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Mark Lawrenson picks out six Liverpool stars key to imminent title success
EXCLUSIVE: Mark Lawrenson scored when Liverpool beat Tottenham at Anfield to win the 1982 title and has picked out the six players he feels have been key this season
Liverpool need just a point against Tottenham at Anfield on Sunday to win the title – and Mark Lawrenson knows all about that. Lawrenson was part of Bob Paisley’s 1982 team, which beat Spurs at Anfield in the penultimate game of the season to claim the Reds’ 13th title. He headed home the equaliser past Ray Clemence, on his first return to Anfield, before laying on the second for Kenny Dalglish before Ronnie Whelan bagged the third in the 3-1 win. Lawrenson had become Liverpool’s record signing – and Britain’s most-expensive defender – the previous summer following his £900,000 move from Brighton and says that day was key in the team’s development. “It was important because I think they were six of us, who hadn’t won a league,” he told Mirror Sport.
