Greatest game on Sky Sports?

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This week, Sky Sports is celebrating its 25th birthday and we’ve been taking a look at some of the best moments from a quarter of a century of live sports coverage.

We reflect on Liverpool’s legendary 4-3 win over Newcastle – a game widely regarded as the greatest in Premier League history…

Two decades have passed but the memories of Newcastle’s trip to Anfield in 1996 still burn brightly. Kevin Keegan’s faltering ‘entertainers’ were in urgent need of victory having seen a 12-point lead over Manchester United replaced by a three-point deficit, while third-placed Liverpool harboured title ambitions of their own.

The encounter featured a plethora of attacking talent and had all the ingredients to be a classic, but it still managed to exceed just about everyone’s expectations. “We were third and Newcastle were second and we were going to try to keep things tight and try to nick a win,” reflected former Liverpool striker Stan Collymore. “Game plans went out the window pretty early on though.”

Collymore would become Liverpool’s hero by dispatching the winning goal in second-half stoppage time in front of a delirious Kop, but his first major involvement came just two minutes in when he set up Robbie Fowler’s opener with a looping cross from the left flank.

The far-post header was the 19-year-old’s 27th goal of the campaign, and it set the tone for the pulsating drama that followed. Within 12 minutes, Newcastle had turned the game on its head. Les Ferdinand equalised with a sharp finish from Faustino Asprilla’s cut-back, and David …

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