2nd half notes:
United kick off the second half and win an early corner.
46:17 Rooney smashes in Giggs' corner, right footer, close enough to give Reina no chance, caught Liverpool cold, what a start to the second half! 1-0
49:04 Spearing loses the ball against Valencia who rolls it into the path of Rooney, easy finish, 2-0. The former Evertonian is running riot! Liverpool must be thinking they are in a nightmare second half! Half time team talk out the window!
56. Soft free kick by Downing, easily cleared by United. Carroll is warming up on the sideline.
58. Rooney blasts one in but the referee had already blown the whistle for a Liverpool free kick for Carrick's tackle on Downing, although it looked like he got the ball cleanly.
59. Rooney in the box, chance for a hat-trick with a challenge coming in from his left, the striker puts it wide to the right.
61. Gerrard cross into the box, Downing chests ball out, wastes chance, his last touch of the game.
Double change for Liverpool: Carroll on for Spearing, Bellamy on for Downing.
64. Rafael cross from right picked up by Reina. Nothing coming from or for Liverpool, the visitors keep on losing the ball.
65. Johnson gives the ball away to Welbeck on the left, pass to Giggs, ball cleared by Spearing.
67. Gerrard kicks Rooney's back legs and gives away a free kick.
73. Liverpool building up a little bit more pressure with Bellamy on the left, but keep losing the ball when it matters. Manchester United looking comfortable, Rooney looking for his hat-trick.
74. Welbeck shot deflected by Henderson, Reina gets his gloves on it.
75. Agger has a go, high and wide.
Last change for Liverpool: Adam on for Kuyt.
77. Carroll gives away a free kick, looking very frustrated indeed.
80. Suarez gets his body across and is brought down by Carrick, the latter sees yellow for it.
79:55 What a gift for Suarez of all people! Adam takes the free kick, Ferdinand gives the ball to the controversial Uruguayan who thankfully puts it into the back of the net. 2-1, this should make the last 10 minutes more interesting, although United are the team who have scored most goals in this late period of the game.
82. Welbeck puts a shot high in the sky, Rooney not happy.
87. Liverpool heading the ball around the United box, eventually Carroll flicks the ball on to Suarez who is flagged offside, harsh, on the line.
Liverpool not making much of the momentum of the Suarez goal.
3 minutes added on.
Bellamy takes free kick on the left, Johnson shot saved well by De Gea, finger tip save of a fine left-foot shot, corner for Liverpool, cleared. Finally some urgency by the Reds.
Suarez header! High and wide. Flagged offside anyway.
Wayne Rooney easy pick for man of the match, his two goals early in the second half the difference between the two sides.
United win a free kick in the corner with only seconds to go, win a corner, teasing Liverpool in the final seconds.
FT: 2-1 Man of the match Wayne Rooney stole the show with two goals at the start of the second half which saw United beat Liverpool at Old Trafford and return to the top of the Premier League table. There were ugly scenes at the end of both halves, with the Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra saga hanging over the teams and continuing into the tunnels. Shame on the players, forgetting the meaning of the word respect, you would have thought the managers would have had a word.
Moving on (as the teams hopefully will from here), Suarez' goal ended up to be just a consolation goal but it spiced up the end of a game which United controlled and Liverpool held onto as much and long as they could. But former Evertonian Rooney made sure the visitors would not get much out of it, doubling his tally against the Merseysiders.
1st & 2nd half stats:
United-Liverpool
Attempts: 6-4 & 5-3
On target: 3-2 & 3-2
Offsides: 0-1 & 0-3
Corners: 2-2 & 1-1
Free kicks: 5-4 & 5-4
Possession: 62%-38% (BBC, 22 mins), 57.8%-42.2% (Sky, 23 mins), 52%-48% (BBC, 67 mins), 54.1%-45.9% (Sky, 67 mins), 47%-53% (2nd half possession up to 76. minute, Sky) , 54%-46% (FT, Sky), 47%-53% (FT, BBC).
Action Areas: United 13%-74%-13% Liverpool
United: 1 De Gea; 3 Evra, 6 Evans, 5 Ferdinand, 21 Rafael da Silva; 11 Giggs, 22 Scholes, 16 Carrick (booked 80), 25 Valencia; 19 Welbeck, 10 Rooney (scored 46:17 & 49:04). 4-4-2
Subs not used: 40 Amos, 20 Fabio da Silva, 13 Park Ji-sung, 23 Cleverley, 42 Pogba, 9 Berbatov, 14 Hernandez.
Liverpool: 25 Reina; 3 Jose Enrique, 5 Agger, 37 Skrtel, 2 Johnson; 19 Downing (booked 45, 30 Bellamy 61), 8 Gerrard, 20 Spearing (9 Carroll 61), 18 Kuyt (26 Adam 75), 14 Henderson; 7 Suarez (scored 79:55). 4-5-1
Subs not used: 32 Doni, 23 Carragher, 34 Kelly, 33 Shelvey.
Referee: Phil Dowd
Man of the match: Wayne Rooney
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