1987 Football League Cup Final

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The 1987 Football League Cup Final (sometimes known as the 1987 Littlewoods Cup final due to sponsorship) was a football match played on 5 April 1987 between Arsenal and Liverpool. The match, played in front of 96,000 spectators at Wembley Stadium, was won by Arsenal 2–1. Arsenal's goals were both scored by Charlie Nicholas, while Ian Rush scored Liverpool's goal.

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1987-04-05 Arsenal 2 – 1 Liverpool Wembley, London
Attendance: 96,000
Nicholas Scored after 30 minutes 30' Scored after 83 minutes 83' Rush Scored after 23 minutes 23'
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Liverpool
ARSENAL:
GK 1 Flag of England John Lukic
RB 2 Flag of England Viv Anderson
LB 3 Flag of England Kenny Sansom
CM 4 Flag of England Steve Williams
CB 5 Flag of Ireland David O'Leary
CB 6 Flag of England Tony Adams
RM 7 Flag of England David Rocastle
CM 8 Flag of England Paul Davis
FW 9 Flag of Ireland Niall Quinn Substituted off
FW 10 Flag of Scotland Charlie Nicholas
LM 11 Flag of England Martin Hayes Substituted off
Substitutes:
MF 12 Flag of England Perry Groves Substituted on after Quinn minutes Quinn'
MF 14 Flag of England Michael Thomas Substituted on after Hayes minutes Hayes'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland George Graham
LIVERPOOL:
GK 1 Flag of Zimbabwe Bruce Grobbelaar
RB 2 Flag of Scotland Gary Gillespie
LB 3 Flag of England Barry Venison
CM 4 Flag of England Nigel Spackman
LM 5 Flag of Ireland Ronnie Whelan
CB 6 Flag of Scotland Alan Hansen (c)
FW 7 Flag of England Paul Walsh Substituted off
RM 8 Flag of England Craig Johnston
FW 9 Flag of Wales Ian Rush
CM 10 Flag of Denmark Jan Molby
CM 11 Flag of England Steve McMahon Substituted off
Substitutes:
FW 12 Flag of Scotland Kenny Dalglish Substituted on after Walsh minutes Walsh'
MF 14 Flag of Scotland John Wark Substituted on after McMahon minutes McMahon'
Manager:
Flag of Scotland Kenny Dalglish
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