Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008
Result
Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 13 September 2008, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Liverpool 2-1 Manchester United: match report
Liverpool defeated Manchester United 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 13 September 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.
Carlos Tévez opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Liverpool's goals came from an own goal by Wes Brown (27') and Ryan Babel (77'). Manchester United scored through Carlos Tévez (3').
Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 7 points from 3 and Manchester United 9th on 4 points from 2. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 86 points, and Manchester United 1st with 90.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Liverpool win, 1 draw and 8 for Manchester United.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Carlos Tévez
- 21'Yellow card · Carlos Tévez
- 27'Own goal · Wes Brown
- 77'Goal · Ryan Babel
- 79'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidić
- 81'Yellow card · Nani
- 90'Second yellow · Nemanja Vidić
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Albert Riera, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, R. Keane, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Rio Ferdinand, John O'Shea, Mikaël Silvestre, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha