Date: Sunday 13 January 2013
Kick Off: 13:30
Venue: Old Trafford, Trafford
Competition: Barclays Premier League
Referee: Howard Webb (South Yorkshire)
Broadcast: Sky Sports 1, 13:00
LINKS
http://www.wiziwig.tv/broadcast.php?matchid=183894
LIVE ARTICLE
http://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/180914
Liverpool suffered a frustrating loss at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon as Manchester United earned a slender victory.
Liverpool were very poor in the first half, giving United far too much space and time on the ball. The opening goal came on 19 minutes when Patrice Evra played a low ball across the Liverpool penalty area and Robin van Persie sweeped it in.
The Reds did not show any sort of urgency to get forward and it was United who looked like scoring again. Towards the end of the first half, Van Persie nearly doubled his tally with a back heel that was destined for the net but Martin Skrtel and Pepe Reina managed to deal with it.
Daniel Sturridge came on for the second half and Liverpool looked much improved. They started to attack more and searched for an equaliser, but just as they had started to look dangerous United scored a second.
Van Persie swung in a free kick which Patrice Evra got a head on at the far post, and it went in off Nemanja Vidic, who was in an offside position.
But just three minutes later, the game was back on. Steven Gerrard took a shot which was parried by David de Gea, and Sturridge was there to follow it up. From here, Liverpool looked the better team and should have earned at least a point.
Sturridge was guilty of wasting a few chances, most notably when he found himself with the ball a few yards from goal on the left, but he blazed it over the bar.
Luis Suarez and Sturridge showed promising signs of developing an understanding and caused United a lot of problems in the closing stages, but they managed to hold on for the victory. Another positive for Liverpool was the return of Fabio Borini from a broken foot, as he played the last half hour of the game.
LIVE SCOREBOARD
MAN UTD - 2
Van Persie 19'
Vidic 54'
LIVERPOOL - 1
Sturridge 57'
LEAGUE POSITIONS AS IT STANDS
1. Man Utd - Pld 22, W 18, D 1, L 3, F 56, A 29, GD 27, Pts 55.
8. Liverpool - Pld 22, W 8, D 7, L 7, F 35, A 28, GD 7, Pts 31.
TEAMS
Man Utd
1 De Gea
2 Rafael
5 Ferdinand
15 Vidic (Smalling 79')
3 Evra
18 Young (Valencia 46')
16 Carrick
23 Cleverley
26 Kagawa (Jones 77')
19 Welbeck
20 Van Persie
Subs: 40 Amos, 4 Jones, 7 Valencia, 8 Anderson, 11 Giggs,
12 Smalling, 14 Hernandez.
Liverpool
25 Reina
47 Wisdom
37 Skrtel
5 Agger
2 Johnson
8 Gerrard
21 Lucas (Sturridge 46' )
24 Allen (Henderson 80')
19 Downing
7 Suarez
31 Sterling (Borini 62')
Subs: 1 Jones, 14 Henderson, 15 Sturridge, 23 Carragher, 29 Borini, 33 Shelvey, 49 Robinson.
KEY UPDATES
19: GOAL - MAN UTD 1-0 LIVERPOOL
Patrice Evra receives the ball on the left hand side and sends a low ball into the Liverpool penalty box, which Robin van Persie (21) sweeps into the net first time.
45+4: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Lucas receives a yellow card (4) for a foul on Ashley Young.
46: MAN UTD SUB
Ashley Young is replaced by Antonio Valencia at half time.
46: LIVERPOOL SUB
Lucas is replaced by Daniel Sturridge at half time.
53: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Martin Skrtel receives a yellow card (4) for a foul on Danny Welbeck.
54: GOAL - MAN UTD 2-0 LIVERPOOL
Robin van Persie swings the ball into the box from a free kick, and Patrice Evra gets his head on it and it takes a deflection off Nemanja Vidic (1) and goes in.
57: GOAL - MAN UTD 2-1 LIVERPOOL
Raheem Sterling lays it off to Steven Gerrard who takes a shot. David de Gea can only manage to parry it into the path of Daniel Sturridge (2) who slots it in.
62: LIVERPOOL SUB
Raheem Sterling is replaced by Fabio Borini.
73: MAN UTD BOOKING
Patrice Evra receives a yellow card (1) for a foul on Stewart Downing.
76: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Glen Johnson receives a yellow card (4) for a foul on Patrice Evra.
77: MAN UTD SUB
Shinji Kagawa is replaced by Phil Jones.
79: MAN UTD SUB
Nemanja Vidic is replaced by Chris Smalling.
80: LIVERPOOL SUB
Joe Allen is replaced by Jordan Henderson.
90+4: LIVERPOOL BOOKING
Daniel Agger receives a yellow card (3) for a foul on Tom Cleverley.
LAST MATCHES
Man Utd
Saturday 5 January 2013
The FA Cup with Budweiser Third Round
West Ham 2-2 Man Utd
Liverpool
Sunday 6 January 2013
The FA Cup with Budweiser Third Round
Mansfield 1-2 Liverpool
Head to head
Sunday 23 September 2012
Barclays Premier League
Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd
TOP SCORERS
Man Utd
Robin van Persie - 21
Javier Hernandez - 12
Wayne Rooney - 8
Liverpool
Luis Suarez - 19
Steven Gerrard - 5
Jonjo Shelvey - 5
FT: MAN UTD 2-1 LIVERPOOL
posted on 13/1/13
Fair enough. On the wind up lad. Ha.
posted on 13/1/13
Suarez can play any of the four attacking roles with ease. What he has got is fantastic movement and that is transferable to any foreward position on the pitch. Defenders hate good movement and Rodgers understands this. That is why Borini and Sturridge have been bought and why Carroll has been moved on.
posted on 13/1/13
I agree with just about all the comments
Lucas played well. Allen was pathetic in the first half, good in the second.
Suarez is better anywhere near other than the centreforward role
I thought Sterling was a blouse today. Not up for it.
Wisdom did well other than costing us the goal.
posted on 13/1/13
Best thing about the game was Howard Webb. Got everything spot on other than the corner.
No complaints in that respect.
posted on 13/1/13
Webb had a good match other than a couple of corners.
Did Downing dive though? couldn't tell
posted on 13/1/13
The thing about the Downing foul/dive was that he would have gone down had he not already been going down. It was a foul regardless.
posted on 13/1/13
No. Evra cropped him and then used the diving had signal. Check it out. Cheat.
posted on 13/1/13
OK
I couldn't tell is all
posted on 13/1/13
No worries lad. On a serious note . . . .. it was a foul matey.
posted on 13/1/13