Michael Thomas wins league title for Arsenal at Anfield, 1989

Michael Thomas scores in injury-time to give Arsenal the 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield they required on the last day of the league season, to win the title in 1989.

[@jasonjones5357]

I'm not an Arsenal fan but make no mistake, Man City winning on the final day may have seemed more dramatic due to Sky Sports, media, money and pundits, but on that day Utd were playing Sunderland and City playing QPR, not exactly top of the table stuff. This was incredible, the 2 top teams, Arsenal having a huge lead during the season and then having to do what was literally impossible at Anfield, don't let anyone tell you this this wasn't the biggest 2 minutes in the history of the league.

[@lloyd_r]

Couldn't agree more, greatest finale ever. From a United fan

[@seattlesfinest1927]

Couldn't have summed it better son, well done!

[@shakes.dontknowwhatyergettin]

Indeed. City's goal was inevitable. Arsenal's was unthinkable.

[@KaizerMan]

I’m a 16 year old Gooner and even though my dad supports United he’ll probably vouch for this goal even more than me. I was obviously never alive to experience this but just from hearing/watching it it’s clearly a classic moment, I envy that my dad got to experience it :P

[@squirtlehvac8962]

Jason Jones couldn’t have said any better. This was real soccer. Before Arab money

[@YCnBball21]

So weird seeing the goalies pick up a pass back to them lol

[@tikmik1789]

When teams were defending a lead they would pass back to keeper continuously for him to pick it up. Boring af

[@TitanFind]

I remember European Cup matches in particular were full of minutes on end when the team in the lead passed it around at the back then tapped it to the keeper who picked it up. Again. So dull.

[@robicenco1701]

Watch a few videos of Liverpool games from the 1980s. You'll get used to it pretty quickly.

[@miraclechijioke1213]

Lol. Things change right

[@mcfcguvnors]

all you heard was hanson to grobbelar - grobbelar to hanson ..BORRRRING ,footys so much better since they took the liverpooling out of the equation

[@jc16781]

I was 11 years old when Mickey Thomas stuck that in to win us the league.. My big brother lift me up and put me on his shoulders and ran around the living room.. Will never forget that memory.

[@brandonwilson2732]

jc16781 thanks for sharing it with us. 👏🏻

[@tiarnan76]

I was 12 watchin it live with my 2 mates who supported Liverpool.....my best memory of any football match ever

[@KirkLee1983]

I was 7

[@KirkLee1983]

I was 6

[@joelrobinson1157]

I wasn't born.

[@Prodigy_Fan]

As a diehard Evertonian I could never thank Arsenal enough for this moment. Thank you Sir Michael Thomas inparticular.

[@vordman]

Me too, I was a Gunner that night. As a Blue it was hard losing a second FA Cup final (when it meant something) to Liverpool a few days before. Felt like revenge!

[@lordnignog1688]

Im a gunner, but everton is my 2nd favourite club

[@andrewwright4195]

Everton isn't even bigger than villa 😂​@@lordnignog1688

[@craig3613]

@@lordnignog1688 Oh dear

[@lordnignog1688]

@@craig3613 I think you misunderstood a bit there, mate. 😂😂😂

[@vickykk7929]

every time I watch this I get worried sick Michael Thomas is not gonna score... best win ever!!!

[@mikloslipcsey7923]

And for such a enjoyable comment, I’ll give you a 100th like.

[@adamstoweett6803]

he hold the ball for too long there😭

[@vordman]

It does look like the ball is going to get caught up under his feet for a second. But what nerve to put it away. Michael Thomas will always hold legendary status in the history of English football for this.

[@billywindsock9597]

One day, I think Grobelar will get a hand on it!

[@peterjinks5857]

He never does

[@steveN111333]

everytime I hear Brian Moore say "Thomas...CHARGING THROUGH THE MIDFIELD.. ! " My heart rate goes through the roof !!!

[@keiraxen7878]

Best commentator ever.

[@zaidabraham7310]

@@keiraxen7878 He didn't really do this moment justice though.

[@keiraxen7878]

@@zaidabraham7310 Maybe but his voice is utter class!Google 50 best UCL goals and watch number 5 goal by Lars Ricken and hear that commentary😍

[@AH-be6bu]

@@zaidabraham7310 only because we're used to commentators absolutely losing their shit over football drama. There was a time when said drama was allowed to speak for itself without the commentators making it all about them.

[@zaidabraham7310]

@@AH-be6bu I've watched plenty of Liverpool matches from the 70's and 80's where the commentary is better than this.

[@stevemcelmy9354]

Not an arsenal fan but if anyone who thinks football was invented in 1992 tells you the aguero moment is even comparable to this, tell them they're an idiot. This had everything, the impossibility of the situation, the absurdity of 2 title challengers playing the last game, and the late great Brian Moore commentating.

[@lukealvarez3744]

The top 2 had same point and goal difference!😨

[@Leogunner2]

Unrivaled as the greatest finish to a league season

[@DaveSpagnol]

As an Arsenal fan, one thing I will congratulate Liverpool on, was having the best, most sporting fans. It would have been easy for them to be spoiled by success, but they hung around and applauded.

[@martinkulkarni3569]

Easy for you to say. You haven’t had to share a city with that scum. The only surprise in this game was that the ref didn’t award a penalty to the dark side after Arsenal scored their second!

[@MickyJCurry]

Rubbish. I was there in the Anfield Rd end as a 13 year and witnessed Liverpool fans at their worst. Scum.

[@stevesalkas9128]

Not players sore losers like now nothing changed

[@stevesalkas9128]

@Greenfields 12 as arsenal fan newcaslte and arsenal will be good next 5 years young sides. Newcastle is my 2nd team cause magpies Collingwood football club in australia being arsenal fan since 79 fa cup

[@EBGamez1]

@@stevesalkas9128 Richmond better :)

[@peeper2070]

Imagine if something like this happened recently. Sky would be showing it every day for the next 40 years.

[@peeper2070]

And no, 2012 final day is incomparable next to this

[@jdbhatts2912]

lol thats true. the premier league has made us believe that the league only became thrilling when the bought the rights. its all money and sponsorship now. football back then belonged to the people.

[@housinauthority5258]

😂

[@bigbadbill0071]

what amazing history arsenal have. winning titles at anfield, old trafford and white hart lane (twice). have they done it any other rivals?

[@Hardyyy-vt7mn]

big bad one no

[@ProductionRms]

stamford bridge

[@KaizerMan]

big bad one Nah, they beat Everton 4-0 to win the title in the 00s but that was at Highbury

[@rau1seixas]

It was in 1998

[@redroses6522]

@@Hardyyy-vt7mn and need at Etihad too

[@obb_tv3102]

The greatest end to a football league season EVER!!! City in 2012 was good, but this was first Vs. second, last fixture on a Friday night. Arsenal needing to win by two at Anfield (Liverpool hardly lost at Anfield in the 80s, never mind by two!!) Great commentary too from the late Brian Moore. City's win is second to this, but a distant second. Not even close.

[@ColmK83]

Well said

[@adamjama6323]

How about the Wilford goal that won arsenal the league

[@obb_tv3102]

@@adamjama6323 Not even close. This was as tight as it could go. Storybook stuff, amazing atmosphere too!!

[@rohithraman6488]

And the weird thing is, this wouldn't be the dramatic last day 1st vs 2nd fixture if Hillsborough hadn't happened

[@obb_tv3102]

@@rohithraman6488 Crazy to think that Barnes didn’t go for the corner flag to kill time!! Saw an interview with him saying how much he regrets cutting inside.

[@UBZUKki]

Absolute moment of pure magic.....Not many gave Arsenal a chance in HELL to get the result at ANFIELD...And by two clear goals....Watched it on the tv at home on the night...nearly lost my Fuckin mind....

[@cakestalker]

+UBZUKKI I agree, and this was back in the day when Liverpool more or less was at their prime.

[@UBZUKki]

+Ingen Ting I'll never forget that image of Liverpool players on their knees after the final whistle. They were shell shocked...utter disbelief at what happened on THEIR ground......Stunning result.

[@davidmcconachie5718]

“Aldridge is down, Barnes is down, Dalglish just stands there. Nicol’s on his knees, McMahon’s on his knees”

[@tikmik1789]

Some of those Liverpool players refused to shake hands with arsenal after the game. Lil bitches

[@dre8463]

No wonder Nicol's on ESPN hates our guts hahaha :-P

[@tyleru96]

And to this day, Nicol still hasn't gotten over it. He despises Arsenal with every fiber of his being and I love it. He'll be bitter about this result for the rest of his life.

[@kwameaboagye7959]

Sour grapes. Arsenal had every right to win our first league title in 88/89

[@KJ_2020]

@@tikmik1789 pathetic considering Arsenal players ran to all corners of Anfield before kickoff giving flowers to Liverpool fans in the wake of Hillsborough.

[@jamesmeek754]

I'm a Man United fan . Was 13 in 1989 . Not ashamed to say I loved this goal . 👍

[@mcfcguvnors]

me too i hate liverpool

[@John-ml8qf]

@@mcfcguvnors You are going to have to hate them come next May 2020,at the rate going on they are unstoppable.

[@gomezcat1]

Same here. I was 17 when this went in and it remains my favourite non-United memory ever.

[@gg0u1239]

As a Liverpool fan I loved aguero’s goal, utd fans realisation at Sunderland , Phil jones looking confused, Michael Owen out of place, fergie ushering his players off the field and into the wilderness years post retirement

[@Erictheking07]

I loved utd 13 premier leagues .. great win for gunners watched this live .. sick as pigs they were

[@Vortigan07]

I never get tired of hearing Kerb Crawl Pleat's barely concealed delight with his "poetic justice" bullshit.....knowing that seconds later he was just as sick as any Liverpool fan in there that night!

[@stewy62]

Still gives me goosebumps watching this after all these years.

[@999raycurran]

There's a picture out there with Steve McMahon signalling his team mates 1 more minute. Then we go and score... glorious

[@Marcomanexists]

10 years before my time but still undoubtedly one of the proudest moments in our history. Only topped by the invincibles. We are the Arsenal!

[@lndnflms484]

A great moment for all neutral fans watching. No one really believed Arsenal could do it, and more to the point, no one believed Liverpool would let them.

[@elgonm289]

I believed it and won money, betting with spurs fan who was a mate of mine

[@dominicdavison8590]

Most dramatic climax to a season in global football history. Sensational.

[@januariasg2837]

Nah mate PSV back in 2006/2007

[@Wilshy]

There was no back pass rule in '89. And Liverpool were time wasting right until Arsenal got the ball back. God, Liverpool fans just can't accept that they were on the receiving end of an incredibly epic sport's moment. I don't know why people don't like the commentary, either. "It's up for grabs now! Thomas!" I'd like to see people do better in the spur of the moment. He probably couldn't believe that was happening.

[@girlgooner5502]

+John Wilson To be fair not the Liverpool fans in the stadium that fateful night they applauded us when everything calmed down.

[@UBZUKki]

+girl gooner That was a class moment.

[@Wolfington]

Liverpool time wasted for 20 odd years. Funny how the back pass rule is introduced and they win fuck all league titles after that.

[@Wolfington]

Red Man Apart from the FIFA World Club Championship. And the Cup Winners Cup.

[@Wolfington]

Red Man You was in the Cup Winners Cup the first season the back pass rule was introduced. Were you still in nappies back then??

[@1101grayzer]

I’d like to pay homage to Alan Smith’s fantastic control from Dixon’s long ball and his instant pass to Thomas. Although Thomas got lucky with the ricochet off Nicol, Smith’s skill makes this a really good goal. Still the highlight of 40+ years supporting the Arsenal and it’ll never be beaten.

[@hammer6619]

i'm a west ham fan remember this night very well the greatest finish to a season ever miles in front of city's the reason being liverpool were an incredible side then for arsenal to win there was a footballing miracle

[@IVIyWorld]

The city last minute goal was intense but not near this intensity! the two contenders fighting each other liverpool chance to win a double! and Arsenal first league win in 18 years

[@TitanFind]

IVIyWorld I dunno, they're pretty close. City hadn't won a title in 44 years, and were about to be edged by their hated rivals YET again. There was more on the line in 2012. But in this game it was the two actual contenders playing against each other in the final match. So swings and roundabouts.

[@clivenewman3715]

TitanFind You say there was more on the line in 2012 - I disagree. Arsenal hadn't won the title in 18 years and had been in charge of the first division for the first half of the season, Liverpool were flying and had given everything for their fans after the horror of Hillsborough. When Liverpool stuffed West Ham 5-1 to make Arsenal need the 2 goals, they hadn't been beaten by two clear goals all season. If Barnes had just run to the corner flag in the 91st minute the result was different. Listen to the comments from Pleat - he didn't even consider the 2nd goal a possibility at this point. Two titans battling head to head with the underdog coming through with seconds to go. The single greatest night of my life :)

[@TitanFind]

Clive Newman Man City hadn't won the title in 44 years and had been in charge of the Premiership for most of the season before losing the lead but THEN hauling it back to be in pole position. It was City's title to lose on the final day, and the pressure was immense. Just look at the frustration on the faces of the fans as they're losing at the 90 minute mark. Man Utd are going to rub this in their faces - all they have to do is win a single home game against QPR, and they fuck it up! - and it will take them a generation to recover from the feeling of bereft humiliation. I am confident that the ecstasy of the City fans in 2012 eclipses even that of the Arsenal fans in 1989.

[@TitanFind]

arsenal0782 I wasn't too young, no. Arsenal fan by any chance? :)

[@dibz06]

arsenal0782 I think this other chap is trying to wind you up, probably best to ignore him! What a moment though

[@sovietblipvertscontrolyour611]

1988-89 probably the most memorable season in english football

[@garethfieldstead7547]

That is up there as one of the strangest comments ever. Small matter of 97 football fans killed the previous month? Liverpool were not even going to finish the season. Players were considering retirement.

[@drssexy2142]

how many retired exactly? @@garethfieldstead7547

[@sirpagandetyptoft6793]

Sorry mate but Arsenal bored the pants off fans including their own. Scraping wins by small margins including when I saw them at Boro win 1-0. all they had a was rock solid defence.

[@pauladdae3130]

The classic commentary from Brian Moore is unforgettable: "Thomas charging through the midfield! Thomas, its up for grabs nooooow!"

[@TOSILENCE77]

Arsenal fans in the away end at Anfield were a totally different breed to the new yuppies that have taken over the Emirates.

[@HawkEyeRS]

Look at away games, they are almost always louder then home support.

[@TOSILENCE77]

Royal Arsenal Yeah but it's static. The the late 80s and 90s, people used to go mental when a goal was scored and it was wild. Home and away, big game or small game. Today when a goal goes in, they get their ipads out! It's the stand up and clap brigade. In the Anfield 89 era the passion was raw. Football today is sanitised garbage.

[@chinary8]

It's like that in all sports now. I'm coming from Canada and, when I was a kid, NHL games were electric. Now it's just a big corporate wank. I don't go, let alone drop $100 for a shitty seat. I had free tickets last year and went and, though the game is arguably better than it used to be, half the "fans" are there for work fucking around on their phones. You just sit there praying an errant puck hits one. The MLS is actually becoming the best league to watch even though it's a minor league by soccer standards. But the fans are true blue , loud and a lot of fun. It seems to be where people who actually enjoy a game spend their bucks now. Even on TV you can hear it's far louder than the local NHL team.

[@kashykorner2]

TOSILENCE77 spot on mate.

[@LionSaultV2]

Working class been priced out, Middle class priced in

[@markgbullen]

25 years ago today, IT'S UP FOR GRABS NOW!!!!!!!!!!

[@AJ-ep9is]

markgbullen Deary me 😂😂😂

[@nishilbright2007]

Make that 31.. Still Gold. And as a Chelsea fan even, it gives you goosebumps. Epic moment

[@edmondscott7444]

ITV sport, and Brian Moore and Brian Clough finest hour. Great performance by Arsenal against the odds.

[@ythinder]

What a great way to shut Liverpool fans up!!! This was truly a gift from god, the way the arrogant Liverpool players were shaking hands before the final whistle, McMahon with his "one minute" gesture, the Liverpool fans celebrating, Aldridge being a bad loser not shaking hands with O'Leary - it was simply glorious, and will never to be repeated!!!

[@daveagnew2367]

I remember watching this on my friends family's little black & white portable TV. Even after all these years I can still remember when this goal went in - the most dramatic end to a season I have ever seen. Sadly, that was the last memory I have of my mate, as he went off to university weeks later and he stayed on in that area after graduating.

[@jamesnastri2364]

We’ve gone and won the league at Anfield, old Trafford and that dump in N17 twice all our biggest rivals who else has done that

[@ens4808]

This was the baddest game ever! ... to go to anfield and had to win by 2 goals to get the title against the team to beat back then. Mad! Must of been the bug of the summer of love 89. Immortal 😂 ❤❤❤

[@kovictim]

Still gives me goosebumps, all these years later.

[@tanyazhukova7186]

Fever Pitch brought me here.

[@pabloeransusantonanzas2868]

Mee too. 4 o'clock am, cannot sleep. So reading this very special episode of arsenal history on the bed. It was so perfectly narrated that I had to watch the goal. And oof course I had to listen to the commentators as well, so I have got out the bedroom to watch-listen to it (I did three times) what a dramatic moment. I am Spanish, I lived in Spain and I was 11 at that moment. I was unaware of this moment and today, 30 years later, fever pitch has brought to me this epic moment.

[@relaxrelaxed4235]

Me 2 .

[@Bucci86Marco]

I'm AS Roma fan, i watched this for first time in 2001, one week after the defeat with the hateful liverpool. You can Image how i was feeling 😁 from this Arsenal is my first fav English team (in the last years Newcastle United and Leicester City, too), Come on you Gunners and Forza Roma!

[@ThatGuyNorm]

13 years old watching my team win the title for the first time in my life was so emotional. Especially when we beat Liverpool at Anfield to do it. ❤

[@threedoubles4827]

27th anniversary, hard to believe. Footballs greatest ever moment.

[@ridingkangastoschool1358]

threedoubles not exactly, probably 05 CL final

[@markballerina4277]

Leicester winning the league

[@goat9295]

- 6-1 "la remontada" - Man city "aguerooooooo" Still close anyway

[@wvvw4036]

GOAT Aguero's goal was by no means better than this, and Barca's 6-1 was marred by allegations of corruption

[@djstarscream]

Absolutely eclipsed by aguero. When you think of Man City you think of that goal, when you think of arsenal you think of fantv 😂

[@WipeOut180]

Hahaha Barnes will not be denied, yes he will.

[@tris87don16]

🗣️🤣🤣

[@bobuk161]

As a liverpool fan I was obviously gutted. But what a brave Aresnal team that was. It really was mission impossible accomplished. Liverpool were all conquering back then and that's what makes the result more special.

[@mrsmith3930]

I still feel the emotion from that game fantastic effort by everyone at the club. This is why they are all legends, memories for life. God speed Rocky!

[@glenjarnold]

We were watching it at work on evening shift, the crew room absolutely erupted!

[@rogerramjet5302]

Put a big smile on my face again - Arteta needs to play this to the current team. This is the Arsenal boys now get out there and win.

[@paulharper4196]

Maybe he played it to them this season....

[@petef7323]

Doesn't get any closer than this! The final goal needed in the near final minute of the final league match of the season, between the only two teams that were directly fighting for the title race. This will probably never happen again. 👏👏👏

[@william_SMMA]

It's football, it definitely will

[@Sirius1914]

And 30+ years later, Arsenal and Liverpool produce another classic match. Saka so close to recreating that Michael Thomas goal and Liverpool denied by two world class Ramsdale saves.

[@benstonks9047]

Imagine if Saka got to that ball before Allison did... History would've probably repeated itself.

[@deathdragonslayer1]

If only martinelli could pass like smithy 😢

[@Sirius1914]

@@deathdragonslayer1 Lads will pick themselves up and move onto West Ham. We gotta win.

[@nelvaldo.4850]

Leeds fan here . That was why the beautiful game is so special. Incredible game !

[@Fujiwara.Takumi1]

Gooners know this is the best line ever

[@Wilshy]

I’m an Arsenal fan, but surely, we can all agree that this is what makes football magic.

[@stevesalkas9128]

Yeah no corruption like now with city ....enjoy 3nd division man city ....cost liverpool 2 titles

[@KryptonitetoallBS]

I'm not an Arsenal fan and I really don't like them at all but like most of the UK on that night because of who you were playing I watched the game with pals who supported Rangers, Celtic, Hearts, United, and Scum and everyone of us was celebrating afterwards as if it was our team. It's without doubt the greatest finish to any top class English season. A. Because it was the closest of all time and involved the top 2. and B. Because the whole country celebrated as one 🤣🤣🤣

[@steowalsh440]

I'll never forget that moment, absolutely amazing.

[@ceannasai5731]

John Aldridge showing his class at the end to his Irish International team mate 😀✌

[@ronaldcharlemagne7149]

There is something about this moment that makes me watch it over again and again. The pure rawness of emotions on both sides given the stakes this game had was so intense. Classic!

[@stephenclough6893]

I’m a Liverpool fan, was about 14 years old watching this at home possibly shell shocked but without doubt the most dramatic ending to a game ever with the most iconic commentary probably after “they think it’s all over..” The whole nation watching, the most emotional season, a brilliant LFC team and a great Arsenal kit to be fair! Man City Aguero miles behind this

[@nikreece6295]

l rememeber this game so well on lTV's the match in late may 1989 ....As a Liverpool fan..when l look back on this now?.....I think both the tragic events at Hillsborough and this night in 1988/89 in this season is what knocked us off our perch...Even though we won the league back the following season...We've sadly have never been the same since...

[@stevesalkas9128]

Agree

[@adebolabloke6962]

I agree but please explain

[@nikreece6295]

@@adebolabloke6962 Well mentally....the invinisbilty that liverpool had always had throughout the 1980s had been damaged after the 1988-89 season....but now?... klopp has put us back on top

[@DuderinoDeux]

as A Manchester United Fan and fan of the game in general this and The Noucamp99 moments rank the best in HISTORY.

[@jamesbishop1161]

30 years ago and it’s still the most dramatic end to a league season ever!!

[@AjarnDeeTeesut]

30 years ago today. A beautiful moment. The greatest end to any league season in history.

[@garethfieldstead7547]

Greatest end to a season that included the hillsborough disaster only a month earlier - yeah right.

[@rncfc]

Just a shame there weren't more shots of the Arsenal fans celebrating the goal. Those were the days, crammed in on the terrace; not likes today's plastic shite.

[@ZeldaFitz]

It took the PL 23 years to have their very own Anfield 89 moment. Yes the Man City game was great, but it wasn’t anywhere near as dramatic as this game. You had to have been around at that time to realise how special that moment was.

[@marcusclark5330]

Love the way George Graham telling them to calm down

[@mazza8576]

Well done Arsenal. I'm a scouser. It killed me watching this. But some perspective. Hillsborough was 5 weeks earlier. We played the fa cup final on a Saturday, West ham on a Tuesday and this match on a Friday. Anyway, my Uncle was at the game and he applauded arsenal when they lifted the trophy like most of us did that night. Best climax to any football league season ever, will never be repeated ... I hate to admit haha

[@johnjames2205]

simply put, this was the greatest moment ever in football history. Arsenal was 14/1 to beat Liverpool by 2-0 to win the title in 1989

[@garethjenkins6273]

Watched the game in the Wheatsheafs pub, Islington Green more in hope than expectation. I have never experienced such euphoria from watching football before or since at that moment when Lord Michael stuck the ball in the Scousers net - even winning the Prem at Old Trafford or Shite Hart Lane. That night was the start of a Bank Holiday weekend. I think I consumed my annual recommended units of alcohol in 4 days.

[@lewdogzombies]

Mickey Thomas scoring this one goal made him an Arsenal legend forever. Absolute hero at the right place and time

[@cheyeser]

Something that often goes unnoticed was George Graham not celebrating in front of the Liverpool bench out of respect for the occasion and a gallant Liverpool side who had gone through an incredibly traumatic year (Hillsbrough) trying (and failing) to get his coaching staff and bench to do the same.

[@PC-hj4wg]

This was the beginning of the end for Liverpool - we didn't know it at the time, but it was the turning point in our tragic history since then. Overtaken by Manchester - United and now City.

[@Mediumal]

Arguably, it was the greatest and most dramatic top-flight Title win ever. Any Arsenal fan at the match that night must have been in seventh heaven as that second goal went in. Such a drama was positively Homeric. This game was certainly one of the most memorable and significant spectacles in football to be played out in modern times, possibly only equalled by Liverpool's similarly epic comeback in the Istanbul CL Cup Final some years later. It's because of games like this, that makes football what it is - the most compelling of sports, where one can go from complete despair to sheer jubilation and vice-versa in the space of 90 minutes.

[@Tomgood1984]

Not one Liverpool fan left the stadium when we lifted the trophy! After Hillsborough and there pain to endure that was hard on them so I hope this Sunday they get to put it right. Massive RESPECT from an Arsenal fan.

[@tomryan4556]

"It's up for grabs now!" What a line..

[@dannywlm63]

Superb night. I still get goosebumps, and can remember

[@raindancerave8521]

I was there In the arsenal end in the seats was 16 and all I remember is MT scoring and me and my pals going flying over 2 rows of seats what an unbelievable night 🥳🥳🥳

[@capri2673]

I'm a Liverpool fan but well done Arsenal. What a match it was.

[@drssexy2142]

youre not a liverpool fan

[@ZaaRaphz]

Here because of aftv invincibles podcast, big up Robbie & Lee Judges

[@nasreireinas3392]

Best finish to a season EVER, man city doesnt either come close, as much as some might not want to admit, it will never be beat, just like 49 games unbeaten , ARSENAL FOREVER IN FOOTBALL HISTORY

[@64offsuiter]

This is THE greatest finish to any football season ever. No contest.

[@kurtfruth2148]

Before there was Sergio Aguerro, there was Michael Thomas.

[@RFED2O]

The greatest finish in the history of football 💯

[@alanboots1106]

Best night of my football life

[@martinhester8009]

27 years later I still get goose bumps seeing it

[@beakaHD]

I'm a Spurs fan. But this was pretty amazing. Having to not only beat Liverpool at Anfield but have to do it by 2 goals. Being shown on free tv with the whole nation watching.

[@927ismynumber]

Only a few years before football was invented ❤

[@gunnerboy2975]

This my friends is the day that Liverpool were knocked off their perch. Graham & our beloved Arsenal were the ones who knocked them off it, but Ferguson & Manchester United just finished off the job!

[@thewatchman9540]

How? They won the league the next season.

[@tris87don16]

Then Arsenal won it again 91 then Pools next League title was ?

[@LionSaultV2]

100 Times better than that overhyped sky sports City goal

[@djembadjemba5038]

I hate City with a passion, but overhyped? Piss off

[@RonaldNixiux]

Overhyped? lol

[@traviswilliams4548]

100x better for an Arsenal fan sure, but still a great ending.

[@sejason56]

To be fair City were down 2-1 into the 90th minute so it was a near impossible success... though QPR did make it somewhat easier as they knew they were safe and allowed City to constantly throw pressure into the box. '89 still better, 1st vs 2nd defined by essentially the last kick of the game... Liverpool was no QPR especially at Anfield in the 80s, no chance anyone saw Arsenal score so late, at Loftus Road there was always a sense that City would score again once it was 2-2.

[@tomben6180]

@@sejason56Being objective, as a City fan, there are pros and cons to both. Yes City were only playing QPR, I disagree about what you said about them allowing it, there was a last ditch tackle to try and stop Aguero and I can’t remember who but a QPR player said most of them didn’t know they were safe, as the bench had only just started celebrating 20 seconds earlier, but as you say, it was 2 goals needed in injury time to win it. I also think the fact we were up against United for the league, the club who are our most hated rivals and had ridiculed us for decades, just made it more special. Arsenal playing the team who started the day in 1st and winning by 2 clear goals is a better achievement on the day, but I just think City’s meant more to City fans because of the context of going 44 years without a league and it being against United for the title. I am biased though.

[@gregconway736]

Most dramatic and memorable finish ever to an English league season. Everyone went crazy bar Liverpool and Spurs fans.

[@safisyed736]

This one game will Never be Earased from my mind. Kept replaying it till today and will do forever. Every special moments.

[@dodibenabba525]

Never gets old....

[@brandonwilson2732]

The one and only Brian Moore with his iconic sporting voice that lit up my childhood! Still can’t believe this happened? Proper fairytale stuff! Just wow!!!

[@bigbadbill0071]

greatest moment in sport bar none. imn a evertononian by the way

[@davidcooke1972]

As an Evertonian I didn't feel anything one way or the other. I stopped acknowledging them as human beings after Heysel.

[@wmorris189]

Of all my memories as an Arsenal fan this is by far the best, makes me feel happy every time I think of it. Also, it reminds me of classy opponents, Liverpool what a team and club they are.

[@richardcummins5465]

Was working night shift at a sewage treatment plant on this night. Small transistor radio glued to my ear. When Arsenal scored Jonathan Pearce went ballistic on London Capitol Gold. So did i. Could have heard me all over Croydon. And im not a Gunners fan! Absolutely magical.

[@videocrafterd2637]

Liverpool didn’t lose at home that hole season Liverpool were first and arsenal were second they had the same amount of points but arsenal has one less goal difference meaning they would have to score 2 goals up from Liverpool In the first half of the match nothing happened and everyone was shocked because (Liverpool one every home game that season) but in the second half arsenal successfully scored a goal everyone was screaming in which if the match ended like that Liverpool would of one because arsenal were away so they talking as thin as margins. Anyway the match went on there was 1 minute left the ball went to arsenals keeper he kicked it up the pitch to the left winger he passed to Michael Thomas he dribbled through three defensive players kicked it and it chipped over the keeper and went in the goal everyone was screaming they were all celebrating together and as an arsenal fan I still remember the adrenaline it gave me and I still sometimes get goosebumps but to this day Michael Thomas is still a legend and always will be

[@addav79]

Still gives me chills

[@Leogunner2]

What a night, what an atmosphere, what a finish. Gives me "goosebubbles" every time. If you know, you know.COYG

[@scatmann5839]

This is one of those times I'm so glad to have been alive then and old enough to have witnessed this incredible moment and experienced all the emotions that went with it. Gooner till I die ❤

[@BeOutstanding]

Backpass to the GK and GK picking up the ball was allowed back then.

[@Billyfozz]

And liverpool have not won the league since the new rule came in. lol

[@Kevon420]

And that's how Arsenal won the league! Oh the drama.

[@mcfcguvnors]

was boring as fuck thats all they did - get a goal hansen to Grobbelar - back to hansen & guess what bruce has the ball again ....now hes wearing a hat .....riveting viewing :P

[@hazardous1990]

Thomas, it's up for grabs now! Thomas!

[@jaynedavis3655]

One beautiful night , that was !

[@Abhisham16]

Come on Arsenal we can do it again ❤

[@13leaguestotwomorethanyou]

"Thomas, it's grab for grabs now! Thomas! Right at the end!!"

[@MightyRoos]

At the end of the day it was a shocking decision by Barnes. In what world would you try to take on the defender when all you need to do is to keep the score as it is? All Barnes needed to do was to take the ball the corner post and use up time. There was no need to get a goal.

[@aussieboy77]

That was the Liverpool philosophy back then - attack and score goals no matter what the score is. I respect Barnes for not taking it to the corner. Running down the clock by taking it to the corner is not football and should be banned.

[@simonwright5680]

@@aussieboy77 Liverpool spent the entire match wasting time. Barnes just had a brain fade. He knows he screwed up

[@julianwoodcock4309]

I remember watching this live in TV in a bar in Madrid. It's a great memory for one who has followed Arsenal's fortunes since childhood. That's the kind of character they lack now, but then it's a different game now.

[@michaeladsetts6985]

I remember watching this on TV and even as a neutral going bananas when Michael Thomas scored.

[@agnieszkamikoajek5729]

Look at the CLASS of George Graham. Respectful for LFC, having in fresh memory what happened to their club and fans at Hilsborough, not only refused to celebrate at ther ground himself, but also calming down his staff members just to avoid anything bad that could happen to each sides fans.