Chelsea 4-2 Liverpool 1990-91

This was Graeme Souness's third match in charge of Liverpool and his side were three points behind league leaders Arsenal with three games to play. A win at Stamford Bridge therefore was imperative. But Chelsea, with ex-Red Bobby Campbell at the helm, had a point to prove, after being hammered 7-0 by Nottingham Forest in their last fixture. Here's Martin Tyler.

[@keithduffy9120]

The Shed was rocking that day...Great memories.

[@stuartmckern3434]

I was there brilliant day

[@petercooper2802]

Kerry Dixon...still my favorite Chelsea player ever.

[@konstantakopoulos1]

MY DEAR FRIEND, AND FOR ME WILL STILL MY FAVORITE PLAYER FOR EVER. I HAVE A PHOTOGRAPHY WITH HIM FROM 1991.GREETINGS FROM GREECE . FUN OF CHELSEA FROM 1970.( 6 YEARS OLD).

[@thefactisfactis]

He was my favourite also. He was a world class striker, a deadly finisher.

[@jamalb599]

Not Chris Sutton?

[@shanef8728]

met him a few times a gentleman who had his own personal demons to contend with my favourite Chelsea player along with our captain leader legend JT !

[@paulsutch907]

Was in the shed that day with my dad, sister and my late bro in law, the bridge was certainly rocking

[@Spectrescup]

Chelsea 4 Liverpool 2 is a score with a long and storied history

[@bill3097]

Dennis wise good captain...rubbed off to JOHN TERRY

[@nikreece6295]

lt was clear from the second half of this season 1990/91 that the great liverpool team of the 1980s had run it's cource...losing hansen to retirement and mcmahon and whelan to injuries cost us badly this season also.

[@michaeleverest7631]

My God remembering this game takes me back.... especially Souness giving that shout and hand gesture!! LOL

[@songoku-ne5bd]

Dennis Wise, Dennis Wise !!

[@stevennicholas4160]

Forgot how good Gordon Durie was then too. Great natural pace and good crosses. Got his fair share of goals too

[@hugohackenbush1554]

Great win, terrific atmosphere, loved every minute of it [well, maybe not when they equalised lol], I was there.

[@carlmahoney375]

First Chelsea game I went to. Good memories

[@Grogster2007]

What a game!

[@ZeldaFitz]

As an arsenal fan I was at roker park on this very day . All we had to do was beat Sunderland and the league was ours. We drew. But won the league two days later when Forrest beat Liverpooll.

[@meisterlymanu5214]

This was the season which started LFC decline. Too many goals conceded , and a long list of poor managers. It was a time to invest in great players with the Premier League around the corner, but LFC and Everton in particular, failed to do it. Chelsea, Blackburn, MU and Newcastle did, and later Arsenal too. The world had moved on, leaving Grobellaar, Rush and co well behind. They didnt get back to the top level for 15 years. Leeds, despite winning the League in 92 also declined rapidly soon after.

[@tomthomassony8607]

Souness dismantled all the good Shankly, Paisley etc. had carefully built over 30 years. Souness bought so many players who were not ‘Liverpool’ players. Neil Ruddock was the worst.

[@piccupaul]

This was the beginning of the end for the great Liverpool dynasty. They could probably have weathered the upheavals of Hillsborough, Dalglish's resignation and the crappy Souness years if the Premiership hadn't kicked off for another few years. The English game changed utterly and Liverpool never moved with the times.

[@davidsinclair1971]

No one stays on top forever

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@davidsinclair1971 True but no one expected Liverpool to fall so hard. Dalglish leaving really was the end of one of footballs greatest ever dynasties

[@mrflynn1205]

They only changed the name from Division 1 to The Premier League.

[@piccupaul]

@@mrflynn1205 I would say there was more to it than that, but I get your point - regardless of what changes were made to the structure of the game Liverpool were going into decline.

[@captainkirk7736]

gordon "jukebox" durie also known as shergar criminally underrated...

[@stephenobrien689]

Judas

[@captainkirk7736]

dennis wise chelsea legend...end of.

[@supertarantatikataka3313]

Nicol backpass, Brucie punt, Rush knock down, Barnes backheel, Speedie shot....... almost the most ridiculous goal in history

[@adamlynch164]

I was there, sitting in the upper tier of the East Stand. Great memories!

[@Kill--alllll---IDF]

Liverpool started this season brilliant winning their first 10 games from 11 dalglish left feb 91 that messed it all up

[@robertwall3759]

Dixon was an handful brill

[@davelazar2600]

Although this was not to be Liverpool's day, that Ronny Rosenthal dribble remains the highlight of this match for me.

[@bencrazy109]

Haha and they say we have no history!

[@theredmen1093]

What exactly is your "history"?

[@ayoob6942]

one win isnt history

[@pipebombhs1412]

@@ayoob6942 cfc was class team in 90s just werent giants yet. Very similar to spurs today we have won trophies by that time unlike..

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

Lol 1 win against Liverpool doesn't mean you have history

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@pipebombhs1412 1 League title in 1955. Rentboys: LoOk We HaVe HiStOrY

[@nadimbadran8827]

Remember it well. "Watched" it on teletext. That was the end of our title challenge that year and the beginning of the end of our dominance. Next season, we picked up good form and were breathing down Leeds and United's necks before Chelsea beat us again at Anfield 2-1. Always hated them since.

[@Buzzard1968]

Excuse me, Leeds are United.

[@catthomas3097]

You're welcome ;) (a chelsea fan)

[@michaeloshea4236]

😂🤣 Teletext. Typical armchair fan. Would you have supported Liverpool if they weren't successful??? 👌 I doubt it very much. I've supported Chels through good and bad times.

[@sib1930]

@@michaeloshea4236 Liverpool have a bigger fanbase than Chelsea despite not being successful. Are you okay?

[@tonypaul3205]

I was at that game ,what an atmosphere 😊.

[@cianoneill86]

Even when we were “shit” we always seemed to beat the scousers we were there when we were shit

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

Lol hardly. I remember when Liverpool beat chelsea in 1986 to clinch the league title. Kenny Dalglish scored the goal. In your own stadium might i add which is a shithole

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

Plus you were terrible in the 60s 70s and 80s and most of the 90s. You were irrelevant so since when did you always beat Liverpool lol? Delusional rentboy

[@sib1930]

LOL are you joking?

[@mikeweston3514]

Was this last game of season

[@anthonydry5265]

Remember that well. When your names on the trophy, it's on the trophy and Arsenal's definitely was that season.

[@mjh5437]

Seems so weird to see cars parked in a stadium now....particularly the row of little blue "Spazz Chariots" lolol

[@captainkirk7736]

me and my cousin tried to get in but were locked out...i was especially disappointed after the scouse vermin routed us with a sublime display 2-5 the previous season without john barnes!!!

[@johnholmes8178]

'the scouse vermin'....🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@Kidraver555]

Very suss grobelar keeping, very suss.

[@tomthomassony8607]

Good point, Grobbelar was usually solid. Unfortunately money talks.

[@metabet4872]

Liverpool were already in decline by this point - signing Speedie for example :) CFC were still middling but in a few years the modern Chelsea was about to be born. Look at how great The Shed was back then....

[@walterwhite3018]

+Meta BET yeah i agree,speedie! ffs deffo not a liverpool player but chelse were a poor team back then also,v average.

[@walterwhite3018]

+Meta BET also,it was v expensive to get in to chelse compared to other grounds back then

[@thenomad525]

To be fair I thought Speeide did okay in his brief spell under Dalglish, then Moran, then Souness. But Champagne Charlie wasted no time in off loading him that summer to Blackburn. Probably the sensible thing to do...David Speedie had a history of personality clashes with managers including Souness and was more in his element in getting on the end of crosses. Not really in keeping with the Liverpool way!

[@mrkipling2201]

To be fair speedie did a lot better in his time at Liverpool than someone like Jimmy Carter scored quite a few goals

[@thelstanedwardsson4374]

Shows how low Liverpool had fallen by the end of the season - buying in David 'past-it' Speedie in January.

[@Dlj71]

Gordon Durie....good player for Chelsea, even better one for Spurs 😝

[@oldhagscrazypeople3721]

I was at that game ....

[@jamieoliver3262]

Go go gorden durie magic days

[@mrkipling2201]

I used to love the old away end at the bridge walking up the hill to the north stand because normally we used to fill it with United but you didn't feel cramped in like say the old away end at the manor ground for example. The end of the Liverpool domination in 90/91 they started the season so well but the defence was making too many mistakes and they didn't replace Hansen

[@tjbell3517]

Mr Kipling You no doubt ran back down that fucking hill and up the fulham broadway after the game as well lol. ☠️CFC☠️

[@vincentmcnabb939]

@@tjbell3517 Chelsea are so tough and hard.

[@michaelfarr1061]

Cant compare that non league ground,it was a shit hole.

[@rohithraman6488]

Graeme Souness' third match as LFC boss 'But you got to ask, where is Paul Pogba in all of this?'

[@hensmithers9687]

ken bates used car sales

[@francescocanciani554]

Old stamford bridge was very bud

[@tonypaul3205]

Are you watching Cundy?,😂😂.

[@aldhous]

Difficult to appreciate how unfashionable Chelsea were back then. A car park around the ground, horrendous goal nets, and Dennis Wise.

[@chelseacharger]

Oi, We were proud of those goal nets as they were like Wembley's. 8-)

[@weebiker32]

Does any1 know the exact date of this match please?

[@josssmith]

@@weebiker32 May 4th 1991

[@waydejames8483]

Eff off. Loved that 'Bridge and those goal nets. As for Dennis Wise matey he just got better and better as the years rolled by. Legend.

[@jamieoliver3262]

Oi u leave wise alone great captain Chelsea through and through!%%%%

[@jslfcs6655]

Grobbelaar...all over the place.

[@user-et8px7ey3t]

Isn't Chelsea's Goalkeeper David Luiz??

[@adamwas2401]

Dave Beasant

[@seanbonella]

thank God Tyler is now retired, biased SKY commemtator

[@gunternetzer9621]

A very good commentator.

[@thenecessaryevil1030]

God I remember this.... effectively ended our chances of the title that afternoon.... we lost to forest the following Monday and handed the title to arsenal.... the beginning of the end of the Liverpool dominance..... but Chelsea would still go on to be shite for another 14 years until the crocked rubles poured into the shed!!! 😉

[@mizofan]

After this, Chelsea won the FA Cup twice, the League Cup, the European Cup Winners Cup and the UEFA Super Cup and were in the Champions League, before Abramovic. And with the long history of being among the best supported clubs- no wonder Abramovic chose Chelsea.

[@clash1977100]

And Liverpool been shit ever since

[@Spectrescup]

@@mizofan incredible the shit people talk, isn't it?

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@clash1977100 Hardly

[@CoolDude-jp1kj]

@@Spectrescup Rentboys are still a small club

[@tjbell3517]

Pity the pitch invasion after Chesea 4 Liverfool 2 game was left out - scousers shit themselves.. 😂👍

[@sib1930]

In 1986 we won the league at your shambles of a stadium. We're good 🤣😂👍

[@johnholmes8178]

What pitch invasion ? I was there. No trouble between the fans either before, during or after the game. It was now the 90s, and football was moving on. Perhaps you ought to do so.

[@gunternetzer9621]

@@sib1930 Anfield was not the Ritz and we didn't blame others for crowd trouble like you did after Heysel. Liverpool's so called 'class' was always a myth. Can't remove the Scally.

[@jamieoliver3262]

​@@johnholmes8178it's never your fault eh scouse racist bunch of murderers 🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵🫵