FA Cup · 5th Round
Liverpool v Manchester United
1–0
Manchester United lost 0–1 to Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday 18th February 2006 in the FA Cup.
Timeline
Running score
- Kick Off
- 19' Peter Crouch 1–0
- 33' Ryan Giggs
- 45' Louis Saha for Silvestre
- Half Time
- 48' Dietmar Hamann
- 53' Sami Hyypiä
- 62' Jamie Carragher
- 74' Gary Neville
- 76' Nemanja Vidic
- 76' Alan Smith for Fletcher
- 79' Harry Kewell
- 89' Ji-Sung Park for Smith
- Full Time 1–0
Starting XI
Player
Liverpool Lineup
Starting XI
3 Steve Finnan D
4 Sami Hyypiä D
6 John Arne Riise M
7 Harry Kewell M
8 Steven Gerrard M
15 Peter Crouch F ⚽
16 Dietmar Hamann M
19 Fernando Sanchez Morientes F
22 Mohamed Sissoko M
23 Jamie Carragher D
25 Pepe Reina G
Substitutes
1 Jerzy Dudek
2 Jan Kromkamp on
9 Djibril Cissé on
10 Luis García on
21 Djimi Traoré
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 171 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 171 times: 64W 50D 57L.
15 Jan 2005 W 1–0 PL 18 Sep 2005 D 0–0 PL 22 Jan 2006 W 1–0 PL
18 Feb 2006 L 0–1 This match
22 Oct 2006 W 2–0 PL 3 Mar 2007 W 1–0 PL 16 Dec 2007 W 1–0 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 →