Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008
Result
Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Wes Brown opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wes Brown (34'), Cristiano Ronaldo (79') and Nani (81'). Liverpool did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 69 points from 30 and Liverpool 4th on 59 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 34'Goal · Wes Brown
- 44'Second yellow · Javier Mascherano
- 44'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
- 53'Yellow card · Arbeloa
- 60'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 79'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 81'Goal · Nani
Head-to-head
Team news
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
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel