Manchester United against Liverpool

Handball against Cheyrou and a free-kick to United

O'Shea bursts forward and scuffs his shot, the ball breaks for Giggs but he has his shot blocked by Riise

Beckham with possession just outside his own area with no pressure from the away side. All too easy now

Go and make yourself a brew, this game's finished with. United happy, Liverpool just want to get in the showers

United just pass the ball around in their own half, playing keep-ball

Liverpool also make their final substitution with Danny Murphy going off and Bruno Cheyrou coming on

A change for United as Nicky Butt is introduced for Paul Scholes

Giggs was there to stab the ball into the roof of the net from six yards out. Game over

GOAL!!!

Beckham has time to put his foot on the ball. He looks up and swings a fine ball into the area, Van Niselrooy can't get his head to the ball and it runs through to Giggs...

...somehow Solskjaer misses the ball. He was totally free, six yards out, the ball was landing on his head but he managed to miss it

Corner to United. Beckham steps up to take from the left and Solskjaer is completely unmarked...

United in complete control now, Liverpool rarely venturing out of their own half

Great chance for United, Beckham delivers from the right but can only find the gloves of Dudek

Now Gerrard sends Beckham tumbling. The Liverpool midfielder is far from happy and he gets a ticking off from Mike Riley

Traore just manages to hack the ball over the bar with red shirts waiting. A close call

The ball is worked left and Giggs fires a low cross into the area...

Riise pushed Gary Neville and the refere gives the decision to United

Liverpool make their second change as El Hadji Diouf is replaced by Vladimir Smicer

Beckham feeds the ball into Solskjaer in the box. The Norwegian turns Hamann and fires in a weak shot which Dudek collects

Beckham is adjudged to have fouled Gerrard. Free-kick

England skipper David Beckham also comes on, in place of Phil Neville

United make a change with Mikael Silvestre making way for John O'Shea

Same power, same placing from Van Nistelrooy. United double their advantage and surely are home and dry now

GOAL!!!

Van Nistelrooy runs up...

Keane breaks down the right flank and sqaures the ball to the edge of the box for Scholes. He tries to nip the ball past Biscan and is baulked. Penalty again!

Caragher plays a woeful backpass which almost lets Van Nistelrooy in, but Dudek rushes out to thump the ball away

Gerrard and Silvestre go in strongly for the ball and the referee gives the free-kick to the home side, with a little help from the crowd

Murphy is penalised, and shows his frustration by barking at the referee

Solskjaer receives the ball just inside the box, swivels and shoots, it goes wide and it just beyond the outstretched boot of Van Nistelrooy

...Dudek produces a save right out of the top drawer to push the ball over the bar. Corner

Giggs shows great improvisation and unleashes a powerful shot which heads for the top corner...

Murphy catches Keane late and receives a caution

Gerrard tries to place his shot rather than go for power and can only hit Silvestre

Hamann beats Keane and cuts the ball back to Gerrard on the edge of the box...

Corner to Liverpool. Riise goes across to the right to take but it's a poor cross and Phil Neville heads to safety

Giggs' free-kick is headed clear

Van Nistelrooy wins the ball off Riise and finds himself in space the ball runs away from him but the flag goes up for a tug by Riise

Liverpool are prepared to let United have possession, hoping to stay in the game for a late push

Phil Neville crosses again from the right and again Traore gets there with his head, this time guiding the ball back to his keeper

United finally work the ball into the box and Solskjaer shoots on the turn, His effort lacks power and Dudek can collect

Unitde playing the ball around well, but Liverpool have men back in numbers

Solskjaer crosses in from the right and Carragher is there to head clear

Liverpool get us underway in the second half

Liverpool have come back well towards the end of the first half and remain very much in the game

United struck early from the spot through Van Nistelrooy, and with Liverpool down to ten men looked like wrapping things up in the first 15 minutes

The half-time whistle goes

One minute to be added on

Diouf and Silvestre tangle - handbags between the pair and referee Riley has to step in to calm things down. Both players enter the book

Another corner for Liverpool, Diouf's header loops into the hands of Dudek

Phil Neville pushes Diouf to the floor. A good chance for Liverpool, Riise delivers a good free-kick into the box but a red shirt wins the header

It's Riise with the corner but the trajectory is poor and United clear their lines

Riise loops a long thrown into the box and Brown heads behind for a corner

...Traore is on the post and clears off the line from Giggs' shot, Liverpool survive

Silvestre gets a shot in from the edge of the six-yard box, Dudek can only palm it out as far as Giggs and he spins for the shot...

Murphy lays the ball wide left for Riise, he sprints on to the ball but completely mishits his effort, the ball runs for Hamann and he fires wide

Riise takes from the right and finds the head of Heskey, but the whistle had already gone for a push by Murphy on Silvestre

Murphy takes the free-kick, it's not particularly good but Liverpool come out of it with a corner

Brown sends Diouf crashing to the floor on the right wing. Free-kick in a dangerous area for Liverpool

Traore slips and it almost lets Van Nistelrooy in, Biscan having to mop up

Diouf fouls Giggs, free-kick to United in their own half

The United fans are in fine voice, 'You'll never get a job' the chant right now

Gary Neville's cross is poor, the ball drifting behind for a goal-kick

...Keane can only fire high and wide and Liverpool escape

Scholes brilliantly picks the run of Solskjaer in the box. He tries to pull the ball back for Van Nistelrooy only for Biscan to get a vital toe to the ball. But it runs to Keane on the edge of the box...

Giggs climbs on the back of Hamann and it's a free-kick to Liverpool in their own half

Giggs delivers from the right but Biscan is there to head away

Scholes feeds in Solskjaer down the right, he crosses from the byline and Traore is forced to head behind for a corner

Murphy pushes Keane, free-kick

United pass the ball across the back line, happy to let Liverpool chase the ball

Diouf tracks back well to block the cross of Silvestre, that could have been dangerous

Hamann looks for Heskey in the box, but it's a poor ball and easy for Ferdinand to deal with

Liverpool h ave come back into the game a little more and have weathered United's early storm

Gerrard just intercepts Silvestre's ball to Giggs - he was almost in there

Barthez claims easy from a poor Gerrard cross from the left

Hamann shoots five yards wide from the edge of the box

The goal is disallowed, however, for a foul on Dudek. He was sandwiched by two United players as he made the punch

...the shot loops off a defender and Dudek only palms the ball out as far as Silvestre, who slots the ball into the back of the net

Relentless pressure from United, it's another corner. Solskjaer takes short from the left and Phil Neville tries the shot from 20 yards out...

United work the corner short again, but fail to fashion a chance in the box

Dudek makes a hash of clearing Giggs' corner, his punch skewing over the bar for a corner. It was an easy catch

Van Nistelrooy shows some pace on the right flank to sprint past Traore and get into the box. Great challenge for Traore, however, and that's a corner

The corner's taken short again and worked to Scholes 25 yards out, and he shoots way wide

The ball is worked wide right for Solskjaer, it's a great ball across the face of goal and Traore has to head over the bar

Keane is caught late by Heskey, referee Riley has words with the Liverpool striker. Watch out for a bit of revenge from Keane in the not too distant future!

United work the ball into the area only for Biscan to clear

The cross comes in from the right by Van Nistelrooy, Carragher's there to head behind for the corner

Gerrard finds Heskey on the edge of the D, but Silvestre does well to rob him of the ball

Giggs fails to read the pass from Phil Neville and Carragher nips in to steal the ball

Tactical substitution for Liverpool - Milan Baros leaves the field for the dfensively-minded Igor Biscan to come on

Murphy tries a snap shot from 25 yards which is dragged wide of the post

Van Nistelrooy doesn't miss from there, slammed into the back of the net with pace and power and passion. United lead 1-0, and Liverpool are down to ten men!

GOAL!!!

It's Van Nistelrooy from the spot...

Referee Mike Riley has words with Hyypia. He's off! It's a professional foul!

Hyypia drags Van Nistelrooy to the floor as he prepares to pull the trigger. Penalty!

Scholes plays a fine ball through the centre for Van Nistelrooy. He's through on goal and it's a great chance to break the deadlock...

Keane finds Giggs on the left but he loses out to Carragher

The corner comes in from Giggs but Murphy is there to head clear

Van Nistelrooy's first time volley is comfortably pushed round the post by Dudek

Scholes lifts the ball over the top for Van Nistelrooy in the area...

Manchester Utied kick-off

Michael Owen fails to overcome the back problem which forced him out of England's midweek win over Turkey. Milan Baros is named in attack by Gerard Houllier

Beckham is joined on the bench by international team-mate Nicky Butt, with Phil Neville, who is suspended for next week's game, joining skipper Roy Keane in midfield. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took Beckham's right-sided midfield berth

David Beckham is a shock absentee from the Manchester United line-up. Beckham is only named among the substitutes, with rumours circulating that he had been suffering from a touch of flu over the past few days

All the action as the Red Devils look to to avenge the Worthington Cup final defeat and regain the lead in the Premiership. Kicking off at 12.30 pm BST.

Traore just manages to hack the ball over the bar with red shirts waiting. A close call

The ball is worked left and Giggs fires a low cross into the area...

Riise pushed Gary Neville and the refere gives the decision to United

Liverpool make their second change as El Hadji Diouf is replaced by Vladimir Smicer

Beckham feeds the ball into Solskjaer in the box. The Norwegian turns Hamann and fires in a weak shot which Dudek collects

Beckham is adjudged to have fouled Gerrard. Free-kick

England skipper David Beckham also comes on, in place of Phil Neville

United make a change with Mikael Silvestre making way for John O'Shea

Same power, same placing from Van Nistelrooy. United double their advantage and surely are home and dry now

GOAL!!!

Van Nistelrooy runs up...

Keane breaks down the right flank and sqaures the ball to the edge of the box for Scholes. He tries to nip the ball past Biscan and is baulked. Penalty again!

Caragher plays a woeful backpass which almost lets Van Nistelrooy in, but Dudek rushes out to thump the ball away

Gerrard and Silvestre go in strongly for the ball and the referee gives the free-kick to the home side, with a little help from the crowd

Murphy is penalised, and shows his frustration by barking at the referee

Solskjaer receives the ball just inside the box, swivels and shoots, it goes wide and it just beyond the outstretched boot of Van Nistelrooy

...Dudek produces a save right out of the top drawer to push the ball over the bar. Corner

Giggs shows great improvisation and unleashes a powerful shot which heads for the top corner...

Murphy catches Keane late and receives a caution

Gerrard tries to place his shot rather than go for power and can only hit Silvestre

Hamann beats Keane and cuts the ball back to Gerrard on the edge of the box...

Corner to Liverpool. Riise goes across to the right to take but it's a poor cross and Phil Neville heads to safety

Giggs' free-kick is headed clear

Van Nistelrooy wins the ball off Riise and finds himself in space the ball runs away from him but the flag goes up for a tug by Riise

Liverpool are prepared to let United have possession, hoping to stay in the game for a late push

Phil Neville crosses again from the right and again Traore gets there with his head, this time guiding the ball back to his keeper

United finally work the ball into the box and Solskjaer shoots on the turn, His effort lacks power and Dudek can collect

Unitde playing the ball around well, but Liverpool have men back in numbers

Solskjaer crosses in from the right and Carragher is there to head clear

Liverpool get us underway in the second half

Liverpool have come back well towards the end of the first half and remain very much in the game

United struck early from the spot through Van Nistelrooy, and with Liverpool down to ten men looked like wrapping things up in the first 15 minutes

The half-time whistle goes

One minute to be added on

Diouf and Silvestre tangle - handbags between the pair and referee Riley has to step in to calm things down. Both players enter the book

Another corner for Liverpool, Diouf's header loops into the hands of Dudek

Phil Neville pushes Diouf to the floor. A good chance for Liverpool, Riise delivers a good free-kick into the box but a red shirt wins the header

It's Riise with the corner but the trajectory is poor and United clear their lines

Riise loops a long thrown into the box and Brown heads behind for a corner

...Traore is on the post and clears off the line from Giggs' shot, Liverpool survive

Silvestre gets a shot in from the edge of the six-yard box, Dudek can only palm it out as far as Giggs and he spins for the shot...

Murphy lays the ball wide left for Riise, he sprints on to the ball but completely mishits his effort, the ball runs for Hamann and he fires wide

Riise takes from the right and finds the head of Heskey, but the whistle had already gone for a push by Murphy on Silvestre

Murphy takes the free-kick, it's not particularly good but Liverpool come out of it with a corner

Brown sends Diouf crashing to the floor on the right wing. Free-kick in a dangerous area for Liverpool

Traore slips and it almost lets Van Nistelrooy in, Biscan having to mop up

Diouf fouls Giggs, free-kick to United in their own half

The United fans are in fine voice, 'You'll never get a job' the chant right now

Gary Neville's cross is poor, the ball drifting behind for a goal-kick

...Keane can only fire high and wide and Liverpool escape

Scholes brilliantly picks the run of Solskjaer in the box. He tries to pull the ball back for Van Nistelrooy only for Biscan to get a vital toe to the ball. But it runs to Keane on the edge of the box...

Giggs climbs on the back of Hamann and it's a free-kick to Liverpool in their own half

Giggs delivers from the right but Biscan is there to head away

Scholes feeds in Solskjaer down the right, he crosses from the byline and Traore is forced to head behind for a corner

Murphy pushes Keane, free-kick

United pass the ball across the back line, happy to let Liverpool chase the ball

Diouf tracks back well to block the cross of Silvestre, that could have been dangerous

Hamann looks for Heskey in the box, but it's a poor ball and easy for Ferdinand to deal with

Liverpool h ave come back into the game a little more and have weathered United's early storm

Gerrard just intercepts Silvestre's ball to Giggs - he was almost in there

Barthez claims easy from a poor Gerrard cross from the left

Hamann shoots five yards wide from the edge of the box

The goal is disallowed, however, for a foul on Dudek. He was sandwiched by two United players as he made the punch

...the shot loops off a defender and Dudek only palms the ball out as far as Silvestre, who slots the ball into the back of the net

Relentless pressure from United, it's another corner. Solskjaer takes short from the left and Phil Neville tries the shot from 20 yards out...

United work the corner short again, but fail to fashion a chance in the box

Dudek makes a hash of clearing Giggs' corner, his punch skewing over the bar for a corner. It was an easy catch

Van Nistelrooy shows some pace on the right flank to sprint past Traore and get into the box. Great challenge for Traore, however, and that's a corner

The corner's taken short again and worked to Scholes 25 yards out, and he shoots way wide

The ball is worked wide right for Solskjaer, it's a great ball across the face of goal and Traore has to head over the bar

Keane is caught late by Heskey, referee Riley has words with the Liverpool striker. Watch out for a bit of revenge from Keane in the not too distant future!

United work the ball into the area only for Biscan to clear

The cross comes in from the right by Van Nistelrooy, Carragher's there to head behind for the corner

Gerrard finds Heskey on the edge of the D, but Silvestre does well to rob him of the ball

Giggs fails to read the pass from Phil Neville and Carragher nips in to steal the ball

Tactical substitution for Liverpool - Milan Baros leaves the field for the dfensively-minded Igor Biscan to come on

Murphy tries a snap shot from 25 yards which is dragged wide of the post

Van Nistelrooy doesn't miss from there, slammed into the back of the net with pace and power and passion. United lead 1-0, and Liverpool are down to ten men!

GOAL!!!

It's Van Nistelrooy from the spot...

Referee Mike Riley has words with Hyypia. He's off! It's a professional foul!

Hyypia drags Van Nistelrooy to the floor as he prepares to pull the trigger. Penalty!

Scholes plays a fine ball through the centre for Van Nistelrooy. He's through on goal and it's a great chance to break the deadlock...

Keane finds Giggs on the left but he loses out to Carragher

The corner comes in from Giggs but Murphy is there to head clear

Van Nistelrooy's first time volley is comfortably pushed round the post by Dudek

Scholes lifts the ball over the top for Van Nistelrooy in the area...

Manchester Utied kick-off

Michael Owen fails to overcome the back problem which forced him out of England's midweek win over Turkey. Milan Baros is named in attack by Gerard Houllier

Beckham is joined on the bench by international team-mate Nicky Butt, with Phil Neville, who is suspended for next week's game, joining skipper Roy Keane in midfield. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took Beckham's right-sided midfield berth

David Beckham is a shock absentee from the Manchester United line-up. Beckham is only named among the substitutes, with rumours circulating that he had been suffering from a touch of flu over the past few days

All the action as the Red Devils look to to avenge the Worthington Cup final defeat and regain the lead in the Premiership. Kicking off at 12.30 pm BST.