Premiership · Matchday 23
Liverpool v Manchester United
0–1
Manchester United beat Liverpool 1–0 at Anfield on Saturday 15th January 2005 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (21') scored for United.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 21' Wayne Rooney 0–1
- 26' Jamie Carragher
- 32' Wesley Brown
- Half Time
- 65' Wesley Brown
- 67' John O'Shea for Ronaldo
- 72' Wayne Rooney
- 79' Quinton Fortune for Saha
- 82' Quinton Fortune
- 87' Antonio Nunez
- 88' Roy Keane
- 90' David Bellion for Rooney
- Full Time 0–1
Starting XI
Player
8 Wayne Rooney 21'
Liverpool Lineup
Starting XI
1 Jerzy Dudek G
4 Sami Hyypiä D
5 Milan Baros F
6 John Arne Riise M
8 Steven Gerrard M
10 Luis García M
12 Mauricio Pellegrino D
16 Dietmar Hamann M
19 Fernando Sanchez Morientes F
21 Djimi Traoré D
23 Jamie Carragher D
Substitutes
18 Antonio Nunez on
24 Florent Sinama-Pongolle on
25 Igor Biscan on
28 Stephen Warnock
40 Paul Harrison
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 168 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 168 times: 63W 49D 56L.
9 Nov 2003 W 2–1 PL 24 Apr 2004 L 0–1 PL 20 Sep 2004 W 2–1 PL
15 Jan 2005 W 1–0 This match
18 Sep 2005 D 0–0 PL 22 Jan 2006 W 1–0 PL 18 Feb 2006 L 0–1 FAC | 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 →