CITY 1 LIVERPOOL 1
FA Premier League
12th April 1993
attendance 28,098
Scorers
City Flitcroft(12)
Liverpool Rush(61)
Ref M Reed
City Coton, Curle, Phelan, Reid, Ranson, Vonk, White, Sheron, Quinn, Flitcroft, Holden – subs Ingebrigtsen(29), Quigley(37), Dibble(unused)
Liverpool James, Jones, Burrows, Nicol, Wright, Whelan, Rosenthal, Hutchison, Rush, Barnes, Walters – subs Marsh(56), Piechnik(unused), Hooper(unused)
GARY FLITCROFT OPENS THE SCORING
FROM THE PRESS BOX
CYNTHIA BATEMAN WRITING IN THE GUARDIAN 13TH APRIL 1993
Peter Reid thinks Manchester City can still win a place in Europe. It is technically possible but would require a set of circumstances so unlikely as to make the very notion far-fetched.
So the raison d’etre for this match was bank holiday entertainment, and good value it was despite City losing their front runners Sheron and White towards the end of the first half.
By then City were ahead through a tremendous header from Flitcroft whose pudding-basin haircut was visible above a crowd of defenders as he met Holden’s 11th minute corner from the left. His powerful header left James rooted and a large question over the visitor’s marking.
Liverpool found no such latitude in the City defence, and Curle, Vonk and Phelan used their exceptional pace to keep Rush, Barnes and Thomas under wraps for most of the first half.
Rosenthal was preferred to McManaman as Rush’s striking partner but his good early cross, which found Whelan unmarked, ended with a miscued volley. Barnes was no more successful with a free kick from 22 yards. His magic is in short supply these days and his attempt to swerve the ball into a top corner turned into an easy save for Coton.
City had twice the possession and four times a chances but the loss of Sheron and White coupled with a back problem after afflicting a hobbling Quinn, who was hurt in the opening minutes and was later taken to a nursing home for observation, restricted City’s chances of increasing their lead.
A jaded looking Liverpool seemed to have little to offer when suddenly Burrows broke down the left from the half-way line. He Beat the City substitute Quigley and raced on to sending a low-cross which gave Rush, at the far post, the simplest tap-in for the equaliser in the 66th minute.
The goal lifted Liverpool and put the City supporters in the crowd of 28,098 in a state of some anxiety. But the revival was brief and by the end it was City who were looking more keenly for a winner but hardly on their way to Europe.
