Liverpool 1-0 Chelsea
First Division
3rd May 1986
A packed crowd of 49000, saw Liverpool win the league title. After only five minutes, Chelsea’s Nigel Spackman slipped, which in turn allowed Steve Nicol to centre from the right. Kevin MacDonald hooked in a right foot volley which forced Tony Godden to dive and turn the ball away one handed. After good work by Ian Rush and Craig Johnston, a neat touch from Kenny Dalglish set up Steve Nicol to shoot however his shot was blocked. After 23 minutes, Dalglish got on the end of a flick from Beglin to volley home an unbelievable goal.
Chelsea stormed back in the second half and had a penalty appeal turned down. The final ten minutes of the match was played mostly in Liverpool’s penalty area, however, Bruce Grobbelaar was a solid wall in the Reds Goal and Liverpool won the league title.

Crystal Palace 4-3 Liverpool (FA Cup Semi Final)
Date Played: 8th April 1990
This thrilling FA Cup match began in favor for Liverpool; Ian Rush stormed through to collect a ball from Steve McMahon and opened the scoring on the 24th minute. By the end of the first half it seemed like Liverpool were going to coast to an emphatic victory. Palace emerged after the break with new resolve. Directly from the kick off, Palace dominated play; Pemberton outstripped the Liverpool defense down the right and crossed in a high ball into the area. John Salako’s hit was only cleared to Mark Bright who smashed in the equalizer with his left foot past Grobbelaar. Now, the Liverpool back line did not look assured. In the 70th minute, a free kick from Andy Gray was headed on by Bright at the near post and OReilly came from the goalmouth crush to put the Eagles into a 2-1 lead. McMahon almost instantly leveled the score line for Liverpool and it was game on. Two minutes later, Pemberton brought down Steve Staunton as he sprinted into the Palace box. John Barnes slotted home the penalty kick to put Liverpool ahead. In the dying seconds of the match, Liverpool failed to clear from a corner and Andy Gray showed great desire to head home and level the score line. The tension was unbearable as the game went into extra time. During the second period, Palace won a corner. As the ball was crossed in, Alan Pardew rose above Ronnie Whelan to head home the winning goal.