Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 1
Outcome: Lost
Date: 5/5/1981
Manager: John Neal
Attendance: 19102
Competition: DivisionOne
Played at: Ayresome Park
Goals:
| Goals | Time | Assists | |
| Dave Shearer | |||
Team
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |
| Terry Cochrane | |||
| Dave Shearer | |||
| Bosco Jankovic | |||
| Mark Procter | |||
| Colin Ross | |||
| David Armstrong | |||
| Tony McAndrew | |||
| John Craggs | |||
| Ian Bailey | |||
| Jim Platt | |||
| Mike Angus |
Subs
| Player | Yellow | Red | Subbed |