Premier League
| Liverpool 1 |
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|---|---|
| Manchester United 1 |
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Steven Gerrard and Rio
Ferdinand
53 min: Valencia scampers down
the right flank and wins a corner off Johnson. United are well on top at
the moment. Van Persie sends the corner in and Valencia heads over and
wide.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United (Rafael, 51 min):
What a goal this is from Rafael. Liverpool's goal has given United the
kick up the backside they needed and they're level straight away. They
were just starting to turn the screw and were enjoying their first
period of sustained pressure when Rafael struck. There didn't look to be
too much danger as Kagawa chested Valencia's cross down to Rafael, but
the right-back took a touch and then bent a stunning left-footed curler
into the far corner off the inside of the post. Reina didn't have a
chance.
50 min: The inevitable
pressure from United. Van Persie swings in a cross from the left and
Johnson gets a bit lucky that his header back across his own area
doesn't fall to a United player. I fancy this is going to be a long 40
minutes for Liverpool.
48 min:
Liverpool thoroughly merit this lead. There aren't many better players
than Steven Gerrard when it comes to the big occasions, although that
hasn't always been the case in recent years.
GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Manchester United (Gerrard, 46 min):
Could it have been anyone else? Suso made an instant impact after his
introduction off the bench, gloriously jinking past Scholes on the left
before sending a cross that was headed away by Ferdinand. United were
dawdling on the edge of the area though and Johnson charged on to the
loose ball, before juggling it into the area. He couldn't keep control
of it but it came to Gerrard and he chested it down before waiting for
it to drop and smashing a low volley into the bottom right corner as
United stood and watched. The 10 men have the lead and don't they
deserve it.
46 min: Off we go
again. Both sides have made changes, Liverpool introducing the young
Spanish midfielder Suso for Borini and United introducing the Not Young
midfielder Paul Scholes for the miserably ineffective Nani. And...
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