Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 March 2010
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 21 March 2010, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-1
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 March 2010. The half-time score was 1-1.
Fernando Torres opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (12') and Park Ji-Sung (60'). Liverpool scored through Fernando Torres (5').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 66 points from 30 and Liverpool 5th on 51 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Liverpool 7th with 63.
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 6 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Liverpool's W-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 11'Yellow card · J. Mascherano
- 12'Missed penalty · Wayne Rooney
- 12'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 25'Yellow card · Fernando Torres
- 44'Yellow card · Jamie Carragher
- 60'Goal · Park Ji-Sung
- 61'Yellow card · Antonio Valencia
- 73'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Patrice Evra, Wes Brown, Antonio Valencia, Darron Gibson, Michael Carrick, Anderson, Danny Welbeck, Nani, Michael Owen, Paul Scholes
Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Daniel Agger, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Jamie Carragher, Lucas Leiva, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Maxi Rodríguez