Liverpool's players celebrate on the pitch after winning their 18th league title in 1990

Liverpool became champions of England on April 28, 1990 for the 18th time and today marks the 30th anniversary of that triumph.

Liverpool's players celebrate on the pitch after winning their 18th league title in 1990

Ronnie Moran, manager Kenny Dalglish and Roy Evans, pictured with the trophy days later

Captain Alan Hansen celebrates on the pitch after a 2-1 victory over QPR 30 years ago today

Ronnie Rosenthal (left), Ian Rush, Ronnie Whelan, Hansen and Barnes milk the celebrations

Goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar and defender Glenn Hysen pose with the Division One trophy

For Liverpool, scars ran deep as 12 months earlier they had lost 96 of their fans at Hillsborough. 

Things were beginning to change culturally, of course, but that afternoon Anfield was anything but full. A crowd of 37,758 was inside the stadium. 

Liverpool needed four points from their final three games and, given how prolific they had been in collecting titles, no slips were envisaged.

Watch the match that won the title.... It was against QPR. 

Barnes was Liverpool's outstanding player in 1989-90 and scored the decisive penalty kick