 Complete the following phrase:  The 198687 season was trophyless for Liverpool. They lost 21 to Arsenal in the League Cup final at Wembley. Before the 198788 season, Dalglish signed two new players: striker Peter Beardsley from Newcastle and winger John Barnes from Watford. He had already purchased goalscorer John Aldridge from Oxford United a replacement for Ian Rush, who was moving to Italy in the spring of 1987 and early into the new campaign, bought Oxford United midfielder Ray Houghton. The new-look Liverpool side shaped by Dalglish topped the league for almost the entire season, and had a run of 37 matches unbeaten in all competitions including 29 in the league; 22 wins and 7 draws from the beginning of the season to 21 February 1988, when they lost to Everton in the league. Liverpool were crowned champions with four games left to play, having suffered just two defeats from 40 games. However, Dalglishs side lost the 