Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 19 September 2010
Result
Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 19 September 2010, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 3-2 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United beat Liverpool 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 19 September 2010. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Manchester United's goals came from Dimitar Berbatov (42'), Dimitar Berbatov (59') and Dimitar Berbatov (84'). Liverpool scored through Steven Gerrard (64', penalty) and Steven Gerrard (70').
Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 3rd on 8 points from 4 and Liverpool 16th on 5 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 80 points, and Liverpool 6th with 58.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-4-1-1.
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 D-W-D-W and Liverpool's D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 42'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 57'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 59'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
- 63'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 64'Penalty goal · Steven Gerrard
- 66'Yellow card · David N'Gog
- 68'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 69'Yellow card · John O'Shea
- 70'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 84'Goal · Dimitar Berbatov
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville
Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, Paul Konchesky, Jamie Carragher, Raúl Meireles, Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard, Joe Cole, Maxi Rodríguez, Martin Škrtel