Tom Finney described this as the performance of the century and while its over 25-years no now, I wont forget it. Steve Sutton was arguably man of the match. Forest had a very good side at the time and as said they didnt play bad, but Liverpool played supreme football that evening as they had been doing all season filled with home grown players. A great side denied true greatness by a European ban. I think this is one of the greatest league teams I have seen. They really were a team.
This is the team that made me fall in love with English football, and particularly Liverpool. I loved their passing esp in the box, John Barnes my favourite, and appreciated that fact that they played cleanly as well.
Have to say, as a Forest fan, I remember watching that on TV at the time. I still think it was one of the best team performances I have seen. Forest were a top team and couldn't live with Liverpool that night.
This performance against Notts Forest, who where 2nd in the table, was the cherry on the cake of a LFC dominance that had lasted 15 yrs.. With the nadir of Hillsborough a year later .. LFC, the institution, where never to be the same again. What a performance by a great group of british players.. LFC look like they could be building a new dawn.. but this team are a global team and LFC are a global brand owned by those around the world! It doesnt mean much to me .. but 1988 that team was for the fans and most came from about 1/2 hr or closer.. I was a proud supporter..
I was lucky to be on the Kop that night with my dad. A magical time that should've led to a second 'double' in two years. Probably the most exciting team to watch at that time
started supporting Liverpool this season through Barnes who deserves the player of the year award he went on to pick up this season. ....still the best ever Liverpool side I've ever watched, was almost Brazil like the football Liverpool produced especially in this game
Class personified..... Team telepathy, commitment for the cause and desire in perfect harmony. If it wasn't for Sutton and some wayward finishing it could have been 10
Now that was a boss scouse team, the most scintillating football I've seen played by that team in 87/88, like Brazil 82/86 at their best. The front six were interchangeably amazing in quality work rate and invention. Steve McMahon, what a fucking player he was. Arsenal in 88, he made that game his own. What makes this result all the more impressive is that this Cloughie line up is actually a superb Forest team, good contenders from 85-91 as I recall. John Barnes had his best season here....
I remember watching this as a 12 year old kid and it is still the most perfect team performance I have ever seen from an English side. Yes, I am biased but it really is quite sensational. Y.N.W.A.
I remember being there on the night, and just wanted John Barnes to always have the ball, he was brilliant that season. Not one foreign player on the pitch in either side then
Remember going to this game and to Wembley a few days later when everyone expected the reds to do exactly the same to Wimbledon as we did to Forest. That is why i never take any team for granted, "it's a funny old game."
What utter bollocks. It's impossible to say how teams from different eras would perform against each other. What I do know is that tactically, this Liverpool side were streets ahead of most others in the OldFirst Division, and it's a shame they couldn't compete in Europe. Barnes and Beardsley were, what you'd call today, 'technically' brilliant. And this comes from a United fan who had to suffer Liverpool's dominance, and begrudgingly admire it.
I see people saying these players couldn't cope with the game today because of the physical demands. If these players where at the same level of fitness and conditioning of today. They would win it all it's all about technique, touch and ability on the ball. The reason I fell in love with football these players and especially the front three of Aldridge, Barnes and Beardsley amazing.
How good were we then ? I remember us getting Barnes and Beardsley so clearly and this game was so good , even Sir Tom Finney said it was the best football he,d ever seen . Enough said really YNWA
how unlucky they coudnt play in european competitions. what if liverpool played in european cups between 1985-1991 ? maybe more cups than real madrid ?. salute from Turkey.
Lol Liverpool would have won titles before 89 ,but do you go genuinely think that this Liverpool side was better than ac milan of 87-91 ,which is widely considered to be the greatest team of all time along with Guardiola's Barca
@@tarkora1742 u are deluded Do u seriously think that Steve Nicol was better than Maldini Alan Hansen better than baresi? Any Liverpool midfielder better than gullit and rijkaard Any Liverpool forward better than van basten ? Ac milan of 87-91 is the 2 nd greatest side of all time after 2008-2012 Barca Fifa voted Sacchi's milan team to be the greatest team of all time
@@tarkora1742 Maldini is the greatest defender of all time Baresi is the 3rd greatest defender of all time Gullit is the 3rd or 4th best cam of all time Some people think that gullit was even better than Maradona and Zidane Marco van basten is the 2ns greatest striker of all time Rijkaard is probably the 2nd or the 3ed greatest CDM of all time Ac milan of 87-91 hs the best back 4 of all time And yet your deluded ass still thinks that Liverpool of 87-90 is better than ac milan 87-90?
look. i told my opinion. so easy ha ? cant i have an opinion ? i watched both teams alive. football is not an individual duello between aldridge vs van basten or gullit vs beardsley. if you say milan of 80s better then liverpool 80s , then so be it. dont try to empoze your ideas. just say your opinion and be gone kid.
How much would you pay for a 26 year old Beardsley today?, or a 24 year old John Barnes?, you'd not be getting any change out of £75m that's for certain.
This Liverpool team should've done the double in 88. But we allowed ourselves to be bullied by a gang of thugs in the cup final. Perhaps this team was missing a bit of a nasty streak? A Souness?
5:52 what wizardry. I disliked Liverpool from this era( because they always won) But I always watched their games because of him. His touch on the ball was like a Brazilian..
The craziest thing here is that Sutton could have been man of the match (has to be Barnes though) and yet his team were destroyed. Could easily have been double figures 👏💯
Beautiful football,and all without the ''pet referees'' and underhand mind games from Ferguson.By the time the 3rd goal went in,it perhaps ought to have been 6 or 7 nil.
Today's EPL teams are much stronger than this Liverpool team......even the current team Liverpool who just finished the league in the 7th position would beat that 1987/1988 version...the Barcelona , Real Madrid , Bayern Munich consist of the best players from all coners of the world.....just imagine how many penaltys Messi , Ronaldo and Robben would earn against that Liverpool defence while running at them.......
But why would you think that this Liverpool side, with all the football of the 30 years following them, wouldn't be playing football like them. Football progression and development is about ripping off other ideas and adapting them for your own. Your denying this side that option. In the late 80s there is only one side better than this Liverpool team and that's the AC Milan side, and in 87-88 they are still a couple of seasons away from hitting their stride. That AC Milan side are still considered one of the very strongest to ever play in Europe and Liverpool would have certainly been a match for them. Unlike other European competitions, Spain and Germany especially, the English league and cup double was, before the Premier League era, very, very rare. Liverpool had 4 cracks at it in 5 seasons, with Barnes and Beardsley taking this side close 3 seasons in a row. In short, I think your statement's full of rubbish and ignorant of British and European football.
