Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012
Result
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool
Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012, 12:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool: match report
Manchester United won against Liverpool 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 47th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Wayne Rooney (47') and Wayne Rooney (50'). Liverpool scored through Luis Suárez (80').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Liverpool received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 55 points from 24 and Liverpool 7th on 39 points from 24. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 89 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Liverpool in a 4-1-4-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Manchester United wins, 1 draw and 4 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read D-W-W-W-L and Liverpool's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Stewart Downing
- 47'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 50'Goal · Wayne Rooney
- 80'Yellow card · Michael Carrick
- 80'Goal · Luis Suárez
Head-to-head
Team news
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Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
David de Gea, Patrice Evra, Jonny Evans, Rafael, Antonio Valencia, Park Ji-Sung, Darren Fletcher, Michael Carrick, Nani, Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck
Liverpool line-up (4-1-4-1)
Pepe Reina, Glen Johnson, José Enrique, Daniel Agger, Jordan Henderson, Stewart Downing, Jay Spearing, Luis Suárez, Dirk Kuyt, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel