Liverpool v Man U match thread

[bigfooty]

Arbeloa nicks it off Giggs but his cross is poor, to high / deep and we foul at the far post trying to make something of it.

[bigfooty]

Fantastic tackle from Mascher there, real block challenge that could have hurt himself making.

Throw to us down near their corner flag. Some neat play around their box but final ball doesn't reach a danger area.

[bigfooty]

Utd slice us open, Carra tugged back Rooney perhaps and Pepe races out to block the chip. Carra caught out on the ball.

[Vermilion]

Phew....well done Pepe. Shrek could have gone down there though.

[bigfooty]

Carra could have gotten sent off there, he fouled Rooney and was last man but Rooney stayed on his feet.

[lfcruleus]

That was a pen, Rooney ****ed himself there

[bigfooty]

We've settled pretty well so far but Utd are winning every single ball we hit from deep, Ferdinand dominating in the air.

[Sprouty]

Fair play to Rooney for staying on his feet.

[bigfooty]

Rooney again beats our offside trap and just comes up short of flicking it past Pepe.

[bigfooty]

Mascher dives in on Scholes and gets a booking. Silly foul to give away, didn't catch him and studs weren't showing but it was the diving in that earned the booking.

[bigfooty]

Rooney very lively in these opening minutes, offside there for Utd though.

[Vermilion]

Mascher dives in on Scholes and gets a booking. Silly foul to give away, didn't catch him and studs weren't showing but it was the diving in that earned the booking.

Would rather he had used that yellow up with a hard tackle on Ronaldo. It's early in the game, especially this one for Masher to be on a yellow already.

[bigfooty]

First bit of action for Babel, he drives infield and forces a corner.

Gerrard corner, taken short, we work it quite well but Aurelio blasts a shot wide from an impossible angle.

[Sprouty]

First bit of action for Babel, he drives infield and forces a corner.

Gerrard corner, taken short, we work it quite well but Aurelio blasts a shot wide from an impossible angle.

Was bloody close though.

[bigfooty]

Kuyt is tracking Evra in this game rather than focusing on going forward too much.

Ronaldo goes down and starts moaning. Babel then gets blocked off a free-kick to us in a good post - roughly where Gerrard & Torres combined for against Reading.