Liverpool
In
1991–92, Saunders partnered Rush – who also his strike partner for
Wales – in attack, backed by young
Steve McManaman which saw the club win the
FA Cup for the fifth time in its history in manager
Graeme Souness' first full season in charge. During his first preseason he ordered chicken for a meal, and did not like the look of it so he ordered a steak in-place of it. He was told off for such shenanigans by Sourness. Recently he complained about the steak that got away during his commentary on BT Sport's coverage of the Liverpool FC 2014/2015 preseason match against Brondby IF.
Saunders scored 23 goals in all competitions, though just 10 of these were the league where the club only managed a sixth place finish - one of their lowest positions since their current top flight tenure began in 1962. He became the first Liverpool player to score four goals in a European fixture when he did so during a 6–1 home win over
Kuusysi Lahti in the
UEFA Cup first round first leg on 18 September 1991 that was their first European fixture after their six-year ban. He also scored twice against
FC Tirol in the third round first leg and a hat-trick in the return game.
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