Premiership · Matchday 16
Liverpool v Manchester United
1–2
Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield on Sunday 1st December 2002 in the Premiership. Diego Forlan (64', 67') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 9' Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 44' Wesley Brown
- 45' Vladimir Smicer
- Half Time
- 64' Diego Forlan 0–1
- 67' Diego Forlan 0–2
- 69' Diego Forlan
- 69' Mikael Silvestre
- 81' Phillip Neville for Fortune
- 82' Sami Hyypia 1–2
- 90' David May for van Nistlerooy
- 90' Michael Stewart for Forlan
- Full Time 1–2
Starting XI
Player
21 Diego Forlan 64', 67'
Substitutes
Phillip Neville
81' for Fortune
David May
90' for van Nistlerooy
Michael Stewart
90' for Forlan
Liverpool Lineup
Starting XI
1 Jerzy Dudek G
2 Stephane Henchoz D
4 Sami Hyypiä D ⚽
5 Milan Baros F
7 Vladimir Smicer M
10 Michael Owen F
13 Danny Murphy M
16 Dietmar Hamann M
17 Steven Gerrard M
23 Jamie Carragher M
30 Djimi Traoré D
Substitutes
8 Emile Heskey on
9 El-Hadji Diouf on
18 John Arne Riise on
21 Salif Diao
22 Chris Kirkland
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Gerard Houllier
Liverpool
Match Information
United vs Liverpool History
Meeting 162 of 218
218
Played
85
Won
61
Drawn
72
Lost
296
Goals For
294
Goals Against
All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th April 1894. After this match United had played Liverpool 162 times: 59W 49D 54L.
12 Aug 2001 L 1–2 CS 4 Nov 2001 L 1–3 PL 22 Jan 2002 L 0–1 PL
1 Dec 2002 W 2–1 This match
2 Mar 2003 L 0–2 LC 5 Apr 2003 W 4–0 PL 9 Nov 2003 W 2–1 PL | All-time | P | W | D | L | F | A | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 105 | 53 | 32 | 20 | 176 | 111 | 50.5 |
| Away | 100 | 27 | 25 | 48 | 105 | 168 | 27.0 |
| Neutral | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 38.5 |
Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →