they were then drawn against rivals and reigning first division champions liverpool in the third round, where mark hughes and lee sharpe joined bruce on the score sheet in a 3–1 home win. in the fourth round, a 19-year-old sharpe scored a hat-trick in addition to goals from blackmore, hughes and danny wallace to give united a 6–2 away win over arsenal, who would go on to win the first division title that season, just over a month after the two teams had been involved in a mass brawl during a 1–0 arsenal win at old trafford that saw both teams deducted points.