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| Ian Rush celebrates his second goal with team-mates |
Southampton's time as English Champions was to last just three days as they surrendered their title to Liverpool at Anfield.
It started well for the Saints when Liverpool goalkeeper David James failed to reach a corner and Richard Hall was able to stroke it in for a Southampton lead.
From that point on though, the Liverpool Red Machine was in full effect. When Liverpool got a corner of their own, Ian Rush came steaming in to equalise.
Liverpool took the lead in the second half with an element of good fortune as Rush's effort from outside the box took a deflection to deceive former Liverpool stalwart Bruce Grobbelaar in the Southampton goal.
The win was wrapped up when Mark Walters was brought down in the box and Robbie Fowler dispatched the penalty.
4 titles for Liverpool and two more goals for Ian Rush. Rush is one of the finest strikers English football has ever produced but somehow feels a bit overlooked. This is likely due to him plying his trade primarily in the 1980's when football had lost a lot of its glamour and by the time the Premier League came along he was just reaching the twilight of his career. Nevertheless, on the four occasions Liverpool had won the Unofficial English Championship, Rush had contributed with 8 goals. A marksman supreme.
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