| Saturday 30 November 1985
12:00 Canon League Division One |
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| "Liverpool" |
1 - 1 |
"Chelsea" |
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(0-0) |
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| GOAL |
| Molby 85 p. |
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Nevin 89 |
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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 Kevin MacDonald |
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1 Eddie
Niedzwieki
- Wood
- Dublin
- Doug Rougvie
- Joe McLaughlin
- Joey Jones
- Pat Nevin
- Nigel Spackman
- KerryDixon
- Kevin McAllister
- Murphy
Subs:
12 Canovile |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
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McAllister (Canovile ?) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: Neville Ashley |
| Booked: |
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Booked: |
| VENUE |
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MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity )
Attendance: 38,482 |
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John Hollins (Chelsea)
Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool) |
 Price: 50 pence
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Liverpool ride their
luck
Diplomacy prevented him from saying it but John Hollins left Anfield yesterday
utterly convinced his Chelsea side had been robbed. Tact prevented him from saying it but
John Hollins clambered aboard the Londoners' team coach utterly convinced that Ian Rush's
dramatic late fall was just that, and not a push. Discretion prevented him from saying it
but John Hollins headed south utterly convinced that referee Nevill Ashley had done his
utmost to undermine Division One's most unlikely title challenge.
Like his opposite number Kenny Dalglish, Hollins is a relative newcomer to football
management but in many respects the initial stages of their journey into the great unknown
are following strikingly similar patterns. Both have managed to carry the air of immense
dignity they displayed on the playing field forward into the job; both err on the side of
caution when potentially explosive situations arise. No unpleasant war of words for these
two, just a refreshing "you saw it, you report it" type of attitude.
While he said he was bitterly disappointed that his men had picked up just one
point for their steerling efforts on Saturday, Hollins, inevitably, remained
philosophical. It is a measure of just how far Chelsea have come along under his calm
guidance that he was found to be unhappy at all. Exactly how many opposition managers, I
mused as I trudged homewards, will fell bitter after sharing the spoils at Anfield?
Far be it for me to actually nod my head in agreement with a southerner but the man
did have a case. While appreciating that I must remain impartial at all times I confess
here and now I would have felt a sense of acute guilt, shared I am sure by the more
fair-minded Liverpool supporters, had Jan Molby's 86th minute steeled the destiny of the
three points involved.
While Chelsea were slightly fortunate in so much as they met Liverpool on one of
those increasingly rare days when practically nothing was going right, I still felt they
were tremendous.
Making light of the absence of no fewer than four key men they refused to be
intimidated by the infamous Anfield aura which so often lulls visitors into a false sense
of despondency. They refused to play the sacrificial lamb; their application was
near-faultless and their attitude brave and commendable.
Mind you, it is a very long time since Liverpool have looked, or even made to look,
so ordinary. If there has been a game in which they gave away the ball more times than
they did on Saturday I, thankfully, wasn't present. It seemed destined to be one of the
season's more intriguing goalless draws until a suitably dramatic climax materialised out
of thin air. With just five minutes remaining Mark Lawrenson strode forward manfully
before punching the ball forward to the bounding figure of Ian Rush. Joe McLaughlin
attempted to intercept but only succeeded in bundling the Welshman to the floor. That's
the way referee Ashley saw it anyway.
Molby did the rest, hammering the resulting spot-kick beyond Eddie Niedzwiecki.
Justice was seen to be done three minutes later when, after Paul Walsh had somehow
cleared a Doug Rougvie header off the line, Pat Nevin, the game's outstanding individual,
smashed home from close range after Bruce Grobbelaar had gone walkabout in his six yard
box. Funny game football.
By Ian Ross of "Daily Post".
Copyright - Daily Post |
