Premiership · Matchday 17

Liverpool v Manchester United

3–1

HT 1–1

Sunday 16th December 2018 · Anfield · Att: 52,908

Manchester United lost 1–3 to Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday 16th December 2018 in the Premiership. Jesse Lingard (33') scored for United. United were captained by Ashley Young, and the referee was Martin Atkinson.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
24' Sadio Mane Assist: Fabinho 1–0
26' Diogo Dalot
33' Jesse Lingard 1–1
40' Romelu Lukaku
45' Marouane Fellaini for Dalot
Half Time 1–1
73' Xherdan Shaqiri 2–1
79' Anthony Martial for Herrera
80' Xherdan Shaqiri 3–1
85' Juan Mata for Lingard
Full Time 3–1

Match Facts

Jesse Lingard's 2nd goal of 2018-2019, and his 26th for United.

36%

Possession

4-4-1-1

Formation

Martin Atkinson

Referee

Ashley Young

Captain

Starting XI

Player

14 Jesse Lingard 33'

Substitutes

45' for Dalot

79' for Herrera

85' for Lingard

Liverpool Lineup

4-3-3

Starting XI

2 Nathaniel Clyne RB

3 Fabinho CM-L

4 Virgil van Dijk CD-L

5 Georginio Wijnaldum CM-R

6 Dejan Lovren CD-R

8 Naby Keïta LM

9 Roberto Firmino RCF

10 Sadio Mané RM ⚽

11 Mohamed Salah F

13 Alisson Becker G

26 Andrew Robertson LB

Substitutes

14 Jordan Henderson on

15 Daniel Sturridge

18 Alberto Moreno

20 Adam Lallana

22 Simon Mignolet

23 Xherdan Shaqiri on ⚽⚽

64 Rafael Camacho

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

Managers

MUFC

Jose Mourinho

Manchester United

OPP

Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-2-1

Formation

Liverpool

4-3-3

Man Utd Liverpool

36%

Possession

64%

Shots

Shots on Target

Shots Inside Box

Shots Outside Box

Big Chances

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

6.25

Avg Player Rating

7.22

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 201 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 201 times: 80W 55D 66L.

15 Jan 2017 D 1–1 PL 14 Oct 2017 D 0–0 PL 10 Mar 2018 W 2–1 PL

16 Dec 2018 L 1–3 This match

24 Feb 2019 D 0–0 PL 20 Oct 2019 D 1–1 PL 19 Jan 2020 L 0–2 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 FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →