Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009
Result
Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 14 March 2009, 12:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
Manchester United 1-4 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United were beaten by Liverpool 1-4 in the Premier League on Saturday 14 March 2009. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Manchester United's goal came from Cristiano Ronaldo (22'). Liverpool scored through Fernando Torres (28'), Steven Gerrard (43'), Fabio Aurelio (76') and Andrea Dossena (90').
Discipline: Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 1st on 65 points from 27 and Liverpool 3rd on 58 points from 28. Manchester United went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Liverpool 2nd with 86.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Liverpool's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Cristiano Ronaldo
- 28'Goal · Fernando Torres
- 35'Yellow card · Jamie Carragher
- 37'Yellow card · Rio Ferdinand
- 43'Goal · Steven Gerrard
- 43'Yellow card · Patrice Evra
- 60'Yellow card · Javier Mascherano
- 64'Yellow card · Martin Škrtel
- 76'Red card · Nemanja Vidić
- 76'Goal · Fabio Aurelio
- 90'Goal · Andrea Dossena
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, John O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick, Park Ji-Sung, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Gary Neville
Liverpool expected line-up (4-4-2)
Pepe Reina, Jamie Carragher, Javier Mascherano, Emiliano Insúa, Yossi Benayoun, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel, Daniel Agger, Xabi Alonso