Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2009
Result
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United
Premier League · Sunday 25 October 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: match report
Liverpool won against Manchester United 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 25 October 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Fernando Torres (65') and David N'Gog (90'). Manchester United did not score.
Discipline: Liverpool received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Manchester United received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Liverpool were 8th on 15 points from 9 and Manchester United 2nd on 22 points from 9. Liverpool went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.
Liverpool lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 1 draw and 7 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Liverpool's last five read L-L-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-D-W-W-W.
Key events
- 15'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 37'Yellow card · Dimitar Berbatov
- 65'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 73'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 75'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 87'Yellow card · Jamie Carragher
- 89'Second yellow · Nemanja Vidic
- 90'Goal · David N'Gog
- 90'Second yellow · J. Mascherano
Head-to-head
Team news
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Fábio Aurélio, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Yossi Benayoun, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville