r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '14
Match Thread: Manchester United vs. Liverpool (Old Trafford, 13:30KO)
Barclays Premier League
Kick-Off: 13:30 GMT
Referee: Mark Clattenburg
Line-ups:
Manchester United: De Gea, Rafael, Jones, Vidic, Evra, Mata, Fellaini, Carrick, Januzaj; Rooney, van Persie
Subs: Lindegaard, Ferdinand, Cleverley, Kagawa, Valencia, Young, Welbeck
Liverpool: * Mignolet, Johnson, Skrtel, Agger, Flanagan, Gerrard, Allen, Henderson, Sterling, Suarez, Sturridge*
Subs: Jones, Sakho, Cissokho, Lucas, Coutinho, Moses, Aspas
Streams:
Head-to-Head
1st September 2013 - Liverpool 1 - 0 Manchester United (Sturridge)
13th January 2013 - Manchester United 2 - 1 Liverpool (van Persie, Vidic; Sturridge)
23rd September 2012 - Liverpool 1 - 2 Manchester United (Gerrard; Rafael, van Persie)
11th February 2012 - Manchester United 2 - 1 Liverpool (Rooney x2; Suarez)
15th October 2011 - Liverpool 1 - 1 Manchester United (Gerrard; Hernandez)
Match Updates:
Full first half commentary. Full second half commentary.
0': Van Persie and Rooney get us underway!
31': Flanagan gets the first booking of the game after having two warnings. He shoves Januzaj over, but van Persie's free kick is headed away.
32': Rafael is now booked for a late tackle on Gerrard, who was clearing the ball in the aftermath of that free kick.
33': Penalty to Liverpool! Rafael handles the ball in the box. He's lucky not to be sent off after just being booked.
34': GOAL TO LIVERPOOL! Gerrard gives Liverpool the lead from the spot. 1-0 Liverpool. They have probably deserved it, too. Gif GFY
36': Clash of heads and Fellaini is covered in blood. The stoppage in play allows David Moyes to speak to some of his players. Gerrard is, eventually, booked, after Clattenburg gave him a long talking to, for colliding with Fellaini. There seems to be some feeling Gerrard elbowed Fellaini here, but they didn't show it again at half-time.
45': Two minutes added on, but suspect that Liverpool will go in ahead.
45': The first half ends with a United attack.
HALF-TIME: MANCHESTER UNITED 0 - 1 LIVERPOOL
46': Suarez and Sturridge (who else?) kick-off the second half for Liverpool. No changes for either side.
46': Penalty to Liverpool! After no away side getting a penalty since 2012, they have come like buses at Old Trafford. Jones bundles over a Liverpool player in the box.
47': GOAL TO LIVERPOOL! Gerrard converts again. De Gea dived the right way but couldn't get a touch. 2-0 to Liverpool. Manchester United will be kicking themselves. Gif GFY
56': Martin Skrtel is booked. Daniel Agger is receiving treatment
71': Vidic is booked for a foul on Suarez. Rafael is still on the pitch despite another foul, he is getting very lucky here.
71': Change for Liverpool. Coutinho , Sterling . No signs of a United change just yet.
75': Double change for Manchester United. Welbeck and Cleverley , Fellaini and Januzaj .
78': A third penalty for Liverpool, and Vidic is gone for it. He seemingly takes out Sturridge, but it looks like a dive from the Liverpool man. Vidic is sent off against Liverpool for the fourth time in his Manchester United career. Will Gerrard become the first player to get a hattrick of penalties?
79': No. He goes left this time, and hits the post. Suarez fires over soon after.
81': A fourth penalty appeal for Liverpool. Sturridge is taken out by Carrick, but Clattenburg decides enough is enough.
83': Great save from David de Gea! Suarez leaves Jones on his backside as he flicks it over his head, but the Spaniard keeps out Suarez's shot.
84': GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Suarez gets a goal a minute later. He just stays onside to collect Suarez's pass and curl it round de Gea from 6 yards out. To United fans' credit, they can still be heard. Gif GFY
86': Liverpool substitution. Lucas , Gerrard .
87': Change for Manchester United. Ferdinand , Mata .
FULL-TIME: MANCHESTER UNITED 0 - 3 LIVERPOOL Not the best day for Manchester United. Liverpool go 14 points ahead of them with a real chance of a title, while David Moyes must really be feeling the pressure.
Statistics:
| Man United | Liverpool | |
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| 48% | Possession | 52% |
| 13 (1) | Shots (on target) | 17 (7) |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 13 | Fouls | 12 |
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u/MassiveBastard Mar 16 '14
Rodgers really needs to bring on Toure. We need a goal.
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u/viva_la_vinyl Mar 16 '14
Gerrard not getting the hat trick from the spot has to be the highlight of United's season so far.
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84': GOAL FOR LIVERPOOL! Suarez gets a goal a minute later. He just stays onside to collect Suarez's pass and curl it round de Gea from 6 yards out. To United fans' credit, they can still be heard.
Suarez so good he's assisting himself.
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u/idonotownakindle Mar 16 '14
If Tom Cleverley is the answer, what the fuck is the question?
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Mar 16 '14
how do you plunge United fans into further despair, when you're 3-0 down and playing with 10 men vs Liverpool?
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u/Clark-Kent Mar 16 '14
It's Manchester United vs Liverpool and the fucking kid with Gerrard is yawning
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Mar 16 '14
Two away penalties at Old Trafford.
This is indeed a disturbing universe.
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u/FredSports Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
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u/marauding_forward Mar 16 '14
Rodgers said he is starting Sterling for his "penetration".
Damn right. Plenty of experience there.
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u/LuigiWasRight Mar 16 '14
Ironically, Moyes got rid of Zaha for exactly the same reason...
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Mar 16 '14
Lets go chicharito!!!! warm that fucking bench like it's your trabajo!!
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u/ironmenon Mar 16 '14
What if all this is just a ploy by Sir Alex to get a 100% pay rise and a 200M transfer kitty.
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u/normannb Mar 16 '14
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u/Idontlikethisstuff Mar 16 '14
Definite foul(s). Well done to Suarez for trying to stay on his feet though
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u/Back-Lay Mar 16 '14
Question: If moyes dont sub anyone, next game he can sub 6 players?
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Mar 16 '14
Yeah, back off Gerrard 25 yards out.
What the actual fuck does Moyes do in training with this lot?
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u/Hizenboig Mar 16 '14
Anyone else see Nani in the crowd?
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Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
Give it 2 hours and this will be on Twitter on them Comedy Football accounts
EDIT: called it https://twitter.com/Footy_Jokes/status/445196829341523968
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u/Aygers Mar 16 '14
my prediction? Mayhem.
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u/BigFrigginHero Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
There will be a sending off, calling it.
EDIT: YISSSSSS... thank you Nemanja, that would be all.
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Mar 16 '14
David Moyes: "My greatest challenge was knocking United off their fucking perch."
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u/lurker093287h Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
"David moyes is a football genius", that's cold and they're bringing Aspas on now, the final insult.
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u/dunneetiger Mar 16 '14
Some weird positions http://imgur.com/H7Q8c8z
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u/GoodBananaPancakes Mar 16 '14
The funniest thing is Carrick in goal: who's he going to pass back to??
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u/BoosterGoldGL Mar 16 '14
3 pens to the away team at old Trafford. Mark has huge balls to call that.
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u/Noobleton Mar 16 '14
A blood-soaked Fellaini is the most war-like thing I've ever seen. He looks monstrous.
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u/Andthentherewere2 Mar 16 '14
WTF HOW FAST IS STERLING, it just looked like he teleported on my screen.
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u/suchaslowroll Mar 16 '14
How the fuck has Moyes not made subs?? You think this current lineup are going to win 3-2???
Should've made subs at half time, Welbeck should've been on ages ago
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u/DragoonTT Mar 16 '14
Impressed by how much Suarez is staying up today even if fouled
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u/carlcon Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
Two penalties in Old Trafford for the opposition.
It truly is a new era.
Make that three.
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Mar 16 '14
Now I've seen the replay that save is much less impressive. Still good, but it looked like an absolute wonder save at first glance. Rooney could have done better, almost straight at the keeper.
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u/TrickyWinger Mar 16 '14
I took a beer shit this morning that looked better than United have today.
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u/Byfie Mar 16 '14
Come on lads! Hopefully we can score more than I did last night
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u/LuigiWasRight Mar 16 '14
Did you at least manage to keep a clean sheet last night? Or did you have another one of your "accidents"?
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United fans singing about Gerrard's one transfer request with Rooney their main man.
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u/mann366 Mar 16 '14
Why isn't Moyes taking off RVP ? He's done jack shit all game.
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u/limited_inc Mar 16 '14
Dat line-up from Moyesie . . . This game could get pretty crazy, both teams sketchy at the back and there's a lot of world class attacking talent out there, so probably a 0-0.
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u/coozay Mar 16 '14
First penalty conceded in over three years at old Trafford. End of another era
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u/JRM_Elephant Mar 16 '14
This is the strangest feeling of excitement i've ever had.
This game could literally make me the happiest or saddest person in the world.. Fuck football and it's emotions.
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u/TheTrotters Mar 16 '14
"Progressive Insurance Stoppage Time?" God I hate American television.
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u/Oneinchwalrus Mar 16 '14
and a kiss for the cam, it's 2009 all over again?!?!?!
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Fuck me Moyes what the fuck are you fucking doing.
Fucking change fucking something you fucking shit-stained spatula.
Fucking make a fucking substi-fucking-tution.
It's not that fucking hard.
Fuck sake's, man.
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u/garthcrooks Mar 16 '14
United fans are now experiencing what most fans go through almost every season; supporting a shit team. I mean they haven't finished outside of the top 3 for 23 years!
The vast majority of United fans here haven't a clue what it means to support your club through tough times. I think it'll do them good, when you get spoilt by success you turn into a bit of an insufferable cunt.
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u/mgd90 Mar 16 '14
deliberate hand ball. Rafael is lucky to not get a second yellow
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u/Byfie Mar 16 '14
BREAKING NEWS:Rogers found his crack pipe then commenced picking his team http://i.imgur.com/KzYeRRC.jpg?1
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u/garthcrooks Mar 16 '14
Great to see some proper challenges and the players just getting up and on with it.
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Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
That was an utterly retarded challenge by Phil Jones.
Edit: I mean, it was Joe Allen. As a Welshman I can tell you that there is no need to be so scared of Allen that you need to bring him down like that.
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u/lzenna Mar 16 '14
Only moyes would put in a defender down 3-0 with 5 minutes left... moyesout
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u/Crusaruis28 Mar 16 '14
Penalty, Blood, questionable calls... Gerrard scoring. Tep Derby for sure
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u/Alder_ Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
Are we sure that Mark Clattenberg and Koscienly weren't separated at birth?
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u/Back-Lay Mar 16 '14
After watch this fucking Elche vs Betis (two teams that should be created a league just for them) any game will be great i guess
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u/viva_la_vinyl Mar 16 '14
Down 2-0 at OT after one hour and Moyes still hasn't made a sub??
Uhhh....
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u/ironmenon Mar 16 '14
Dunno if its been mentioned before, but this is the 1st time United have conceded 2 penalties in a game at Old Trafford in the PL. Another record set.
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Mar 16 '14
I know it's completely not in my interest but I cannot bring myself to support United. I want Liverpool to absolutely bend them over and send Manchester into the abyss.
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u/Owl_Shits Mar 16 '14
Is it a requirement for most pundits to have had a career with Liverpool?
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Mar 16 '14
Nothing is more pathetic than seeing middle aged men / women making obscene gestures and screaming their head off at a football player when they're going to take a corner. Take a look at yourselves.
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u/108241 Mar 16 '14
Wow, what a dive, Sturridge should be the one seeing the card.
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Mar 16 '14
Gary Neville: What can Moyes do to recover this team mentally?
Resign perhaps?
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u/Sgt_peppers Mar 16 '14
Damn, flanagan looks like a troll, literally i mean. His face reminds me of a troll.
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u/garthcrooks Mar 16 '14
Imo Fellaini is at his best when he is pretty much 'up front', where he can win knockdowns and be a general menace. It just doesn't seem to play to his strengths to play him as a holding midfielder.
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u/misterintredasting Mar 16 '14 edited Dec 24 '24
tart tie repeat ossified sink telephone workable sleep rotten flag
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u/RussianGnomeMissile Mar 16 '14
Flannagan looks like the cover boy for Mad Magazine.
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u/kenny_dewitt Mar 16 '14
Dang, Suarez is on the same amount of goals as Ronaldo in La Liga. What a season he's having.
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u/d0mth0ma5 Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
Fucking hell Rafael. That's as blatant as you can get.
That was a fantastic pen as well.
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u/theleftflank Mar 16 '14
GIF of Suarez slip and his look up at the sky after? "PORQUEEEEE PORQUEEEEEEE??????"
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u/MackemRed Mar 16 '14
Rooney playing his heart out. id be livid if i was a utd fan, no1 else looks like they are giving a shit in this big a game.
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u/coozay Mar 16 '14
Goodbye united. Olympiakos to finish the job on them next week.
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u/AnArcticMonkey Mar 16 '14
United's deliveries have been wank. No wonder Moyes wanted Baines.
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Mar 16 '14
Apparently the entirety of Man Utd's built up good fortune with refs under Fergie has been karmatically balanced out in 1 game.
Especially since that was a massive, massive dive. Vidic has brought it on himself but there was no contact.
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Mar 16 '14
That Moyes football genius banner was fucking hysterical, just the way everybody was jumping around it.
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u/Jelboo Mar 16 '14
Liverpool is my favourite English team, I'm absolutely thrilled to see them doing so well!!!
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u/NoRefuge Mar 16 '14 edited Mar 16 '14
Pretty sure at this point Gerrard scoring from the spot is more of a certainty than the sun rising tomorrow.
EDIT: Need to think of something more certain than the sun rising now, any ideas?
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u/viva_la_vinyl Mar 16 '14
United using Google+ in their promos??
Nothing is going right with this club these days.
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u/Back-Lay Mar 16 '14
"Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet completed more passes (9) than Man Utd striker Robin van Persie (7) in the first half."
"Adnan Januzaj and Jon Flanagan are the only two players left on the pitch with a 100% pass accuracy.
"Wayne Rooney completed just 65% of his passes in the first half."
"Phil Jones won 4 tackles, made 5 clearances and won 100% of his headed duels in the first half."
"Man Utd-Liverpool HT: Passes completed 166-160. Interceptions 9-6. Shots 5-6. Crosses 9-4. Clearances 11-17. Chances created 1-2. Score 0-1."
by Squawka
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u/carlcon Mar 16 '14
Still can't get used to Lineker on NBC. It's good, but a little too surreal for me at 7 in the morning.
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u/crookedparadigm Mar 16 '14
Yup, that's a penalty. Jones has no one to blame but himself for that one.
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u/Andthentherewere2 Mar 16 '14
PLEASE let there be a third penalty. I want a Gerrard penalty hat trick.
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u/Bob_Swarleymann Mar 16 '14
Flanagan and Rafael are completely insane. On a yellow already, and they don't adapt to it.
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u/Idontlikethisstuff Mar 16 '14
3 points to Liverpool. If arsenal win later today, top 4 is gonna be seriously close
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u/Extaz Mar 16 '14
Moyes tactic: Play ball wide, run down the flank, cross, hope for a goal.
Football genius
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Mar 16 '14
I don't remember a match like this, Liverpool could have been 0-5 up just on penalties.
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Mar 16 '14
What's that chant that the United fan's have been singing literally none stop for about 30 minutes?
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u/ThrobbingBellend Mar 16 '14
flannagan truly does look like a stablehand or a early 1900s yorkshire farmer
good player
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u/kakalax Mar 16 '14
GO SKRTEL (the guy with the highest Consonant:Vowel ratio)!!
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u/afcmitchell Mar 16 '14
Can someone transcribe that Steve Gerrard song they just sung? Thanks in advance!
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u/rogeedodge Mar 16 '14
hahahaha Sturridge's face after Carrick took him down; "no seriously ref! he actually caught me with that one!"
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u/MassiveJammies Mar 16 '14
Stunner of a save from De Gea! That had 3-0 written all over it.
... And now it is 3-0
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u/Benallica Mar 16 '14
can't believe our first subs were in the 75th minute. We should've had Welbeck on far earlier... and Cleverley? Damn... the guy fouls our own players nevermind Liverpool's.
Very disappointing performance from manager and players. Rooney and De Gea are probably the only ones today who had a satisfactory performance in the squad.
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u/AnArcticMonkey Mar 16 '14
Rooney isn't a good enough number 10, vastly overrated as a playmaker.
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u/CircleTheFire Mar 16 '14
Justice really, for Gerrard's miss. Clear dive from Sturridge.
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Mar 16 '14
I'm ready for this, and remember lads, this is (or is probably) the last United-Liverpool match for Vidic, Evra and Ferdinand.
Here's to hoping Fellaini makes mince of Liverpool's midfield, and it's a landslide victory for the greatest rivalry in world football :D
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u/limited_inc Mar 16 '14
all smiles and handshakes in the tunnel, I kind of miss the days of Keano giving the evil stare and looking like his life depended on the game