'We always went for the killer goal - that was our undoing'
[Getty Images] Thirty years on from Liverpool beating Newcastle 4-3 in one of the Premier League's greatest ever matches, former Reds player Jason McAteer, former Magpies defender Steve Howey, the Anfield Wrap's Ian Ryan and the Athletic's George Caulkin join Alistair Bruce-Ball on BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily to reflect on a true classic. Despite going 1-0 down after two minutes, Newcastle led 2-1 just minutes later and almost immediately retook the lead to make it 3-2 after Liverpool's equaliser midway through the second half. However, Stan Collymore scored twice against an open an expansive Magpies team, including a dramatic stoppage-time winner to spark the iconic image of then manager Kevin Keegan slumped over the advertising hoardings, to ensure the Reds came out on top in the thriller.
"It was pretty much the same as it always was from Kevin which was telling us 'there's an awful lot of fans who have come here and paid to watch you play, go out there and entertain them'," Howey recalled. "He always wanted us to send the fans home happy knowing that they have been entertained by a game. "That was Kevin's philosophy from day one.
If we conceded a goal it wasn't really an issue because we had such firepower. "He had such belief the boys would get one. That was always our ethos.
"In this game, even though we went down 1-0 in the first two minutes, it wasn't an issue. We just knew we would be able to score and get goals back. "When it got to 3-3 most teams would have sat and tried to take the point away from home but that wasn't us.
We always went for the killer goal. That was our undoing and Collymore got the famous winner. " Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds