In my mind, it should be April 3, 1996, the 32nd round of the 1995-1996 Premier League season between Liverpool and Newcastle United. Liverpool defeated Newcastle United 4:3. You can tell just by looking at the score. The level of excitement is not low. This is the Premier League's best game of the decade, officially rated by the Football Association.
I am very fortunate to have watched the live broadcast of this game. At that time, Shanghai TV station would broadcast live Premier League games every week. The commentators were Li Bing, Yang Xufeng, and an old man named Cao was a guest. I was still young at the time and had just fallen in love with football, but I often watched Premier League games. I remember once that for some reason the same match between Tottenham and Manchester City was broadcast for three consecutive weekends. I actually watched them all... I remember that the score was Tottenham winning 1:0 and the scorer was named Armstrong.
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The 1995-1996 season is destined to be an extraordinary year in the history of the Premier League. In 1995, Manchester United lost many important players and their future was not promising. At that time, Liverpool star Alan Hansen said the most famous slap in the face in football history: "You can't win the championship with a group of children!" As a result, Ferguson was bold. It was during this season that new players were recruited, and Class 92 became the backbone of Manchester United. Throughout the season, Manchester United defeated Newcastle by 12 points to win the championship.
Let’s talk about the best game in the Premier League in ten years. Newcastle, which went from a 12-point lead to 3 points behind Manchester United at the top of the table, visited Anfield and had to win in order to bite Manchester United. At that time, Liverpool was one of the most technical teams in the Premier League, with players such as Fowler, Redknapp, and McManaman in the team. Newcastle had the strongest attacking combination in the Premier League at the time, with famous stars such as Alan Shearer, Asprilla, and David Ginola.
The two sides fought fiercely throughout the game, with ups and downs. Fowler opened the scoring for Liverpool in the first 2 minutes, Les Ferdinand equalized, Ginola overtook, Fowler equalized, Asp Lira went ahead again, and in the 68th minute Red Army high center forward Collymore drew 3-3. Collymore scored another goal to beat Newcastle before the end. The whole game was played at a fast pace, with almost no dead balls or backcourt inversions. Both sides played passionately, going back and forth with each other, going on the offensive, one after another, and it was a blast.
After being defeated, Newcastle coach Kevin Keegan buried his head in the billboard, and this scene has become the most classic in the Premier League. Newcastle, who lost this game, no longer had the momentum to catch up with Manchester United, and the reversal of their 12-point advantage became the laughing stock of Manchester United fans.