Game #4245
Saturday, 9 January 1993
Attendance: 40,826
Won
Premier League
1st= (+2)
Liverpool
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
Anfield
Villa beat Liverpool at Anfield to go joint top of the Premier League after 23 games.
Liverpool
1-2
Aston Villa
Assist(s) | Kevin Richardson | 54’ | Dwight Yorke | 64’ |
KEY MAN
Dean Saunders, sweet moment.
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MATCH TIMELINE
🥅 | 42’ Goal, 0-1, (Liverpool), John Barnes
🕒 | HT Liverpool 1-0 Aston Villa
🔁 | 46’ Sub off, Dalian Atkinson, Sub on, Steve Froggatt
🟨 | 52’ Booking, Shaun Teale, Foul
⚽ | 54’ Goal, 1-1,Garry Parker, Assist by Kevin Richardson
⚽ | 64’ Goal, 2-1, Dean Saunders, Assist by Dwight Yorke
🔁 | 88’ Sub off, Steve Froggatt, Sub on, Neil Cox
🕒 | FT Liverpool 1-2 Aston Villa
ON THIS DAY
Having secured a League double over Liverpool, Villa are only denied top spot in the title race because of goal difference.
Aston Villa
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82
Liverpool
European Cup / Champions League: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1991-92
FIXTURE HISTORY
Liverpool
Previous 5 vs. Liverpool: 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟩
FIXTURE DETAILS
Season | 1992-93 |
Matchday | #29 |
League Match | #23 |
Manager Game | #80 |
Saturday, 9 January 1993
MATCH SUMMARY
Manager: Ron Atkinson | 🏴 | Liverpool, 1991-1994
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Kick off: 3.00pm
HT Score: 🟥 0-1
FT Score: 🟩 2-1
FT Result: 🟩 Won
Last 5: 🟨 🟥 🟩 🟨 🟩
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Keith Hackett | 🏴 | Sheffield, 1976-1994
Previous 5: 🟨 🟥 🟥 🟨 🟨
Last Match: 🟨 11 January 1992, Villa 0-0 Arsenal, Highbury.
Incidents: 🟨
CARDS
TEAM NEWS
Dalian Atkinson replaces Steve Froggatt in the only change from the team that drew with Bristol Rovers in the Cup.
TEAM STATS
Starting XI Average Age | 28.11 |
Oldest Player |
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 | 34.45 |
Youngest Player |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 21.20 |
MANAGER
MANAGER
Ron Atkinson | 🏴 |
Graeme Souness | 🏴 |
Aston Villa
GK Nigel Spink | 🏴 |
LB Steve Staunton | 🇮🇪 |
CB Shaun Teale | 🏴 | 🟨 |
CB Paul McGrath | 🇮🇪 |
RB Earl Barrett | 🏴 |
M Ray Houghton | 🇮🇪 |
M Garry Parker | 🏴 | ⚽ |
M Kevin Richardson | 🏴 | 🔥 |
CF Dean Saunders | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Dwight Yorke | 🇹🇹 | 🔥 |
CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 🔁
Liverpool
GK Mike Hooper | 🏴 |
RB Rob Jones | 🏴 |
CB Torben Piechnik | 🇩🇰 |
LB Stig Inge Bjørnebye | 🇳🇴 |
M Mike Marsh | 🏴 |
M Paul Stewart | 🏴 |
M Jamie Redknapp | 🏴 | 🔁 |
M Michael Thomas | 🏴 |
W Steve McManaman | 🏴 |
W John Barnes | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Ronnie Rosenthal | 🇮🇱 | 🔁 |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 🔁 | for CF Dalian Atkinson | 🏴 | 46’ |
🔁 RB Neil Cox | 🏴 | for W Steve Froggatt | 🏴 | 88’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Jamie Redknapp | 🏴 | (M Don Hutchison | 🏴 |)
🔁 | CF Ronnie Rosenthal | 🇮🇱 | (W Mark Walters (ex) | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Mark Bosnich | 🇦🇺 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK David James | 🏴 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 9/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 11/14
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
Player Abbreviations:
GK : Goalkeeper
LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back
CB, D : Centre Back, Defender
M, W : Midfielder. Winger
F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game
Symbols:
⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution
🟨 | Booking
🟥 | Sending off
🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
DEBUT APPEARANCES
FINAL APPEARANCES
MATCH STATS
Not recorded
TABLE

PROGRAMME



MATCHDAY QUOTES
“It was something I hadn't even dared think about because I don't think I have ever been in a visiting team which has scored at Liverpool before never mind win.”
Dean Saunders.
"I was delighted for Dean because he had a particularly good second-half and scoring the winner was a lovely moment for him.
"When we were 1-0 sown at half-time I said that if we don't roll up our sleeves we will get buried.
"All the players got stuck in and battled, and the turning point was Garry Parker's shot.
“It lifted us and stunned Liverpool."
Ron Atkinson.
*Sunday Life*
Sunday, 10 January 1993
DEAN Saunders returned with a nightmare show for the Kop, claiming the winner as Villa came from behind to emphasise their title credentials.
The Welshman, a former £2.9 million transfer record holder, was off-loaded by Liverpool for a knockdown £2.2m earlier this season and if he has a point to prove he did it in superb style.
Saunders cashed in after 65 minutes when Liverpool's Danish defender Torben Piechnik dithered before finally slipping and allowing Saunders to steal the ball from him and score comfortably from 15 yards.
There was no doubting Saunders jubilation and he said:
“It was something I hadn't even dared think about because I don't think I have ever been in a visiting team which has scored at Liverpool before never mind win "
Equally delighted was Villa boss Ron Atkinson whose team are only denied top spot in the title race because of goal difference.
He said: "I was delighted for Dean because he had a particularly good second-half and scoring the winner was a lovely moment for him.
"When we were 1-0 down at half-time I said that if we don't roll up our sleeves we will get well buried.
"All the players got stuck in and battled, and the turning point was Garry Parker's shot. It lifted us and stunned Liverpool."
Indeed it looked as if Liverpool would run out comfortable winners after they survived a couple of early scares to take the lead through stand-in skipper John Barnes, four minutes before the interval.
The England star did well to control a low cross from the right by Mike Marsh and turn to drive a low shot just inside a post.
In the early minutes of the game Villa striker Dalian Atkinson had threatened the Liverpool goal on a couple of occasions.
But Villa's plans were upset, and their hopes apparently diminished when he didn't reappear for the second-half because of a groin injury.
Villa, however, knuckled down to the task and got a surprise equaliser after 55 minutes.
An attempted clearance by Steve McManaman struck Kevin Richardson and rebounded invitingly for Parker to rush a 20-yard volley in off the underside of the bar.
It set the stage for Saunders’ magic moment, and even though Liverpool stormed forward in search of a point Villa clung on.
It has effectively killed off any remaining hopes Liverpool had of mounting a late title charge. However, they were always going to struggle.