Manchester United Data
Premiership · Matchday 23

Liverpool v Manchester United

0–1
Saturday 15th January 2005 · Anfield · Att: 44,183

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
  1. Kick Off
  2. 21' Wayne Rooney 0–1
  3. 26' Jamie Carragher
  4. 32' Wesley Brown
  5. Half Time
  6. 65' Wesley Brown
  7. 67' John O'Shea for Ronaldo
  8. 72' Wayne Rooney
  9. 79' Quinton Fortune for Saha
  10. 82' Quinton Fortune
  11. 87' Antonio Nunez
  12. 88' Roy Keane
  13. 90' David Bellion for Rooney
  14. Full Time 0–1

Match Facts

Starting XI

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

Man Utd Liverpool
46%
Possession
54%
5
Shots
13
2
Shots on Target
5
4
Corners
9
25
Fouls
12
3
Offsides
1
9
Saves
2

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.
All-timePWDLFAWin%
Home 105533220 17611150.5
Away 100272548 10516827.0
Neutral 13544 151538.5
All 218 meetings with Liverpool →

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 →