Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 December 2018

Result

Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 16 December 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Liverpool 3-1 Manchester United: match report

Liverpool defeated Manchester United 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Sadio Mané opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Liverpool's goals came from Sadio Mané (24'), Xherdan Shaqiri (73') and Xherdan Shaqiri (80'). Manchester United scored through Jesse Lingard (33').

Discipline: Liverpool received no yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Liverpool were 2nd on 42 points from 16 and Manchester United 6th on 26 points from 16. Liverpool went on to finish that season 2nd with 97 points, and Manchester United 6th with 66.

Liverpool lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester United in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Xherdan Shaqiri of Liverpool (8.9), ahead of Fabinho (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Liverpool wins, 4 draws and 4 for Manchester United.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 24'Goal · Sadio ManéLiverpool · 1-0
  • 26'Yellow card · Diogo DalotManchester United
  • 33'Goal · Jesse LingardManchester United · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Romelu LukakuManchester United
  • 73'Goal · Xherdan ShaqiriLiverpool · 2-1
  • 80'Goal · Xherdan ShaqiriLiverpool · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Liverpool 2, draws 4, Manchester United 4.

Team news

Liverpool line-up (4-4-1-1)

Alisson, Nathaniel Clyne, Dejan Lovren, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson, Sadio Mané, Georginio Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Naby Keïta, Roberto Firmino, Mohamed Salah

Manchester United line-up (4-4-1-1)

David de Gea, Matteo Darmian, Eric Bailly, Victor Lindelöf, Ashley Young, Diogo Dalot, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matić, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Romelu Lukaku