Pre-match preview: Manchester United v Liverpool FC, Premier League

17 September 2010 08:17
Liverpool's last five games[LNB]Sept 16: Europa League - Liverpool 4 Steaua Bucharest 1[LNB]Sept 12: Premier League - Birmingham 0 Liverpool 0[LNB] August 29: Premier League - Liverpool 1 West Brom 0[LNB]August 26: Europa League - Trabzonspor 1 Liverpool 2[LNB]August 23: Premier League - Manchester City 3 Liverpool 0[LNB]Manchester United's last five games[LNB]Sept 14: Champions League - Manchester United 0 Rangers 0[LNB]Sept 11: Premier League - Everton 3 Manchester United 3[LNB]August 28: Premier League - Manchester United 3 West Ham 0[LNB]August 22: Premier League - Fulham 2 Manchester United 2[LNB]August 16: Premier League - Manchester United 3 Newcastle 0[LNB]Past meetings[LNB]3 March 2009: Premier League - Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4 (match report)[LNB]17 December 2000: Premier League - Manchester United 0 Liverpool 1 (Murphy goal)[LNB]26 December 1978: Division One - Manchester United 0 Liverpool 3[LNB]Being North west neighbours and the two most successful clubs in the history of English football, fixtures between Liverpool and Manchester United are always meaningful and fiercely contested clashes. The East Lancs may separate the two cities, but little divides their bulging trophy cabinets: both clubs have 18 league titles, Liverpool have five European Cups to United's three, United have 11 FA Cups compared to LFC's seven, and Liverpool lead the League Cup count seven to four.[LNB]In the Premier League years, United have had the upper hand in encounters at Old Trafford; since 1992, Liverpool have won four, drawn four and lost 10 in the league there. In March 2009 however, the Reds claimed all three points at United's place with one of the most emphatic victories in the history of the fixture.[LNB] After United took an early lead from the spot through Ronaldo, Torres easily outmuscled Vidic to level and Gerrard put his side ahead with a cooly-taken penalty just before the break. A second-half peach of a free-kick from Fabio Aurelio gave Liverpool a comfortable lead before the unlikely figure of Andrea Dossena put the icing on the cake with a sumptuous dink over Edwin Van der Sar in front of a silenced Stretford End.

Source: Liverpool_Echo