Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Monday 20 September 2004
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Monday 20 September 2004, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United won against Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Monday 20 September 2004. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Mikaël Silvestre opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Mikaël Silvestre (20') and Mikaël Silvestre (66'). Liverpool scored through an own goal by John O'Shea (54').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 13th on 6 points from 5 and Liverpool 10th on 7 points from 4. Manchester United went on to finish that season 3rd with 77 points, and Liverpool 5th with 58.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester United wins, 0 draws and 5 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-D-D-W-L and Liverpool's W-L-W-D.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Mikaël Silvestre
- 45'Yellow card · Josemi
- 54'Own goal · John O'Shea
- 66'Goal · Mikaël Silvestre
- 71'Yellow card · Roy Keane
- 77'Yellow card · Xabi Alonso
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up
Roy Carroll, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Louis Saha, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Nicky Butt, Paul Scholes