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Leeds 4 Liverpool 5, 13 April 1991
TheThe Eeds had flourished in their first season in the top division, Gordon Strachan's undying midfielder, David Batty, Gary McAllister and Gary Speed - a perfect blend of inspiring dynamism, courage, grace and cunning – had begun to melt the backs created many opportunities for Lee Chapman. But it was a good knockout, 4-0 at half-time for the club Graeme Souness, which he was trying to galvanize the title, having succeeded Kenny Dalglish two months earlier.
The first 45 minutes were the last blossoming of the pillars of Dalglish's surprisingly fluid attack in the late 1980s. John Barnes, Ray Houghton, Jan Molby, Peter Beardsley and Ian Rush shredded Leeds. They climbed 4-0 after 27 minutes, Barnes tormented Mel Sterland and the disappointment gave way to the halftime perplexity. There was very little challenge in the stands but in the locker room, Howard Wilkinson invited his players to stop dreaming and come back to what they had done best.
In the second half, Lee Chapman so impressed Glen Hysen that the elegant Swedish center never recovered. Chapman shot one back, then Carl Shutt pirouetted quickly to do it 2-4 but when Ian Rush did 2- 2-5 with 12 minutes remaining, he seemed finished. Not for Chapman though, who scored two goals and whose goal was denied for a nonexistent foul of Mike Hooper. It was in the midst of three glorious seasons for frantic atmospheres at Elland Road, but none was noisier, no more pleasant despite the defeat. Liverpool looked shaken and haunted as they walked away painfully. Recorded by the clock.
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