Whether you were born or not at the time this is one of those games that you just have to know about it. Essential viewing on Premier League Years, it typified the gung ho attitude that many Premier League clubs fostered. Robbie Fowler put Liverpool ahead early but a five minute double gave Newcastle the lead at the break. Fowler equalised for the Scousers but almost immediately Tino Asprilla ran up the other end to make it 3-2. Just what Newcastle needed after losing three of their last five matches in their bid for the championship. It didn't last too long as Stan Collymore cancelled out the Toon's lead once more, setting up a last 20 minutes where both sides threw everything at each other to get that winning goal, not that any goal during this game would give you any assurances. Old boys Ian Rush and John Barnes found some calm amongst the carnage to set up Collymore to hammer home the winner. The image of Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan slumped over the dugout is devastation personified, summing up a horrible patch in Newcastle's season that, although they recovered to some extent, cost them the Premier League.
