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Premier League: Newcastle 'Entertainers' and famous Liverpool loss recalled

Many claim that it remains the best game of the Premier League era. Others go so far as to claim it is the best game of the 20th century.

What is for certain is that Liverpool 4 Newcastle United 3 on April 3, 1996 was an outstanding advertisement for English football still fondly recalled today.

It was the night Kevin Keegan's Newcastle 'Entertainers' realised they were destined to become the best team never to lift the Premier League trophy.

Stan Collymore blasts home his famous winner for Liverpool against title-chasing Newcastle

Stan Collymore blasts home his famous winner for Liverpool against title-chasing Newcastle

It was despair for Newcastle but delight for Liverpool as they won the seven-goal thriller

Their policy of 'we'll score one more than you, however many you score' was stretched to the limit and snapped in a seven-goal thriller on a tumultuous evening at Anfield that profited only eventual champions Manchester United.