Manchester United v Liverpool: live

By Mike Norrish 1245PM GMT twenty-one March 2010

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FULL TIME Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool

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WRAP So after 10 mins of football you couldn"t take your eyes off, that in the future incited in to a sincerely slight win for the champions. United weren"t at their best, but the law is they didn"t need to be, such is the opening in in in in between these dual sides at the moment. United move dual points transparent of Arsenal at the tip of the table, and with an additional poignant barrier out of the way, their chances of a 19th pretension go on to grow. With Manchester City heading opposite Fulham, Liverpool"s chances of receiving fourth mark are slipping out of view.

90+3 min Agger wastefully piles a cranky in to the stands. Time ticking now...and United ready to take a big step closer to that 19th title.

90 min Five mins of Fergie time to be played. Fourth central hasn"t utterly accepted how this works, has he?

89 min Scouse hands on heads as Torres fluffs a great possibility to equalise. Johnson"s bouncing cranky found Torres on the chastisement spot, but he could customarily dip his shot high in to the air. So bad was the hit that it essentially led to a headed possibility for Benayoun, but the Israeli nodded a formidable event true at Van der Sar. Surely that will be Liverpool"s last chance.

88 min United swelling the round around simply now. Liverpool finishing with a bit of a whimper, I"m afraid.

86 min Standing acclaim for Park, who"s transposed by Scholes. Cue a guttural rendtion of the Park strain - Google it if you don"t know it. A work of art.

83 min Final throw for Benitez, with Benayoun replacing the ever-popular Lucas, whose had an additional of those games that leave you wondering what such evidently glorious judges see in him.

82 min Giggs crosses for Rooney, dangerous round but it"s headed out by Carragher. It"s still United on tip notwithstanding Benitez"s substitutions. Neither Babel nor Aquilani have had any cadence so far. A improved move though, allows Mascherano time to cranky from the right, but it"s as well high and drifts out for a idea kick. What a waste.

79 min Giggs is on, for Nani. Great hearten from the immature and bullion hordes. Flesh phony jacket on that damaged arm.

76 min Great feet from Rooney, darting afar from Agger but his attempted thinly slice doesn"t bluster Reina. Benitez"s second shift sees Babel come on for Rodriguez. Babel will give Neville problems if Liverpool can feed him.

73 min Here comes Rafa"s initial shift - Aquilani on for Kuyt. Looks similar to Babel"s entrance on too, maybe for Lucas.

72 min Vidic gets a yellow label for going by Torres. Still has 20-odd mins to see if he can"t collect up the pair.

70 min Maxi"s right afar sporting a head gauze after a high foot from Gary Neville. Great impulse when Torres put his arm around Neville and attempted to have friends. Neville unequivocally wasn"t that interested....

68 min Fletcher reacts unequivocally bad to a boisterous Kuyt tackle, kicking out at the Dutchman. Players raise in as the span are pulled apart, but Howard Webb"s fast on tip of things. No cards. Little propitious there, Fletcher.

64 min Was Ferguson formulation to take off Park? Doubt he"ll confess it, but Giggs was carrying an lengthened warm-up prior to the idea went in. Park hasn"t been utterly considerable today, but that"s positively one of the some-more noted goals he"ll ever score. Liverpool"s hazard has been limited, at best, given the break.

From Henry Winter at Old Trafford "Just when thoughts were branch to Berba replacing Park, the Korean scored with a diving header that Bryan Robson would have admired."

59 min GOAL Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool (Park "59) United lead with a gem of a goal, and it"s Insua that"s held out. Rooney - ease and wakeful among the disharmony - picks out Fletcher on the right. His whipped-in cranky is undiluted and Park dives to head home from 6 yards. Best move of the game, but Benitez will know Insua should have finished some-more to forestall the cross. The left-back was dreaming by the overlapping run of Neville and that gave Fletcher an additional half a behind behind yard to collect out his man.

57 min Valencia is unequivocally hugging the right touchline, and Rooney, Fletcher and Carrick are seeking to feed him as mostly as possible. Rodriguez is being forced in to defensive duties to await Insua.

54 min Neville"s channel - customarily so great - lets him down as a decent United move comes to a frustrating end. Carragher was given a shock by a violent Rooney, but there"s still customarily sufficient extract left in the legs and he"s means to slip in and scrape the round away. Glorious splendid afternoon now...

50 min Gerrard switches the round in in in in between his feet to emanate a changed bit of space. But when he tries to thinly slice over the tip of the United defence, the head of Ferdinand prevents Kuyt from latching onto the pass.

46 min United dangerous from the off, Rooney things oneself Nani, who couldn"t confirm either to allege on idea or drive far-reaching and cross. In the finish he does neither. Gerrard creates a disaster of his attempted clearway though, but Johnson in the future cleans up.

HALF TIME Man Utd 1-1 Liverpool

Wrap Unless both teams have outlayed the mangle listening to balmy whale sounds and showering with scented candles, there"ll be some-more needle in the second half. United"s dais strength could be flattering key as well, with Berbatov and Giggs expected to fool around a piece earlier rather than later.

From Henry Winter at Old Trafford "Valencia murdering Insua. Liverpool so need a top-class defensively-sound left-back."

45 + 2 min Reina catches Rooney"s free flog to finish the half. Fascinating start, tailed off somewhat after that, though. United, for now, appear utterly happy at 1-1 but it"d be startling if they didn"t fool around a bit some-more second half.

45 min + 1 Gerrard wastes Liverpool"s last event of the half, lamely running an attempted left-foot cranky true at Van der Sar.

43 min Torres isolates Vidic and goes past him on the outside. He crosses low in to the box but Van der Sar dives to his right to turn aside the threat. He"s seeking fitter by the game, Torres.

38 min We"ve lulled a little, with both sides happy to cadence the round around in defence. The untiring Torres creates that a unsafe function for Vidic and Ferdinand though.

From Henry Winter at Old Trafford "Man United circuitous Torres up each opportunity. Already cautioned. Torres needs to widen his fuse."

34 min Nani skips inside Johnson with ease, but his low cranky is simply held by Reina. Game opening up a hold right afar - United mangle by Rooney after Gerrard"s dangerous run is finished by Fletcher"s tackle.

31 min Space and time are wanting in midfield, and Liverpool are struggling to pass their approach by the centre. Johnson - mostly one of their majority aggressive players - has been mostly pegged behind in his own half so far.

27 min Poor inapplicable designation from Lucas, who had the possibility to recover Kuyt but underhit his pass, creation Vidic"s interception straightforward.

25 min Torres, who is ticking today, is requisitioned for a thrust on Park. He has a satisfactory bit to contend to Howard Webb as well.

23 min More great things from Valencia, fooling around Insua and channel beautifully for Park, whose header is far-reaching of the far post. Had that possibility depressed to Rooney, United would be forward now.

22 min The bizarre drive of Jamie Carragher dribbling at Gary Neville turns in to with the some-more informed drive of Jamie Carragher confirming he is not a left winger with a sad cross.

19 min Park"s infrequent hold brings an finish to a earnest United move down the left side. Width will patently be the aggressive key for United as Liverpool have packaged the centre of the park.

15 min Everyone"s carrying a small breather after that crazy beginning. Torres scuffed up the chastisement mark prior to Rooney took his penalty, that didn"t greatfully the throng as well much. Quite a diversion on here...

12 min Ferguson, you"d imagine, will be mad with the preference not to send off Mascherano. The tainted seemed to begin outward the area - Valencia went past him and the Argentine grabbed his shirt, afterwards seemed to shave his heels customarily outward the area. There were sufficient covering defenders to clear Webb"s preference of card.

From Henry Winter "Old Trafford in mischievous mood, reminding Liverpool of past annoyance with ensign dogmatic "MUFC Beachball Appreciation Society"

GOAL Man United 1-1 Liverpool (Rooney "11) Reina pulls off an implausible save from the penalty, but Rooney"s there to daub in the rebound. Ferguson and Benítez are rowing on the touchline, a small mad finger-jabbing...this is at hot point already.

10 min Penalty! Valenica brought down by Mascherano, who"s booked. Rooney to take the spot-kick

GOAL Man United 0-1 Liverpool (Torres "5) Can he fool around you each week? Torres continues his conspicuous jot down opposite United with a small beauty of a header. He proposed the move by robbing Carrick in midfield and things oneself Gerrrard. Gerrard fed Kuyt, who crossed temptingly for Torres rises brilliantly eight yards out to drive it past Van der Sar and in to the far corner. Chronic fortifying from United, Neville and Vidic both withdrawal Torres utterly alone. Cue 85 mins of unresolved on?

4 min Rooney"s hold and prophesy creates the initial sniff. He jinks in to a behind behind yard of space outward the area and plays in Fletcher, he chooses not to fire initial time and the possibility is gone.

2 min Plenty of midfield nosiness in the early stages. No warn with both teams personification five in there. Fletcher already shifting in to rob Gerrard and have his participation felt. Quite an ambience there today...

13.28 Steven Gerrard leads Liverpool out at Carrow Road. Have immature and bullion scarves have been the singular greatest success story of the credit crunch? OK, sufficient nonsense...we"re underneath way.

13.23 From Henry Winter at Old Trafford "Sympathy from the Red Devil Fergie roughly apologises in prog records for "****ing perch" criticism about Liverpool - "crudely" he right afar admits."

13.20 "They have to win to stay in the competition for the title," says Benítez. "And we have to win if we wish to stay close to Tottenham", kind of sums where they"re both standing, doesn"t it.

13.15 Looks similar to the prevalent bottle of Buckfast that Sir Alex likes to share with his associate managers will have to be used up alone today, judging by the fast frostiness in in in in between he and Rafa. "Rafa doesnt have relations with anybody," pronounced Fergie this week, adding that City, rather than Liverpool, is right afar the bigger derby. Miaow!

13.10 Liverpool have won the last 3 dust-ups in in in in between these dual of course, but Darren Fletcher has longed for all of those games. He"s behind today, adding a bit of dog to the United midfield that was out-snapped by Lucas and Mascherano at Anfield in the autumn.

13.05 A pull will take United top, on idea difference, forward of Arsenal. Liverpool need a win to move inside of a point of Spurs in fourth.

13.00 "Rafa"s Cracking Up", spoken a throng ensign the last time Liverpool visited United. Torres and Gerrard, of course, tore United a new one on that balmy afternoon and the banner"s not seen the light of day since. But in the eleven months given that victory, Liverpool have finished their damnedest to infer that winning 4-1 at Old Trafford was a staggering fluke.

Michael Owen"s in the Sky Sports college of music today, sporting what looks similar to the initial new braid of his veteran career. Bit of a sidesweep going on.

12.45 Welcome one and all to this afternoon"s cosy love-in at Old Trafford.

Teams are in already ...

Manchester United Van der Sar, Neville, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Valencia, Fletcher, Carrick, Park, Nani, Rooney. Subs Kuszczak, Berbatov, Giggs, Scholes, Rafael Da Silva, Jonathan Evans, Obertan.

Liverpool Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard, Maxi, Torres. Subs Cavalieri, Aquilani, Benayoun, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog, Kelly.

Referee Howard Webb (S Yorkshire)

Congrats, then, to Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand, conjunction of whom cried off when they realised Fernando Torres star of their repeated night terrors was starting for Liverpool ...

Here"s John Ley"s compare preview and betting tips. Considering Liverpool have an unusually great jot down opposite United, they"re flattering great worth today. Can"t presumably be worse than Cheltenham, can it?