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https://www.est1892.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=4002484#post4002484
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Paul.S
On 26th May 1989 Arsenal went to Liverpool needing a 2-0 win to clinch the title.
Because of fixture congestion and the Hillsborough disaster, the fixture had been put back to the end of the season, after Liverpool had won the FA Cup.
This created a unique situation where the 2 teams still in with a chance of the title played each other for it at the end of the season.
The odds were against Arsenal and Liverpool hadn't lost by 2 goals at home in years.
Alan Smith glanced in a header early in the second half, and with the Liverpool bench in triumphal mode as the game entered the last minute,
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