Liverpool 3 Borussia Moenchengladbach 1
McDermott, Smith, Neal Simonsen
Liverpool: Clemence, Neal, Smith, Hughes (capt), Jones, Case, McDermott, R.Kennedy, Keegan, Heighway, Callaghan
Borussia Moenchengladbach: Kneib, Vogts (capt), Wittkamp, Schaffer, Klinkhammer, Bonhof, Wohlers (Hannes), Wimmer (Kulik), Stielike, Simonsen, Heynckes
Bayern Munich the 3-time champions were looking to be the 2nd team ever to win it 4 times but they were beaten at the quarter final stage by an Oleg Blokhin inspired Dinamo Kiev.
The Final marked Kevin Keegan’s last game for Liverpool as he had agreed to join Hamburg SV for the next season.
In the 28th minute, Liverpool got the goal they deserved as McDermott finished a forty yard run by receiving a pass from Heighway and slotted it past Kneib in the Borussia goal to make it 1-0.
Liverpool continued to dominate the game, but their good work was undone on 51 minutes when a stray back pass let in Simonsen who equalised for the Germans.
Then, after 65 minutes, Liverpool won a corner and Heighway’s cross was met at the near post by the veteran defender Tommy Smith, whose header powered the ball into the net.
The match was settled in the dying moments when Vogts, who had been vainly chasing Keegan all night, brought down the England forward in the penalty area and Phil Neal stepped up to convert the penalty and win the European Cup for Liverpool for the first time.
This victory marked the beginning of English dominance in Europe, as they were to win it 6 times in a row.
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