Sunday, December 2 – 1990
Match: Football League, 1st Division, at Highbury, kick-off: 15:00.
Arsenal – Liverpool 3-0 (1-0).
Attendance: 40,419.
Referee: Mr. A. Gunn.
Arsenal: David Seaman, Lee Dixon, Nigel Winterburn, Michael Thomas, Steve Bould, Tony Adams, David O’Leary, Paul Davis, Alan Smith, Paul Merson, Anders Limpar.
Liverpool: Bruce Grobbelaar, Glenn Hysen, David Burrows, Steve Nicol, Ronnie Whelan, Gary Gillespie, Gary Ablett, Barry Venison, Ian Rush, John Barnes, Jan Mølby.
Substitutions: Ray Houghton for Barry Venison after 60 minutes; and Ronny Rosenthal for Jan Mølby after 71 min.
The goals: 1-0 Merson (21 min.), 2-0 Dixon (pen., 46 min.), 3-0 Smith (88 min.).
Match report from the Daily Express, Monday, December 3 – 1990.