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3¹ BOZOVIC was able to block a weak header from GERRARD. 4¹ ARSHAVIN rifled an easy chance past the far post. 6¹ COLE shot wide. 11¹ VIDIC's shot was well held by the Manchester United 'keeper. 12¹ Uncertainty in the Liverpool defence enabled ARSHAVIN to thump an effort wide. 16¹ A delightful save prevented MESSI from scoring a great goal. 16¹ An exceptional effort from IBRAHIMOVIC scraped the outside of the post. 18¹ MESSI headed wide. 22¹ GOAL!! A quick free-kick allowed GERRARD to touch the ball to ROONEY who drove a right foot shot into the net. (1-0 Liverpool) 24¹ PIZARRO blasted a right foot shot just beyond the far post from twenty yards out. 29¹ MESSI ran onto a wonderful ball from FABREGAS but hit his shot wide of the goal. 34¹ A fine ball from ROONEY on the right fell to FABREGAS who sliced his effort over the bar. 36¹ GOAL!! A mishit clearance dropped to TERRY who sliced a shot goalward, luckily ROONEY was on hand to volley the ball in off the post. (2-0 Liverpool) 38¹ FABREGAS beat two Manchester United players and thundered a shot just beyond the far post. 38¹ IBRAHIMOVIC brought the ball round SAHA and stroked a weak shot over the bar. 41¹ The hapless Manchester United 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ARSHAVIN dropped just wide. 1² A strike from ROONEY held no problem for BOZOVIC. 2² A corner fell to LESCOTT who forced an effort over. 3² GOAL!! A quick-witted IBRAHIMOVIC pounced on a loose ball on the edge of the area and made no mistake. (3-0 Liverpool) 8² A free-kick from PIZARRO raced wide. 16² GOAL!! A patient Liverpool side were rewarded with a lovely shot from ROONEY. (4-0 Liverpool) 23² GERRARD beat BASSONG and drilled the ball to MESSI who dragged his effort wide. 34² ROONEY rushed an easy chance. 35² A header by JOHNSON at the far post was easily collected by CASILLAS. 39² A cross from XAVI left FABREGAS in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 44² A accurate pass found MESSI and his right foot shot went narrowly over.

Manchester United   League position: 12 Home league form: WWXL Overall league form: XWLLWLXL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Mladen BOZOVIC 5  1 5½ Iker CASILLAS (c)MICHEL SALGADO 6  2 6½ RAFAEL da Silva Joleon LESCOTT 7  3 8  Ashley COLE Fabian ERNST 7½ 4 6½ John TERRY Phil JAGIELKA 6½ 5 6½ Nemanja VIDIC Sébastien BASSONG 6  6 7½ XAVI Kevin-Prince BOATENG 6½ 7 6½ Steven GERRARD(c,p,f) Andrei ARSHAVIN 6  8 7  Lionel MESSI (p)Claudio PIZARRO 6½ 9 8  Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC (f)Louis SAHA 6  10 7½ Wayne ROONEY Andy JOHNSON 6  11 7½ Francesc FABREGAS Manager Simon Perkins Vurnon ANITA    12    Luis SUÁREZ David JAMES    13    José REINA Christoph METZELDER    14    Giorgio CHIELLINI Fernando CAVENAGHI 8  15    Javier MASCHERANO Martin PETROV    16    Sergio AGÜERO

Liverpool   League position: 1 Away league form: WLWW Overall league form: XWWWWLWW Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Manchester United 0 Liverpool 4 (Half-time: 0-2, Attendance: 54,909, Stadium: Old Trafford, Referee: Przemyslaw Wegier 6)   Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Rooney 22¹, Rooney 36¹, Ibrahimovic 3², Rooney 16² LescottóCavenaghi 6²           5 4 14 6 0 3 1 8 5 12 6 20 1 4 42% 58% ¶ Man of the match: Fernando Cavenaghi ¶