…..Luis Suarez…F**k sake Walton…which one do I go for here ?…ok err..against Newcastle ball over the top Luis controls it with his chest, let’s it drop and with the slightest of touches beats the keeper and that hairy arsed defender breathing down his neck, all in the blinking of a eye, or could it be one of the three hat-trick goals V Norwich, from lobbing the keeper from 50yards out, or volleying past the same keeper with the ball slightly behind him, or that header from the edge of the 18 yard box can’t remember against who…Luis Suarez..the Crazy Genius…
If I were to single out a goal that typifies what we old fuckers used to call the Liverpool groove, I’d probably say Terry Mac’s goal V Spud’s, can’t quite remember the year but I’d guess at maybe ‘74’ -‘76’,
Clem rolls the ball out to Phil Thompson, he clips a ball left to Stevie Heighway, he takes one or two touches then delivers this absolute pin point accurate cross to Terry Mac, who had ran the length of the pitch to meet the ball and bullet header past the keeper into the far corner, I dunno but I reckon it could have been that goal that was the catalyst to me becoming a Red, I watched it on the telly box with my ol fella, and I remember him saying what a goal it was, the ‘Perfect goal’ he called it, and next day we went fishing and he spoke about it with my uncle, just the way they spoke about it at the time, now my old fella liked football but wasn’t a fan of anyone in particular so for him to wax lyrical about it told me it was indeed special, and so from that moment on I looked out for Liverpool and the rest is history…..
….Terry Mac scored some absolute crackers….and that particular one for me in my opinion would be my old time favourite……
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It was September 1978, and it wouldn't be the first or the last time we beat a newly promoted side 7-0 at home. I think his winner against them in the Cup quarter final the following season was just individual brilliance. The Suarez header above was against West Brom at home in October 2013. He scored another hat trick that day.
Apart from the late winners in the biggest games which are favourites for obvious reasons, the best goals are usually the ones that you never see coming.
Jürgen admitted that he didn't see the Origi goal live, as he was preparing to make a sub.
It's not something to gripe about though, the only way it could be scored is because of how it happened. I saw it all live and there was no reason for it to be ruled out. I still find the "defending" hilarious to watch, it was a European Cup semi final. I put it down to the atmosphere.
Mane scored an incredible goal against Watford a few weeks before, with a back heel that had to get above the keeper on the ground to go in. Another favourite was by Firmino shortly before that against Arsenal when he left 5 of them lying around on the floor unable to keep up with him.
For years, the only people who saw the Molby goal against the mancs in the League Cup in 85 were those who turned up. He scored some great goals in his time, but mazy dribbles were rare even for him. McMahon scored a cracker in the derby at home the next season, and a similiar one against the mancs the year after that. Sadly it's not remembered so much as we didn't win the game. The winning goal against Alaves in the Uefa Cup was special, as it was the first European trophy I saw us win, and because when it was scored the game ended there and then.
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