As Germany annihilated Brazil 7-1 at the FIFA World Cup, the world looked on in amazement and the locals in horror. It was like watching a Sunday League game as a side with one or two semi-professional ringers torn through a hapless amateur team. It certainly wasnt the type of game you expect to see on the grandest stage of them all. It was the sort of scoreline that left both sets of supporters in shock, albeit from totally different perspectives. We look at Liverpool FC’s biggest ever victories, including European Cup tonkings, Premier League batterings and League Cup obliteration. Liverpool 7-1 Southampton, 1999 On a chilly January afternoon Liverpool notched up their biggest ever Premier League win, putting seven past the Saints in ruthless fashion. Robbie Fowler led the way with a superb hat-trick and Michael Owen terrorised the Saints defence. Even Jamie Carragher and Dominic Matteo got on the scoresheet, such was the charity of the Saints defence. Gerard Houllier’s side were rampant, as Southampton boss Dave Jones watched in horror. Led by Owen, Liverpool tore into the Southampton defence for the first 22 minutes before Fowler finally turned in from a corner. The Reds were 3-0 up before half-time with goals from Matteo and another from Fowler. Most Kopites had barely had chance to settle into their seats after half-time when Fowler completed his hat-trick. Carragher then turned home a Jamie Redknapp free-kick to make it five. Egil Ostenstad pulled a goal back for Southampton but Liverpool completed the rout with a deserved goal for Owen and a strike from David Thompson. Liverpool 7-0 Tottenham Hotspur, 1978 This remains one of Liverpool’s most famous big wins, with Terry McDermott’s rout-sealing goal still one of the greatest goals Anfield has ever witnessed. The goals started flowing in the 10th minute with a goal from Kenny Dalglish. The King made it two just 12 minutes later, before a goal from Ray Kennedy sent the Reds into the interval three goals to the good. David Johnson got in on the action with a double after half time, before Phil Neal got the sixth from the penalty spot. Then the Reds applied the coup de grace. Dalglish found Johnson, Johnson found Steve Highway and Highway sent over a cross for McDermott to head home at the far post. World Cup winners Ricky Villa and Osvaldo were sent home with their tails between their legs having witness first hand the power of Bob Paisley’s Red machine. Liverpool 8-0 Besiktas, 2007 When Liverpool were at the peak of their Champions League powers under Rafael Benitez they were a joy to behold. But leading up to this game they had suffered a nightmare start to their Champions League campaign, the Reds had lost at home to Marseilles and, in front of a noisy home crowd, slipped to defeat to Besiktas. They had also drawn with Porto - meaning they needed to win all three games to qualify from their group. Win they must - and win they did. Emphatically. To think they put eight past the Turkish outfit without the services of Fernando Torres and with Andriy Vorinin leading the line only makes the result more spectacular. Anfield was nervous at kick-off and the Reds were hardly convincing early on - but Peter Crouch settled the nerves with a goal on 19 minutes. Yossi Benayoun scored before the break before Benitez’s men scored an incredible six second half goals. Benayoun completed his hat-trick, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Babel (2) both struck before Crouch rounded off the rout with his second of the game. Liverpool’s continued that momentum into their next two games, beating Porto 4-1 and Marseilles 4-0 to seal progress. Liverpool 9-0 Crystal Palace This was Kenny’s Liverpool at the peak of their powers. Ruthless, efficient, mesmerising. Just like Germany. EIGHT different players scored for the Reds that day, an English league record, as they simply ran riot against Crystal Palace. Liverpool took the lead through Steve Nicol. Palace hit the post and missed a penalty. They paid the price, dearly. Further goals from Steve McMahon, Ian Rush, Gary Gillespie, Peter Beardsley, John Aldridge (his final goal in a Red shirt), John Barnes and Glenn Hysen completed the rout. This side swept to the title, Liverpool’s last, and, although Brendan Rodgers came close last campaign, Kopites are yet to see anything like it since. Liverpool 10-0 Fulham To think, just under 14,000 supporters witnessed this drubbing handed out by the Reds in 1986. It was the Littlewoods Cup, on a September evening and the Reds put double figures past the poor Cottagers. Steve McMahon scored four and even missed a penalty. John Wark and Ian Rush both scored twice and Ronnie Whelan and Steve Nicol grabbed a goal apiece. Liverpool wouldn’t end up winning the competition, they would go on to lose the final to Arsenal. But those supporters at Anfield that night witnessed a little bit of history, as Liverpool recorded their biggest ever League Cup win and their second biggest victory of all time. Liverpool 11-0 Stromgodset Stromgodswho? Nowadays Liverpool are very popular in Norway, but in 1974 Liverpool sent the Norwegians home with their tails between their legs by recording their biggest ever victory. Even Bob Paisley was left red-faced. Paisley said: “It’s a bit embarrassing, but then if we had messed around people would have said they did not get value.” The people got more than value. It took just three minutes for the Reds to open the scoring, through an Alec Lindsay penalty, before EIGHT other Liverpool players got in on the act. Poor Brian Hall was the only outfield player not to score past the Norwegian minnows. There were goals for Phil Boersma (2), Steve Highway, Peter Cormack, Emlyn Hughes, Tommy Smith, Ian Callaghan and Ray Kennedy. There were that many goals going in that Phil Thompson, scorer of two goals himself, lost count. “In the second half I was confused about all the goals. I even had a chat with Emlyn Hughes to try to work out what the score was,” he remarked. Perhaps more incredibly, the Reds could only win the second leg 1-0. Which was your favorite big win? #adminbally
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:38:52 +0000
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