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      HUYTON RED
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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #23: Jan 29, 2022 05:15:42 pm
      I remember that game. And as much as I agree with you regarding the forest demolition, this game against United wasn’t that dominant. United didn’t play that badly really. It was joyous to watch though...

      One thing, watching those highlights and remembering that era shows just how good that team was. I would love Barnes and Beardsley right now.

      For me, that team is still better than the one we have now.

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      Reply #24: Jan 29, 2022 05:37:15 pm

      As Meat Loaf would have said, you took the words right outa my mouth :)

      Not sure why I enjoyed this game as much as I did, but really enjoyed demolishing Spuds in their own back yard, in the rain, back in 2013
      https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolFC/videos/highlights-tottenham-0-5-liverpool/239209684343148/

      But yea, so many to choose from..
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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #25: Jan 29, 2022 05:37:17 pm
      https://youtu.be/jy-uQT3AqyI


      Nothing will come close to this

      Just blew away Forest who at the time were the nearest Rivals

      We were supreme that day and has to be right up there in too performances, players on a different level that day
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      Reply #26: Jan 29, 2022 07:09:25 pm
      There’s been a few down the years, and probably load’s more before my time, for me though my stand out would be humiliating Spurs 7-0 in ‘78’, which for me was our best side ever, if you could, I would play that team today and they’d still win, Clemence, Neal, Hughes, Thompson, Kennedy, Case, Souness, McDermott, R Kennedy, Dalglish, Johnson, it was the “Complete Performance “ by the complete team,

      Forest was another “complete Performance” in ‘88’ Forest were flying under Clough and had two European cups under their belt, they beat us 2-1 in a league game two weeks before but we got revenge in the FA cup semi knocking them out and us going to the final, the performance itself has been heralded as one of our greatest and was witnessed by the Great Tom Finney(google him kids), he said after…’it was the finest exhibition I’ve seen the whole time I’ve played and watched the game, you couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil, the moves they put together were fantastic’,

      More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season, most will point to the Manc game at home, the Alisson assist for Mo’s clincher, but for me it was that exquisit display at the Kingpower,


      Have to put it in don’t we, that special night, where the whole f***in world expected us to suck we Lionel’s boaby and capitulate, Death by Catalonia, was the headlines the following morning, missing two of our main combatants in Mo & Bobby we were f***in Doomed, and the pro-Manc media sat with hard ons convinced we’d get battered, I remember the embarrassment at work when we lost 3-0 at the Camp Nou, it didn’t matter we didn’t deserve that scoreline, no one cared,  only the final score mattered and it was virtually game over…….well, so everybody thought….on the day of the game at work, the only Red by the way, I got asked what I thought the score would be and without any hesitation said 4-0, of course the all fell about laughing… F**k all said the next morning, except for me of course, F**k me didn’t let them know about it !!


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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #27: Jan 29, 2022 11:39:02 pm
      There’s been a few down the years, and probably load’s more before my time, for me though my stand out would be humiliating Spurs 7-0 in ‘78’, which for me was our best side ever, if you could, I would play that team today and they’d still win, Clemence, Neal, Hughes, Thompson, Kennedy, Case, Souness, McDermott, R Kennedy, Dalglish, Johnson, it was the “Complete Performance “ by the complete team,

      Forest was another “complete Performance” in ‘88’ Forest were flying under Clough and had two European cups under their belt, they beat us 2-1 in a league game two weeks before but we got revenge in the FA cup semi knocking them out and us going to the final, the performance itself has been heralded as one of our greatest and was witnessed by the Great Tom Finney(google him kids), he said after…’it was the finest exhibition I’ve seen the whole time I’ve played and watched the game, you couldn’t see it bettered anywhere, not even in Brazil, the moves they put together were fantastic’,

      More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season, most will point to the Manc game at home, the Alisson assist for Mo’s clincher, but for me it was that exquisit display at the Kingpower,


      Have to put it in don’t we, that special night, where the whole f***in world expected us to suck we Lionel’s boaby and capitulate, Death by Catalonia, was the headlines the following morning, missing two of our main combatants in Mo & Bobby we were F**kin Doomed, and the pro-Manc media sat with hard ons convinced we’d get battered, I remember the embarrassment at work when we lost 3-0 at the Camp Nou, it didn’t matter we didn’t deserve that scoreline, no one cared,  only the final score mattered and it was virtually game over…….well, so everybody thought….on the day of the game at work, the only Red by the way, I got asked what I thought the score would be and without any hesitation said 4-0, of course the all fell about laughing… F**k all said the next morning, except for me of course, f**k me didn’t let them know about it !!


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      I'm all over this Billy and could easily have said exactly the same as you, BUT you've put it so much better than me  ;D

      Amazing memories never to be forgotten.
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      Reply #28: Feb 02, 2022 04:02:29 pm
      Greetings all...  I'm brand new here, and for my first post, I'm going to mirror a lot of what's already been said and maybe add one or two others.

      The 5-0 Vs Forest was the most exceptional display of football that might have ever been seen in English football.  It could genuinely have been 9 or 10.  We hit the woodwork three times I think, and their keeper made some great saves.  For the 2nd goal, the pass from Beardo to Aldo still brings me out of my seat when I watch it today...  And remember, that match was the equivalent of us playing City today - There were, easily, the next best team in the league, and a bloody good outfit.  It was poetry in motion from start to finish.

      The 4-0 Vs Madrid was, for me, and even better performance than the 4-0 Vs Barca, because Barca did have several chances, particularly in the first half, whereas I don't remember Madrid getting a sniff...  We just swatted them aside, with the passion from the stands rolling down and onto the pitch, simply overwhelming the mighty Real Madrid.  And Stevie's half-volley in the 2nd half...  Oh my.

      The 4-0 away to Leicester was another demonstration of sheer power and will...  A statement.  We all approached that game expecting a tough match against a good side who were somewhat close to us in the table.  For practically the entire game, it was men against boys...  I remember being disappointed that it was only 1-0 at halftime, and worried that we might rue not being further ahead, only to see us be even more dominant in the 2nd half.  That was the game after which I actually started to allow myself to believe that there might not be a heartbreaking twist at the end of THIS season...

      The year Suarez almost carried us to the title by himself, we went to Salford and beat them 3-0.  It should have been about 6-0.  We battered them, and toyed with them by the end of the game.  Stevie hit the post on what would have been his hattrick of penalties.  This season's 5-0 there was a dream, of course, but that's an easy answer, so fresh in the memory...  This game was equally lopsided, maybe even a little more so, even if the final score didn't reflect it. 

      And finally, there was a match that I watched as a boy, back in the days of Digger and Macca and Aldo and Whelan and Houghton and Beardsley, etc... where we spent 90+ minutes wiping the grass of Anfield with the Chelsea players.  I'm not sure that they got out of their own half...  Now, it was one of those days when we just couldn't score for love nor money, until the 93rd or so minute, so the score will comes across as a nondescript 1-0 win, but the performance was insane.  Relentless, fluid, attacking football, that, had we scored early and opened the floodgates, might have seen us reach double figures...  As it was, we had to settle for just one, but with a little luck and / or prowess in front on goal, this match might have been remembered up there with the Spurs 7-0 and the Forest 5-0. 
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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #29: Feb 09, 2022 01:57:39 pm
      Quote from billythered
      More recently I loved the performance against Leicester at the Kingpower, at that particular time, they were our nearest and dearest in the league, I remember the build up to the game that week all the pundits and media Scrotums had written us off and were sure we would drop points, I don’t think we were playing particularly well at the time , scraping through here and there, however, we went there and absolutely battered them , it was 0-4 in the end but it could have 7, for me that result convinced the players that we were winning the league that season

      I remember we went into the game having won 9 on the trot, miles clear in the league, and had just won the World Cup. It's true that we were expected to drop points there, (god only knows why), but we made them all sit up and take notice.

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      Another one I remember from the Rafa era was against Derby - think we won 6 0, can’t quite recall but we were absolutely on fire that day and you just knew we would go close to the title that year.

      If only that was the case. We won it 6-0 on 1 September 2007, but at the next home game 3 weeks later, Birmingham turned up and got another point from those dull horrible goalless draws at home that we had to put up with during the Rafa era. Derby were relegated in record time, and we were relegated to fighting the top 4 fight again by Christmas. 

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      Greetings all...

      The 5-0 Vs Forest was the most exceptional display of football that might have ever been seen in English football.  It could genuinely have been 9 or 10.  We hit the woodwork three times I think, and their keeper made some great saves.  For the 2nd goal, the pass from Beardo to Aldo still brings me out of my seat when I watch it today...  And remember, that match was the equivalent of us playing City today - There were, easily, the next best team in the league, and a bloody good outfit.

      I think the last bit is a bit ott. They had just beaten us at their place, so when they came here a couple of weeks later, straight after the cup semi final, I think we had a score to settle, which we did. We haven't won at their place since 1984, but I never saw them as major rivals in that, or any season. When I was at the home game against them 12 months earlier, we won easily, and our 86/87 team wasn't great, which didn't retain the title.

      As with these kind of questions, it's impossible to limit the answer to one game. It's before my time but I would have assumed the 5-0 derby win would have got a mention or two by now. In October 87, QPR arrived here top of the league, just a couple of days after the famous hurricane hit the south of England. It was my first and only time in the Kemlyn Road as Barnes ran rings around them for the fourth goal in our 4-0 win to put us top of the league, which stayed that way until the end of the season.

      Watching us beat Huddersfield in the Centenary in 2019, was another complete performance. They were already relegated by then and when we scored after just 17 seconds, the result was never in doubt. With us 3-0 up at half time, the only question was if we were going to declare then, or boost the goal difference instead, as we were a few goals behind in that title race. We added 2 more to win 5-0, and it could have been any score by the end.
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      Reply #30: Feb 09, 2022 11:23:13 pm
      If only that was the case. We won it 6-0 on 1 September 2007, but at the next home game 3 weeks later, Birmingham turned up and got another point from those dull horrible goalless draws at home that we had to put up with during the Rafa era. Derby were relegated in record time, and we were relegated to fighting the top 4 fight again by Christmas. 

      Sorry lad, unlike you I am going from my hazy memory rather than googling every single statistic from every game before posting. I doubt you even remember the Birmingham game you’re referencing, just having a little google and throwing your Rafa bias into it.

      Thread is about the most complete performance, not what happened next so you can do one with your Rafa vendetta as we had some very complete performances under him. He left in 2010 didn’t he? Move on.

      You’re an absolute broken record.
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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #31: Feb 10, 2022 12:00:49 am
      I know exactly where I was to watch that game thanks. It was posted because you said we were going to go close for the title that year. I would love it to be true, but it wasn't.
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      Reply #32: Feb 10, 2022 01:16:41 pm
      I know exactly where I was to watch that game thanks. It was posted because you said we were going to go close for the title that year. I would love it to be true, but it wasn't.

      Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

      You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you
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      Reply #33: Feb 10, 2022 01:44:23 pm
      Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

      You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

      Of course he remembers where he was on 1st September 2007. A day etched in history you know.

      I mean who couldn't remember where they were exactly 10 days before the 6th anniversary of
      9/11???
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      Reply #34: Feb 12, 2022 08:00:38 am
      It has to be inter Milan at Anfield 1965 on the Wednesday night after we won the F.A,
      .Cup for the first time..Gerry Byrne and Gordon Milne carried the cup around the ground before the kick off and that really got the crowd worked up.It was a master stroke by Bill Shankly and the atmosphere was electric.  WE have had so many good days and nights at Anfield but that night is the standout for me.
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      Reply #35: Feb 12, 2022 02:06:08 pm
      It has to be inter Milan at Anfield 1965 on the Wednesday night after we won the F.A,
      .Cup for the first time..Gerry Byrne and Gordon Milne carried the cup around the ground before the kick off and that really got the crowd worked up.It was a master stroke by Bill Shankly and the atmosphere was electric.  WE have had so many good days and nights at Anfield but that night is the standout for me.

      Billy if it was a complete performance, we wouldn't have conceded and the cheating bas**rds wouldn't have got away with what happened in Italy.
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      Reply #36: Feb 12, 2022 02:16:33 pm
      Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

      You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

      My cousin was about 10 when his dad took him to Everton Social Club and he sat him on the snooker table answering random questions about footy.
      Mad stuff like who won the FA cup in 1947. He’d tell them, and the opposition, and the goal scorers, then the teams managers.
      Madness, but he remembered everything from reading football mags etc.
      So some people do have that incredible ability.
      Not me I’m afraid, memory like a sieve me !
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      Reply #37: Feb 13, 2022 07:05:20 am
      Billy if it was a complete performance, we wouldn't have conceded and the cheating bas**rds wouldn't have got away with what happened in Italy.

      Seeing as it was our first time in Europe it was as good as a complete performance for me, you are right about the cheating bas**rds and the bent ref. I dont know if you are aware but the tricks the tw*ts got up to in Milan like driving around the hotel tooting the car horns all night so our lads could not get to sleep,then there was the bent ref,we were on a hiding to nothing.So you can see why I rated the Anfield win with the F.A.Cup as a complete performance.
                                                          That season the club ran raffles for  the semi final of the FA Cup against Chelsea at Villa Park,there was 10 winnners drawn and I was one of the lucky ten.WE beat Chelsea 2-0 who were managed by a certain Tommy Docherty,he thought they were going to thrash us ,what a shock that tw*t got.WE left Anfield about 10 o clock in the morning and got back to Anfield about 10/30 at night.
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      Reply #38: Feb 13, 2022 04:03:12 pm
      Seeing as it was our first time in Europe it was as good as a complete performance for me, you are right about the cheating bas**rds and the bent ref. I dont know if you are aware but the tricks the tw*ts got up to in Milan like driving around the hotel tooting the car horns all night so our lads could not get to sleep,then there was the bent ref,we were on a hiding to nothing.So you can see why I rated the Anfield win with the F.A.Cup as a complete performance.

      Heard the story a million times from grandparents, books, vids etc.

      The stuff any scouse kid of the 80s was brought up on about the Reds - Milan, St Etienne, Rome!!
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      Re: Most complete performance
      Reply #39: Feb 19, 2022 01:57:09 pm
      Quote from RedWilly
      Ah yeah sound because we all remember the exact date of matches played 15 years ago. Suppose you can remember the kick off time too?

      You’re wasted on this forum with a memory like that mate, sure NASA could find a role for you

      You would have to be an astronaut to get anywhere near NASA, and I'm not an astronaut.

      Yes I can remember the ko time, and remember the suggestion that the bookies were going to pay out on Derby's relegation if they lost, rather than wait until March when it was confirmed. So by the 4th goal the tills were probably being opened.

      6-0 wins are rare and should be remembered. The whole thread is about what you remember from your own memory. And I remember the 6-0 wins and the goalless draws, as if they happened yesterday.

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