Liverpool 0–2 Arsenal (1989)

Common card · No. 388338

The final match of the 1988–89 Football League season was contested at Anfield between Liverpool and Arsenal, respectively the first and second-placed teams in the First Division, on 26 May 1989. The clubs were close enough on points for the match to act as a decider for the championship. However, Arsenal had to win by at least two goals to overtake Liverpool in the table; anything else would result in Liverpool becoming champions. Arsenal won 2–0; midfielder Michael Thomas scored the second goal in the final seconds of the match, ending Arsenal's 18-year wait to be crowned champions. The two clubs had been due to meet a month earlier, but the stadium disaster at Hillsborough during Liverpool's FA Cup semifinal against Nottingham Forest, which killed 97 Liverpool supporters, meant the fixture was postponed out of respect. It was moved to 26 May, six days after the FA Cup Final – which Liverpool won over crosstown rivals Everton. Arsenal manager George Graham adjusted his usual formation...

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