Liverpool Beats Everton in Cup Final, 3-2

Ian Rush scored his second goal of the game in the 105th minute to give Liverpool a 3-2 victory over Everton Saturday in the Football Assn. Cup final at Wembley, England.

John Aldridge gave Liverpool a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute, but Stuart McCall’s rebound goal for Everton with about five seconds left forced the overtime.

Rush, who replaced Aldridge in the 73rd minute, gave Liverpool a 2-1 lead in the 95th minute, before McCall again tied the scored with a goal in the 104th minute. Rush then scored on a header a minute later, and Liverpool went on to win its fourth Cup.

It was the most goals in a cup final since Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City, 3-2, in 1981.

Before the game, in a tribute to 95 fans who died in an overcrowded section at Hillsborough Stadium during a Liverpool-Wimbledon game last month, former Liverpool pop star Gerry Marsden sang the Liverpool soccer anthem, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”