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I’d tend to disagree with the article, it is the most exciting, or nerve-wracking, finale to a season in recent history. I’m surprised the comparisons to 1995 haven’t been mentioned when we needed to beat West Ham, but the actual scenario around that match was Blackburn were ahead on points and actually surprisingly lost which meant even if we had won and they had won, they still would have finished as Champions although them drawing and us finding that elusive goal against a resilient West Ham would have crowned us Champions for the third year running.
None-the-less, the annuls of history state we didn’t score so it ended up in Lancashire with Dalglish’s side instead if us.
Another last game of the season was Liverpool v Arsenal in 1988-89 season when Liverpool were leading the league by three points and by ONE on goal difference over Arsenal meaning Arsenal would have to win by two clear goals. I remember having those Goals Galore every season and they showed right at the end Liverpool, despite being one goal down casually passing the ball around as time trickled away and then John Barnes even went on a solo run which was snapped up by the defence and John Lukic belted the ball down into the Scouse box where Michael Thomas, later a Liverpool player, scored an injury time second effectively handing the title to Arsenal on goal difference for a 2-0 win.
That to me was dramatic.
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