| Saturday 9 November 1986 15:00
Canon League Division One |
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| "Coventry
City" |
0 - 3 |
"Liverpool" |
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(0-1) |
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| GOAL |
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Beglin 5, Walsh 47, Rush 81 |
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1
Steve Ogrizovic
- Brian Borrows
- Gregg Downs
- David Bowman
- Graham Rodger
- Trevor Peake (c)
- Mickey Adams
- Lloyd McGrath
- Gareth Evans
- Terry Gibson
- Dave Bennett
Subs:
12 Andy Williams |
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1 Bruce
Grobbelaar
2 Steve Nicol
3 Jim Beglin
4 Mark Lawrenson
5 Ronnie Whelan
6 Alan Hansen (c)
7 Paul Walsh
8 Craig Johnston
9 Ian Rush
10 Jan Molby
11 Steve McMahon
Subs:
12 Phil Neal |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
| Downs (Williams ?) |
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McMahon (Neal 46) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: D S Vickers |
| Booked: |
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Booked: |
| VENUE |
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MANAGERS |
Highfield Road (capacity )
Attendance: 16,947 |
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Don Mackay (Coventry C)
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool) |
 Price: 50 pence
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Liverpool back in the
race
Now we've got a race. While Manchester United stumbled, at last, Liverpool gained
ground and a championship that was being regarded as being a walkover looks like a contest
again.
A seven point lead still leaves the money heavily on United but everywhere that you
looked at Coventry the conversation was about whether Liverpool could make their mark.
Personally, I think the answer is YES.
Liverpool's 3-0 win at Coventry was as slick as Brylcreamed hair. Admittedly, the
experiment was not conducted in ideal conditions because Coventry were without two main
components, Cyrille Regis and Brian Kilcline.
Goalkeeper Steve Ogrizovic and captain Trevor Peake also made mistakes that gave
Jim Beglin, Paul Walsh and Ian Rush their goals. But the underlying feeling about
Liverpool was one of quality. No-one has had a closer look at United and Liverpool
recently than Coventry's manager Don Mackay. Who's the best? "That's like asking me
to choose between a Rolls Royce and a Bentley. United are the team that takes players on
and goes past you. Liverpool are disciplined and use the ball well".
Liverpool went about their business as orderly as a clerk. Picking off Coventry
when they made their mistakes and killing the game in each half with early goals.
"Anyone who thinks that this championship is a runaway for United is being
foolish," says Ogrizovic. "Because there has been no television, I didn't know
how well Liverpool had been playing this season. But I was impressed. They were better
than United last week."
Walsh and Steve McMahon, until he retired in the second half with an awful bang on
the head, were the pick of the quality. And goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar enjoyed it. Apart
from the odd individual threat from Terry Gibson, he didn't have a lot to do but his
observations were interesting.
"Kenny Dalglish is the hardest manager I have played for," he said.
"I would say Dalglish is a certainty to manage Scotland sometime in the future."
By John Wragg of "Daily Express"
Copyright - Daily Express |
