NewsAnfield welcomes biggest crowd for more than 60 years

57,158 fans were present to watch the Premier League encounter, as the upper tier of the new, expanded Anfield Road Stand was opened for a fixture for the first time.

That increased crowd created the Reds’ biggest for any home game since a 2-1 win over Burnley in an FA Cup fourth-round replay in February 1963, when 57,906 supporters witnessed the hosts clinch victory courtesy of Ronnie Moran’s extra-time penalty.

The highest league attendance during that period had previously been the 56,202 who were there to see Bill Shankly’s side clinch the First Division championship with a goalless draw against Leicester City in April 1973.

Overall, Sunday’s figure is now the club’s third-biggest home crowd in its league history – with the record the 58,757 fans who watched Liverpool draw 2-2 with Chelsea in December 1949.

Sunday also fell just short of the 57,561 supporters there for the visit of Middlesbrough on October 23, 1948, when Jack Balmer, Albert Stubbins and Billy Liddell were all on target.

In terms of the Premier League era, Sunday’s was the highest attendance recorded at Anfield.

And on Wednesday a new Anfield League Cup record attendance could also potentially be set when Jürgen Klopp’s side host West Ham United.

The current most in that competition is the 53,051 who were present for the tie against Tottenham Hotspur in October 2016.

Liverpool’s record attendance of all time at Anfield remains the 61,905 that was set at the FA Cup tie with Wolverhampton Wanderers on February 2, 1952.