 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kwemwaka wa198687, Rush akazivisa chinangwa chake chekusiya Liverpool kuenda kuchikwata cheItaly cheJuventus pakapera mwaka. Rush haana kuda kuenda asi kirabhu yakasarudza kumutengesa, sezvo vakanga vasina mari nekuda kwekudzingwa kwavo kubva kumakwikwi eEurope. Pakati pemwaka, Dalglish akasayina John Aldridge kuti atsive Rush paakaenda. Asati aenda, Rush akarova zvibodzwa 40. Liverpool yakapedza yechipiri muligi kuseri kweEverton, uye vakabviswa muFA Cup mumutambo wechitatu neLuton Town. Chikwata chakasvika mu1987 Football League Cup Final, asi vakarohwa 21 neArsenal. Pakupera kwemwaka, Dalglish akasaina Peter Beardsley naJohn Barnes kuti vavandudze kurwisa kwavo. Liverpool yakawanazve mukombe weligi; havana kukundwa kusvika pamutambo wavo wechi29 vachirwisa Everton, imwe yekurasikirwa kaviri mumwaka. Kirabhu iyi yaive nemukana wekupedzisa kaviri, sezvo vakasvika mufainariyeFA Cup vachipesana neWimbledon. Kunyange zvazvo vaifarirwa nekirabhu yakanga yava nhengo yeFootball League makore gumi nerimwe chete akanga apfuura, vakarasikirwa nemutambo 10. 