Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2014
Result
Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 14 December 2014, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Manchester United 3-0 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United defeated Liverpool 3-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 14 December 2014. The half-time score was 2-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (12'), Juan Mata (40') and Robin van Persie (71'). Liverpool did not score.
Discipline: Manchester United received 4 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 4th on 29 points from 15 and Liverpool 13th on 17 points from 15. Manchester United went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Liverpool 7th with 57.
Manchester United lined up in a 3-4-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Manchester United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Liverpool's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Marouane Fellaini
- 12'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 21'Yellow card · P. Jones
- 29'Yellow card · Joe Allen
- 37'Yellow card · Jonny Evans
- 40'Goal · Juan Mata
- 43'Yellow card · Wayne Rooney
- 71'Goal · Robin van Persie
- 74'Yellow card · Mario Balotelli
- 84'Yellow card · Steven Gerrard
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (3-4-3)
David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Daley Blind, Antonio Valencia, Marcos Rojo, Chris Smalling, Wayne Mark Rooney, Robin van Persie, Ángel Di María, Marouane Fellaini
Liverpool expected line-up (4-3-3)
Simon Mignolet, Martin Škrtel, Glen Johnson, Kolo Touré, Lucas Leiva, Jordan Henderson, Joe Allen, Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling, Rickie Lambert