League Division One · Matchday 02

Liverpool v Manchester United

4–4

Saturday 22nd August 1953 · Anfield · Att: 48,422

Manchester United drew 4–4 with Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday 22nd August 1953 in the League Division One. Jack Rowley (9'), Roger Byrne (49'), Eddie Lewis (60') and Tommy Taylor (84') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
9' Jack Rowley 0–1
20' William Liddell 1–1
44' Bill Jones 2–1
Half Time
49' Roger Byrne pen 2–2
54' Louis Bimpson 3–2
58' Roger Byrne OG 4–2
60' Eddie Lewis 4–3
84' Tommy Taylor 4–4
Full Time 4–4

Match Facts

Starting XI

Player

1 Jack Crompton

2 John Aston Snr

3 Roger Byrne 49', 58'

8 Jack Rowley 9'

9 Tommy Taylor 84'

10 Edward Lewis 60'

11 David Pegg

Substitutes

Substitutes were not permitted

Managers

MUFC

Matt Busby

Manchester United

OPP

Don Welsh

Liverpool

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 66 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 66 times: 24W 18D 24L.

12 Apr 1952 W 4–0 D1 13 Dec 1952 W 2–1 D1 20 Apr 1953 W 3–1 D1

22 Aug 1953 D 4–4 This match

19 Dec 1953 W 5–1 D1 30 Jan 1960 W 3–1 FAC 10 Nov 1962 D 3–3 D1

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 →