Premiership · Matchday 03
Liverpool v Manchester United
2–1
Manchester United lost 1–2 to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday 13th September 2008 in the Premiership. Carlos Tevez (3') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 3' Carlos Tevez 0–1
- 21' Carlos Tevez
- 26' Wesley Brown OG 1–1
- Half Time
- 46' Ryan Giggs for Carrick
- 66' Owen Hargreaves for Scholes
- 77' Ryan Babel 2–1
- 78' Luis Nani for Anderson
- 81' Luis Nani
- 90' Nemanja Vidic
- Full Time 2–1
Match Facts
Starting XI
Player
6 Wesley Brown 26'
Liverpool Lineup
Starting XI
7 Robbie Keane CF-L
11 Albert Riera LM
12 Fabio Aurelio LB
14 Xabi Alonso CM-R
15 Yossi Benayoun RM
17 Álvaro Arbeloa RB
18 Dirk Kuyt CF-R
20 Javier Mascherano CM-L
23 Jamie Carragher CD-L
25 Pepe Reina G
37 Martin Skrtel CD-R
Substitutes
1 Diego Cavalieri
2 Andrea Dossena
4 Sami Hyypiä on
8 Steven Gerrard on
9 Fernando Torres
19 Ryan Babel on ⚽
24 David N'Gog
Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.
Managers
MUFC
Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
OPP
Rafa Benitez
Liverpool
Match Information
United vs Liverpool History
Meeting 176 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 176 times: 68W 50D 58L.
3 Mar 2007 W 1–0 PL 16 Dec 2007 W 1–0 PL 23 Mar 2008 W 3–0 PL
13 Sep 2008 L 1–2 This match
14 Mar 2009 L 1–4 PL 25 Oct 2009 L 0–2 PL 21 Mar 2010 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 →