Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008

Result

Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool

Premier League · Sunday 23 March 2008, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Manchester United 2-0 Liverpool: match report

Manchester United defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 23 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Wes Brown opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wes Brown (34'), Cristiano Ronaldo (79') and Nani (81'). Liverpool did not score.

Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 69 points from 30 and Liverpool 4th on 59 points from 30. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 87 points, and Liverpool 4th with 76.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 8 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Liverpool.

Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-L and Liverpool's W-W-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Javier MascheranoLiverpool
  • 34'Goal · Wes BrownManchester United · 1-0
  • 44'Second yellow · Javier MascheranoLiverpool
  • 44'Yellow card · Fernando TorresLiverpool
  • 53'Yellow card · ArbeloaLiverpool
  • 60'Yellow card · Rio FerdinandManchester United
  • 79'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoManchester United · 2-0
  • 81'Goal · NaniManchester United · 3-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester United 8, draws 1, Liverpool 1.

Team news

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Rio Ferdinand, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Patrice Evra, Kieran Richardson, Louis Saha, Cristiano Ronaldo, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville

Liverpool line-up (4-2-3-1)

Pepe Reina, Fábio Aurélio, Álvaro Arbeloa, Javier Mascherano, Jamie Carragher, Fernando Torres, Dirk Kuyt, Ryan Babel, Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Martin Škrtel