Premiership · Matchday 05

Liverpool v Manchester United

1–2

HT 0–0

Sunday 23rd September 2012 · Anfield · Att: 44,263

Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield on Sunday 23rd September 2012 in the Premiership. Rafael da Silva (51') and Robin van Persie (81') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
39' Jonjo Shelvey
Half Time 0–0
46' Steven Gerrard Assist: Glen Johnson 1–0
46' Paul Scholes for Nani
51' Rafael da Silva Assist: Shinji Kagawa 1–1
58' Paul Scholes
77' Jose Reina
77' Pepe Reina
81' Robin van Persie pen 1–2
81' Javier Hernandez for Kagawa
84' Robin van Persie
89' Danny Welbeck for Rafael
Full Time 1–2

Match Facts

A 5th consecutive win in all competitions.
Luis Nani made his 200th appearance for United in all competitions.
Rafael da Silva's 2nd goal of 2012-2013, and his 4th for United.
Robin van Persie's 5th goal of 2012-2013, and his 5th for United.

Starting XI

Player

2 Rafael da Silva 51'

20 Robin van Persie 81'

Substitutes

46' for Nani

81' for Kagawa

89' for Rafael

Liverpool Lineup

4-2-1-3

Starting XI

2 Glen Johnson LB

5 Daniel Agger CD-L

7 Luis Suárez F

8 Steven Gerrard RM ⚽

24 Joe Allen LM

25 Pepe Reina G

29 Fabio Borini AM-L

31 Raheem Sterling AM-R

33 Jonjo Shelvey RCF

34 Martin Kelly RB

37 Martin Skrtel CD-R

Substitutes

1 Brad Jones

3 José Enrique

4 Nuri Sahin

11 Oussama Assaidi

14 Jordan Henderson on

23 Jamie Carragher on

30 Suso on

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

Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool

Match Information

Man Utd

4-2-3-1

Formation

Liverpool

4-2-1-3

Man Utd Liverpool

46%

Possession

54%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 186 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 186 times: 73W 51D 62L.

15 Oct 2011 D 1–1 PL 28 Jan 2012 L 1–2 FAC 11 Feb 2012 W 2–1 PL

23 Sep 2012 W 2–1 This match

13 Jan 2013 W 2–1 PL 1 Sep 2013 L 0–1 PL 25 Sep 2013 W 1–0 LC

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 →