FeatureKop 10: Liverpool's Valentine's Day victories
Liverpool have delivered the gift of victory 10 times on Valentine’s Day down the years – here, we take a look back at February 14s the Reds have loved…
1903 – Notts County 1-2 Liverpool
Liverpool’s first Valentine’s Day outing took them to Notts County for a First Division clash early in the second decade of the club’s existence.
And it was a winning journey for Tom Watson’s team courtesy of goals in either half from Arthur Goddard – the second of which took him to double figures for that campaign.
1920 – Liverpool 3-0 Blackburn Rovers
Thirty-thousand supporters were in attendance at Anfield to see Liverpool’s next February 14 success.
Again a forward was on the scoresheet in either half, with Harry Chambers the man at the double on this occasion. His brace sandwiched the first of John Bamber’s two goals for the club.
1931 – Sheffield Wednesday 3-5 Liverpool
The prolific Gordon Hodgson twice helped himself to four goals in a single game for Liverpool, with the first such haul coming here.
On a day when the Reds squandered the lead a couple of times, Hodgson’s finishing flurry between minutes 39 and 74 ensured they returned to Merseyside victorious.
1953 – Liverpool 3-0 West Bromwich Albion
After the wasteful Baggies failed to capitalise on early chances in this First Division meeting, Billy Liddell – “the flint which sets things ablaze,” noted the Liverpool Echo – broke the deadlock for the hosts.
And two goals within two minutes of the second half beginning put the game to bed, Jimmy Payne and Sammy Smyth the scorers.
1984 – Walsall 0-2 Liverpool
Liverpool’s love affair with the League Cup burgeoned as they reached a fourth successive final and what would be a fourth successive triumph.
Ian Rush and Ronnie Whelan got the goals for Joe Fagan’s men at Fellows Park to complete an aggregate semi-final win after a 2-2 draw at Anfield first up.
1987 – Liverpool 4-3 Leicester City
Rush was the Reds’ rose three years later as Kenny Dalglish’s charges emerged winners from a topsy-turvy league contest with Leicester.
After Paul Walsh had opened the scoring, the club’s all-time top scorer grabbed a hat-trick, with his 86th-minute goal ultimately the decider.
2006 – Liverpool 1-0 Arsenal
This Valentine’s night looked to be ending without romance at Anfield, until Luis Garcia was sent on for the Reds with 84 on the clock.
Three minutes later, the Spaniard made the home crowd happy when he pounced on a rebound from Dietmar Hamann’s strike to win it.
2015 – Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool
Liverpool’s FA Cup hopes hung in the balance at half-time of this fifth-round tie, Fraizer Campbell having given the Eagles a lead.
But they swiftly turned it around in the second half as Daniel Sturridge equalised for the visitors and Adam Lallana then produced a winner.
2016 – Aston Villa 0-6 Liverpool
Probably the most memorable of the Reds’ Valentine’s Day fixtures – for the scoreline, of course, but also a certain moment of celebration.
Sturridge, James Milner, Emre Can, Divock Origi, Nathaniel Clyne and Kolo Toure were each on target in this Premier League rout, with Origi’s effort earning him kisses from the travelling Kop.
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2018 – FC Porto 0-5 Liverpool
Liverpool’s most recent game on February 14 represented a major first step on their journey through the 2017-18 Champions League knockout stages.
Sadio Mane’s hat-trick was supplemented by goals from Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino as Jürgen Klopp’s men took full command at Estadio do Dragao.
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