Premiership · Matchday 36

Manchester United v Liverpool

2–4

HT 1–2

Thursday 13th May 2021 · Old Trafford · Att: Behind closed doors

Manchester United lost 2–4 to Liverpool at Old Trafford on Thursday 13th May 2021 in the Premiership. Bruno Fernandes (10') and Marcus Rashford (68') scored for United. United were captained by Bruno Fernandes, and the referee was Anthony Taylor.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
10' Bruno Fernandes Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka 1–0
34' Diogo Jota Assist: Nathaniel Phillips 1–1
45+3' Roberto Firmino Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold 1–2
Half Time 1–2
47' Roberto Firmino 1–3
48' Eric Bailly
63' Mason Greenwood for Fred
68' Marcus Rashford Assist: Édinson Cavani 2–3
79' Scott McTominay
85' Edinson Cavani
86' Nemanja Matic for Bailly
90' Mohamed Salah Assist: Curtis Jones 2–4
Full Time 2–4

Match Facts

53%

Possession

4-2-3-1

Formation

Anthony Taylor

Referee

Bruno Fernandes

Captain

Starting XI

Player

10 Marcus Rashford 68'

17 Fredico "Fred" Rodrigues

18 Bruno Fernandes 10'

Substitutes

63' for Fred

86' for Bailly

Liverpool Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

1 Alisson Becker G

3 Fabinho CM

5 Georginio Wijnaldum LM

6 Thiago Alcantara RM

9 Roberto Firmino F ⚽⚽

11 Mohamed Salah RF ⚽

20 Diogo Jota LF ⚽

26 Andrew Robertson LB

46 Rhys Williams CD-L

47 Nathaniel Phillips CD-R

66 Trent Alexander-Arnold RB

Substitutes

10 Sadio Mané on

13 Adrián

17 Curtis Jones on

21 Kostas Tsimikas

23 Xherdan Shaqiri

27 Divock Origi

58 Ben Woodburn

62 Caoimhín Kelleher

76 Neco Williams on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer

Manchester United

OPP

Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Liverpool

4-3-3

Man Utd Liverpool

53%

Possession

47%

2.1

Expected Goals (xG)

2.8

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.53

Avg Player Rating

7.36

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 207 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 207 times: 81W 58D 68L.

19 Jan 2020 L 0–2 PL 17 Jan 2021 D 0–0 PL 24 Jan 2021 W 3–2 FAC

13 May 2021 L 2–4 This match

24 Oct 2021 L 0–5 PL 19 Apr 2022 L 0–4 PL 22 Aug 2022 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

All 218 meetings with Liverpool →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →