El Clasico: Liverpool Hambourg Finale Super Coupe 1977

6 décembre 1977
Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance 34981

The return of Kevin Keegan to Anfield was always going to be a highly charged occasion, but nobody could hâve guessed that Keegan, the one time favourite of thé Kop, would be on thé wrong end of a thrashing. The Kop delighted in it, and Keegan was obliged to listen to some barbed chanting that must hâve made him wonder why he ever left Merseyside.
Phil Thompson began thé massacre and helped turn a dull-looking affair into an evening of unexpected entertainment. His goal started from a Steve Heighway corner, which Thompson half connected with at the near post. The bail rebounded from a defender and Thompson swivelled elegantly to fire thé loose bail into thé back of thé net. Five minutes before half-time, Terry McDermott added a second by stealing in unmarked in thé area and lashing thé bail home from 12 yards.

Kaltz had been outstanding for Hamburg, but after the interval even he could not contain Liverpool's attack. In the 55th minute, McDermott, with another stinging shot, made it three and, a minute later, he collected his hat-trick after Dalglish had foxed thé German defence with a decoy run. David Fairclough added number five in the 86th minute and, with two minutes remaining, Dalglish rounded off an impressive evening by scoring thé Reds's sixth.
The night belonged to McDermott and not to Keegan. SV Hamburg had been outclassed and Keegan was beginning to learn what it is like to play against Liverpool, who had proved that there was indeed life after Keegan. The doubters had been silenced and Liverpool had another trophy for their collection.

Liverpool: Clémence, Neal, Smith, Thompson, R. Kennedy, Hughes, Dalglish, McDermott, Heighway (Johnson), Fairclough, Case.

SV Hamburg: Kargus, Ripp, Nogly, Barti, Hidien, Kaltz, Keegan, Keller, Zaczyk (Steffenhagen), Magath (Eigl), Volkert.

Scorers: Thompson (21), McDermott (40, 55, 56), Fairclough (86), Dalglish (88).

Le match aller commençait bien pour Hambourg puisque le club allemand ouvrait le score au Volksparkstadion grâce à Ferdinand Keller à la 29e minute mais David Fairclough égalisait à la 65e, préparant ainsi le terrain pour l'avalanche de buts de Liverpool lors du match retour, le 6 décembre à Anfield. Phil Thompson ouvrait alors le score à la 21e minute avant que Terry McDermott réalise le premier coup du chapeau de l'histoire de la Super Coupe de l'UEFA avec des buts aux 40e, 56e et 57e minutes. Alors que les espoirs de Hambourg s'amenuisaient, Fairclough inscrivait son second but de la rencontre à la 84e avant que Kenny Dalglish amène le score à 6-0 à deux minutes de la fin de la rencontre. Bob Paisley soulevait son premier trophée de la Super Coupe de l'UEFA en tant qu'entraîneur de Liverpool (tot. 7-1).

(Uefa.com)