League Division One · Matchday 22

Liverpool v Manchester United

2–0

Wednesday 26th December 1979 · Anfield · Att: 51,073

Manchester United lost 0–2 to Liverpool at Anfield on Wednesday 26th December 1979 in the League Division One.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
15' Alan Hansen 1–0
Half Time
77' Ashley Grimes for Thomas
85' David Johnson 2–0
Full Time 2–0

Starting XI

Player

2 Jimmy Nicholl

3 Stewart Houston

4 Sammy McIlroy

5 Gordon McQueen

6 Martin Buchan

7 Steve Coppell

11 Mickey Thomas

Substitutes

77' for Thomas

Managers

MUFC

Dave Sexton

Manchester United

OPP

Bob Paisley

Liverpool

United vs Liverpool History

Meeting 106 of 218

218

Played

85

Won

61

Drawn

72

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 106 times: 37W 29D 40L.

31 Mar 1979 D 2–2 FAC 4 Apr 1979 W 1–0 FAC 14 Apr 1979 L 0–2 D1

26 Dec 1979 L 0–2 This match

5 Apr 1980 W 2–1 D1 26 Dec 1980 D 0–0 D1 14 Apr 1981 W 1–0 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 →