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competitions. The match was played on 18 August 1990 between

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champions

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and

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winners Manchester United. Utility player

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opened the scoring for United in the first half, but a

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drew Liverpool level shortly after the break. The match finished at 1–1 and the two sides shared the trophy for six months each. Absent from the game for Manchester United were captain

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, who would be out of action until December that year due to injury; left-back Lee Martin who scored the winning goal in the FA Cup Final three months previously; and midfielder

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. Their places in the starting XI were taken by

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and newly signed full-back

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, beginning a 12-year spell with the club that would reap numerous honours, while

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moved back into his usual midfield position.

Match details

References

External links

Match report at LFCHistory.net

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