| Saturday 4 January 1986 15:00
FA Cup 3rd Round |
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| "Liverpool" |
5 - 0 |
"Norwich
City" |
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(2-0) |
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| GOAL |
| MacDonald 23, Walsh 33, McMahon 73,
Whelan 78, Wark 81 |
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1 Bruce
Grobbelaar
2 Steve Nicol
3 Kevin MacDonald
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 John Wark |
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1 Chris Woods
- Ian Culverhouse
- Van Wyk
- Steve Bruce
- Mike Phelan
- Dave Watson (c)
- Barham
- Kevin Drinkell
- Biggins
- Peter Mendham
- David Williams
Subs:
12 John Deehan |
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| SUBSTITUTIONS |
| Walsh (Wark 64) |
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Williams (Deehan ?) |
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| OFFICIALS & BOOKINGS |
| Referee: D Hutchison |
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| VENUE |
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MANAGERS |
Anfield (capacity )
Attendance: 29,082 |
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Kenny Dalglish (Liverpool)
Ken Brown (Norwich C) |
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Liverpool bury Norwich
Norwich's FA Cup fate was sealed even before they stepped into an Anfield snowstorm
to be buried under Liverpool's goal avalanche.
Kenny Dalglish, omitting himself from the team but shaping the course of a
weather-gripped contest told his players in the dressing room: "Today is not about
pretty stuff .... it's about attitude." Liverpool duly went out and proved their
canny manager right while Norwich vainly attempted to play the sweet football that has
swept them to the Second Division summit on the back of seven straight wins.
Perhaps Liverpool did them a favour with a merciless 5-0 hiding that reminds Ken
Brown's side of First Division quality and leaves them with the single-minded mission of
gaining promotion at the first attempt.
As if Liverpool, pouncing like snow-cats on every opportunity, were not enough for
Norwich to contend with they aided and abetted their own downfall with fatally hesitant
moments.
Norwich stood and watched Paul Walsh - taking over Dalglish's attacking place -
swiftly take a free kick awarded for Dave Watson's illegal challenge. And they paid the
penalty when Kevin MacDonald seized on the chance to rifle Liverpool in front and extend
their record of scoring in the FA Cup every season since 1955.
After Walsh had issued another reminder to Bobby Robson by heading in Jan Molby's
free kick for his 14th goal in his last 17 outings, Norwich again paid dearly for failing
to put the ball out of play as Steve Bruce lay injured. Play went on and Steve McMahon
clinched Liverpool's fourth round ticket by cashing in on MacDonald's telling pass to end
Norwich's brief flurry or resistance following John Deehan's entrance in place of Dave
Williams.
"There are things we must brush up defensively because we can only blame
ourselves for the first and third goals," sighed Norwich's Liverpool-born captain
Watson, whose unhappy afternoon was completed when Ronnie Whelan headed a superb fourth
goal and injured Walsh's replacement John Wark struck for the fifth.
Dalglish, who insisted during Liverpool's previous five games without a win that
only the bounce of the ball was going against his side, also won the tactical battle by
keeping Molby employed in a fiveman rearguard. That ploy - to counter the menace of long
kicks from Norwich keeper Chris Woods - worked so successfully that the visitors managed
just one shot on target ... and Bruce Grobbelaar dealt comfortably with that second half
effort from Peter Mendham.
As Molby said: "We wanted to stop giving away silly goals and we never gave
Norwich a sniff at one".
Ken Brown remained philosophical to life at the top as he reflected : "There
is always a danger when you meet Liverpool after they haven't been doing too well. They
adapted brilliantly to the conditions, especially in the first half, when we couldn't get
the ball rolling. I don't think we had a particularly off day - but their goals were
killers."
Dalglish was delighted at the distribution of the goals, saying : "The lads
got their reward and it's pleasing to see five of them score. The only surprise was that
Craig Johnston and Ian Rush were not among them to crown impressive performances."
By John Keith of "The Daily Express".
Copyright - The Daily Express |
