Premiership · Matchday 32

Manchester United v Liverpool

4–0

Saturday 5th April 2003 · Old Trafford · Att: 67,639

Manchester United beat Liverpool 4–0 at Old Trafford on Saturday 5th April 2003 in the Premiership. Ruud van Nistelrooy (5', 65'), Ryan Giggs (79') and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (90') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
4' Sami Hyypiä
5' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 1–0
44' El-Hadji Diouf
44' Mikael Silvestre
Half Time
57' Danny Murphy
65' Ruud van Nistelrooy pen 2–0
66' John O'Shea for Silvestre
66' David Beckham for P.Neville
79' Ryan Giggs 3–0
79' Nicky Butt for Scholes
88' Steven Gerrard
90' Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 4–0
Full Time 4–0

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

10 Ruud van Nistelrooy 5', 65'

11 Ryan Giggs 79'

16 Roy Keane

18 Paul Scholes

20 Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer 90'

Substitutes

66' for Silvestre

66' for P.Neville

79' for Scholes

Liverpool Lineup

Starting XI

1 Jerzy Dudek G

4 Sami Hyypiä D

5 Milan Baros F

8 Emile Heskey F

9 El-Hadji Diouf F

13 Danny Murphy M

16 Dietmar Hamann M

17 Steven Gerrard M

18 John Arne Riise M

23 Jamie Carragher D

30 Djimi Traoré D

Substitutes

7 Vladimir Smicer on

19 Pegguy Arphexad

25 Igor Biscan on

28 Bruno Cheyrou on

33 Neil Mellor

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Gerard Houllier

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd Liverpool

61%

Possession

39%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 164 of 218

218

Played

Won

Drawn

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 164 times: 60W 49D 55L.

22 Jan 2002 L 0–1 PL 1 Dec 2002 W 2–1 PL 2 Mar 2003 L 0–2 LC

5 Apr 2003 W 4–0 This match

9 Nov 2003 W 2–1 PL 24 Apr 2004 L 0–1 PL 20 Sep 2004 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

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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 →