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(July 31, 2014) Jim Clarke said:
Miserable night at the City ground! We really should have closed them down in the last 10 minutes and settled for a 1-0 deficit. The rest of course is history for a superb Clough inspired team....
PS: Our coach also broke down on the way home!!!
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Garry Birtles told The Guardian: "After I'd scored Phil Thompson told me a single goal wouldn't be enough to take to Anfield. So when we scored again, cocky young thing that I was, I went up to him and said: "Will two be enough then?' He was speechless".
Graeme Souness recalled this match in the Sunday Times in December 2016. "I was taught a harsh lesson in my early days at Liverpool that stood me in good stead for the rest of my playing career. We had won the European Cup in my first six months in 1978, but were then drawn against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground as we set out to defend it. We were 1-0 down with three minutes to go and I went chasing the game from central midfield and ended up in their left-back area. The ball was played in to where I should have been, then back out to the left wing, squared and they scored to make it 2-0. Joe Fagan tore a strip off me afterwards. We would have taken 1-0, but 2-0 made it twice as difficult. Forest got a 0-0 draw back at Anfield and we were out. That was my lesson".
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST
87 2:0
56
McDermott 56
Erich Linemayr
