Premiership · Matchday 16

Manchester United v Liverpool

3–0

HT 2–0

Sunday 14th December 2014 · Old Trafford · Att: 75,331

Manchester United beat Liverpool 3–0 at Old Trafford on Sunday 14th December 2014 in the Premiership. Wayne Rooney (12'), Juan Mata (40') and Robin van Persie (71') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
5' Marouane Fellaini
12' Wayne Rooney Assist: Antonio Valencia 1–0
21' Phil Jones
29' Joe Allen
37' Jonny Evans
40' Juan Mata Assist: Robin van Persie 2–0
43' Wayne Rooney
Half Time 2–0
71' Robin van Persie Assist: Juan Mata 3–0
71' Ander Herrera for Wilson
74' Mario Balotelli
78' Radamel Falcao for Rooney
84' Steven Gerrard
89' Paddy McNair for Jones
Full Time 3–0

Match Facts

A 6th consecutive win in all competitions.
Wayne Rooney's 6th goal of 2014-2015, and his 220th for United.
Juan Mata's 5th goal of 2014-2015, and his 11th for United.
Robin van Persie's 7th goal of 2014-2015, and his 54th for United.

Starting XI

Player

1 David de Gea

4 Phil Jones

6 Jonny Evans

8 Juan Mata 40'

10 Wayne Rooney 12'

16 Michael Carrick

18 Ashley Young

20 Robin van Persie 71'

Substitutes

71' for Wilson

78' for Rooney

89' for Jones

Liverpool Lineup

3-4-3

Starting XI

1 Brad Jones G

2 Glen Johnson CD-R

6 Dejan Lovren CD-L

8 Steven Gerrard CM-R

10 Philippe Coutinho CF-R

14 Jordan Henderson RM

18 Alberto Moreno LM

20 Adam Lallana CF-L

24 Joe Allen CM-L

31 Raheem Sterling F

37 Martin Skrtel CD

Substitutes

4 Kolo Touré on

9 Rickie Lambert

21 Lucas Leiva

22 Simon Mignolet

23 Emre Can

45 Mario Balotelli on

50 Lazar Markovic on

Opposition lineup via ESPN. Opposition players do not have profile pages on this site.

Managers

MUFC

Louis van Gaal

Manchester United

OPP

Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd

3-4-1-2

Formation

Liverpool

3-4-3

Man Utd Liverpool

54%

Possession

46%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 191 of 218

218

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

296

Goals For

294

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th April 1894. After this match United had played Liverpool 191 times: 76W 51D 64L.

1 Sep 2013 L 0–1 PL 25 Sep 2013 W 1–0 LC 16 Mar 2014 L 0–3 PL

14 Dec 2014 W 3–0 This match

22 Mar 2015 W 2–1 PL 12 Sep 2015 W 3–1 PL 17 Jan 2016 W 1–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	105	53	32	20	176	111	50.5
Away	100	27	25	48	105	168	27.0
Neutral	13	5	4	4	15	15	38.5

All 218 meetings with Liverpool →

Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via FBref and FotMob where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →