Liverpool 4-3 Newcastle (April 1996)published at 11:55 British Summer Time
Shamoon Hafez
BBC Sport football news reporter
The greatest Premier League match of them all? The ebb and
flow of a highly dramatic contest played on a patchy pitch in front of a
raucous Anfield crowd under the floodlights.
When Liverpool hosted Newcastle in a dramatic evening at Anfield where Robbie Fowler headed in the opening goal at the back post, while Newcastle equalised as Les Ferdinand’s shot squirmed through
David James’ hands.
Frenchman David Ginola ran through on goal and coolly
slotted in for 2-1, but Fowler equalised in the second half with a beautiful
outside-of-the-foot finish for his second goal of the night.
With the Liverpool players looking for an offside flag,
Faustino Asprilla stroked in as James flew out of his goal to put Newcastle in
front again, before Stan Collymore converted at the back post from Jason
McAteer’s low cross for 3-3.
With time running out and John Barnes and Ian Rush playing
keep-ball in the opposition half, the ball was squeezed out wide for Collymore
to smash home the winner in injury time.
Martin Tyler’s unforgettable, hair-raising commentary on Sky
Sports reached a crescendo: “Barnes, Rush, Barnes, still John Barnes,
Collymore… CLOSING INNNNNNN, Liverpool lead in stoppage time! Kevin Keegan
hangs his head, he is devastated.”
Liverpool fans went wild in the stands, while their former
frontman Keegan slumped over the advertising hoardings in one of the most
iconic Premier League moments, knowing the title was slipping away.

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