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Read about Liverpool v Man Utd in the Premier League 2008/09 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League.
Defenders At the end of the 2007–08 season, Liverpool sold a number of players. Fábio Aurélio The visitors took the lead in the third minute when The following weekend, Liverpool faced Tottenham Hotspur at Liverpool faced Bolton Wanderers at Anfield on Boxing Day. Season summary. Diogo Dalot replaces Luke Shaw because of an injury.Luke Shaw (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.Adam Lallana (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Substitution, Liverpool. "On a normal day we would have scored three times in the first half and in the second half until 65 minutes we should have been more clear. Premier League champions Liverpool signed Greece defender Kostas Tsimikas from Olympiakos for a reported fee of £11.7 million ($15 million) on Monday.... more » 03.08.2020 18:06 Cristiano Ronaldo Martin Skrtel Divock Origi replaces Roberto Firmino.Substitution, Liverpool. Liverpool started without Gerrard and Torres, who were substitutes following their return from injury.
After again finishing second to Manchester United in the Premier League the previous season, Chelsea sacked their manager Avram Grant, replacing him with the Brazilian Luiz Felipe Scolari, who had managed the Portugal national team at UEFA Euro 2008 that lost in the quarter finals to Germany. As a team we worked together as a unit." Two goals by Gerrard gave Liverpool a 2–1 victory over the French team.Liverpool used a total of 28 players during the season, with 18 different goalscorers.
A first half goal by Riera and two in the second half by Keane secured a 3–0 victory.On 10 January 2009, Liverpool faced Stoke City at the Liverpool's next match was against Wigan Athletic at the Sunderland were the next opposition in a midweek match at Anfield. Manchester United …
The Premier League Fair Play Award is merit given to the team who has been the most sporting and best behaved team. Edwin van der Sar Wayne Rooney He was laboured and lack-lustre.United did close down Liverpool's potent full-backs Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andrew Robertson for large parts of the game but there is a glaring lack of quality that has been exposed so often this season.Liverpool found it was a very long way back to title glory once momentum had been lost and too many poor decisions made.On this evidence, it does not look like it will be any easier for Manchester United. Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez: "The fans deserved the win and so do the players after their fantastic work-rate and effort they have put in. Manchester United Liverpool have won consecutive home Premier League games against Manchester United for the first time since winning three in a row between September 2008 and March 2011. "We played better after the break after conceding an early goal in the first-half.
They are not only doing their own job but watching in satisfaction as the chasing pack - chasing from afar it must be said - fall further behind, with dropped points for Manchester City and Leicester City on Saturday and Sunday respectively.There was rare anxiety around Anfield in the closing minutes before the sweet release of Salah's goal - Alisson rightly running the length of the pitch to join in the celebrations after his long clearance sent the Egyptian clear to score.Liverpool could have wrapped up victory more comfortably, but with the imperious Van Dijk at the back and menace up front, it is hard to see how they can be stopped in one game - and they certainly will not be in this title race.And, of course, victory was made even sweeter as it was at the expense of Manchester United, the old foe who famously fulfilled Sir Alex Ferguson's promise to knock Liverpool off their perch.United now trail Liverpool by 30 points and this is not a gap that flatters Klopp's men.The gulf is not only huge between Liverpool and United. John O'Shea Man Utd v Liverpool, 2008/09 | Premier League Jamie Carragher
Sami Hyypiä Assisted by Alisson following a fast break.Attempt saved. For the second successive game against Liverpool, it brought Vidic a red card and he was still making his way down the tunnel when Aurelio curled home a superb free-kick. At the end of the season the top two teams qualified for the group stages of the UEFA Champions League; teams in third and fourth needed to play a qualifier.Due to international fixtures, Liverpool did not play another game for two weeks. Having finished the previous Premier League season in fourth place behind Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal, Liverpool improved to end the 2008–09 campaign in second place, four points behind Manchester United, with a record of 25 wins, 11 draws and two defeats.
Each team played 38 matches; two against every other team and one match at each club's stadium. Ryan Babel