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United States Larry Lloyd tricked Kevin Keegan before Forest hardman 'chewing meat' hit him in windpipe
Nottingham Forest great Larry Lloyd played a cheeky trick on Kevin Keegan before a European Cup final.
Lloyd, whose death at the age of 75 was announced on Thursday, was a key player in the Forest side which won the European Cup in 1979 and 1980 under manager Brian Clough. He formed a formidable centre-back pairing with Kenny Burns.
Heading into the second final against Keegan’s Hamburg in Madrid, the pair managed to unsettle the England talisman before and during the match, which Forest won 1-0.
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NikeThe players had also been ordered by Clough to ignore Keegan ahead of the game. However, Lloyd, who played with Keegan at Liverpool, briefly broke ranks by speaking to him in the tunnel ahead of the game.
Burns, who was nearby, told The National in 2020: “I was about three or four from the back and Larry and Kevin had played together at Liverpool. Larry said to Kevin ‘how are you doing, wee man?’ ‘Not bad, Larry’.
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“‘Kevin, I need to tell you something, Burnsy’s going to have you tonight’. And, just then he turned around, and I’m chewing on some local chewing gum, red chewing gum. Larry said, ‘look, he’s chewing on some meat’.”
Burns and Lloyd were instructed to irritate Keegan during the match – and the plan worked a treat as the German side's star man struggled to get a kick and dropped deeper and deeper as a result.
Burns flattered Keegan at one point, accidentally, he insists. “Manny Kaltz got the ball and he pinged it over to Kevin, who got the run on me,” he said.
“And I put my hand up – and nobody believes me when I say it – I was shouting across to Viv [Anderson] and, wham, it went right across his windpipe.
“That was an accident. He didn’t like it and if you look at the game, he starts going further and further back. He started getting the ball off the goalkeeper and that was a sign that I had won my battle.”
