Key figures

Kenny Dalglish scored 6 goals vs in his professional career

No Arsenal manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Robert Paisley has reached 55% of wins .

It's the first time Kenny Dalglish scores a goal vs Arsenal in his professional career since the 28/04/1980 (with vs )

Read the next 31 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VLiverpool 3-0 Leeds United10/10/1981

LLiverpool 1-2 Manchester United24/10/1981

VLiverpool 3-2 AZ Alkmaar04/11/1981

VLiverpool 3-1 Everton07/11/1981

VLiverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough10/11/1981

LLiverpool 0-1 Southampton28/11/1981

Overall

VLiverpool 3-1 Everton07/11/1981

VLiverpool 4-1 Middlesbrough10/11/1981

DWest Bromwich Albion 1-1 Liverpool21/11/1981

LLiverpool 0-1 Southampton28/11/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/12/1981

VNottingham Forest 0-2 Liverpool05/12/1981

Current form

Away

LSwansea 2-0 Arsenal10/10/1981

LRC Genk 1-0 Arsenal21/10/1981

LIpswich Town 2-1 Arsenal24/10/1981

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal07/11/1981

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal21/11/1981

VWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal05/12/1981

Overall

VAston Villa 0-2 Arsenal07/11/1981

VArsenal 1-0 Norwich City10/11/1981

VNottingham Forest 1-2 Arsenal21/11/1981

VArsenal 1-0 Everton28/11/1981

DArsenal 0-0 Liverpool01/12/1981

VWest Ham 1-2 Arsenal05/12/1981

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	2
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	7	1
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	9
Drawless streak	8	1
Scoring streak	4	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

15	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
3.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
4.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.25	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.25
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	2
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
5-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Ian Rush	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Peter Nicholas
Ian Rush	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Ian Rush	5 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Peter Nicholas

Historical head to head

Home

63 matches

32 v

14 d

17 l

118 gf

72 ga

Away

64 matches

13 v

21 d

30 l

56 gf

97 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

4 gf

5 ga

Total

130 matches

46 v

35 d

49 l

178 gf

174 ga

Historical head to head

Home

64 matches

30 v

21 d

13 l

97 gf

56 ga

Away

63 matches

17 v

14 d

32 l

72 gf

118 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

5 gf

4 ga

Total

130 matches

49 v

35 d

46 l

174 gf

178 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	April 18, 1964
Home	5 - 0	April 18, 1964

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	September 01, 1934
Away	5 - 1	November 15, 1952

Latest head to head

December 01, 1981 - League Cup 1981/1982

Arsenal

0 - 0

Liverpool

September 05, 1981 - Division 1 1981/1982

Liverpool

2 - 0

Arsenal

March 28, 1981 - Division 1 1980/1981

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

October 25, 1980 - Division 1 1980/1981

Liverpool

1 - 1

Arsenal

May 01, 1980 - FA Cup 1979/1980

Arsenal

1 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Arsenal

Roger Hunt	8 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	5 goals	1978 - 1980
Terry McDermott	4 goals	1979 - 1981
Phil Neal	3 goals	1975 - 1977
Peter Thompson	3 goals	1964 - 1965
Ray Kennedy	3 goals	1974 - 1978

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

John Radford	7 goals	1965 - 1976
Alan Ball	6 goals	1973 - 1975
Joe Hulme	6 goals	1933 - 1936
Alan Sunderland	5 goals	1979 - 1981
Ted Drake	4 goals	1934 - 1935
Ray Bowden	4 goals	1934 - 1936

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Arsenal

Ian Callaghan	32 matches	1962 - 1978
Ray Clemence	31 matches	1970 - 1981
Emelyn Hughes	26 matches	1967 - 1978
Tommy Smith	24 matches	1964 - 1978
Phil Neal	22 matches	1975 - 1981
Phil Thompson	22 matches	1973 - 1981

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 02/12/1933. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

George Armstrong	27 matches	1963 - 1977
Pat Rice	27 matches	1970 - 1980
John Radford	21 matches	1965 - 1976
Peter Storey	21 matches	1965 - 1975
Peter Simpson	20 matches	1964 - 1977
David O'Leary	19 matches	1975 - 1981