Liverpool against Manchester United

...Carragher's shot is blocked well by Carroll - he couldn't see a thing and it was an instinctive save

Liverpool get a free-kick right on the edge of the box for climbing by Heinze. A chance to shoot for Gerrard, from the left. He opts to square it to Carragher...

The board goes up and it's four minutes! A roar goes up from Anfield

Nunez plays a good deep ball to Garcia at the back post, he goes for the shot from a very tight angle and fires wide. Such a waste with options in the centre

Liverpool heads wait for the fourth official to raise the board - how much time will be added on?

Once more it's Gerrard to play it in, Nunez gets his head to it put can only help the ball out of play

Keane catches Biscan late and that will be yet another booking from referee Bennett

Time is running out now for Liverpool - still they have to test Carroll

Now Nunez enters the book for a sow of petulance after failing to keep the ball in

Garcia takes this time from the left - he puts way too much on the cross and United escape with ease

Scholes fouls Baros ten yards outside the box on the right flank. Gerrard bends it into the area and it comes off a United head for a corner

Nunez wins a corner off Silvestre as the Kop calls for a penalty for handball. Gerrard plays it in deep, Traore wins the heads and it's scrambled away - finally some pressure from Liverpool

Another booking, this time for Fortune

United find themselves deep in the Liverpool half, happy to watch the clock tick down

Baros trips Keane, and United have a free-kick. Carragher and Heinze exchange words with the Argentine wanting the Czech striker booked

And Liverpool will make their final change, Igor Biscan on for Dietmar Hamann

Another change for United now as Quinton Fortune replaces Louis Saha - another move to put up the blockades in the last ten minutes

At the moment, there's far more chance of United scoring a second than Liverpool finding a leveller

Ten-man United enjoy keep ball, Liverpool can't get hold of it. This is poor from the home side

Liverpool pass it around midfield, they are bereft of options or ideas and United win the ball back

But now they have a corner on the right. Gerrard drifts it to the back stick, Hyypia wins the header but his nod back finds a United man

Liverpool have been woeful agaist the ten men of United, no creation or guile

The ineffectual Fernando Morientes, clearly short on match fitness, is replaced by Antonio Nunez

United continue to press on the break - but Rooney's starting to look flustered

A change for Liverpool as Florent Sinama Pongolle replaces John Arne Riise

Rooney gives Luis Garcia a bit of the old rough and tumble in retaliation to a bite at his ankles - another yellow card for the young forward

United have barely left their own third of the pitch since the red card, but Liverpool still cannot create

Baros does well down the right, Silvestre cuts out his low cross and clears his lines

It's going to be a tough 25 minutes for United as they aim to hold onto their slender lead. Backs to the wall stuff

United make a change now to shore things up, John O'Shea replacing Cristiano Ronaldo

Free-kick to Liverpool about 30 yards out in a central position. Gerrard opts to flick it and Morientes nods it harmlessly out of play

He's already he's booked - and that's a red card! There can be no argument

Liverpool push on again, Baros is fouled and as Bennett blows up Brown sends Riise flying. It's a terrible challenge from the United defender as he went in strongly again

Baros breaks forward - Brown gets in with a strong challenge to thwart his progress

Rooney's control lets him down for once on the byline - much to the joy of the Liverpool fans

Baros immediately collides with Brown and the United man needs treatment, but he'll carry on

Baros returns to the fray sporting a headband after receiving five stitches

United play it around now, looking to slow the game down and frustrate Liverpool

Baros goes off for treatment on a head injury, Liverpool down to ten for now

For all Liverpool's dominance they have seldom given Carroll anything to worry about. Clearly, that has to change

Riise tries a long-range drive - Keane does well to make the block

Scholes tries to lift one over the top to find the run of Fletcher - offside

Scholes wrestles Traore off the ball, free-kick

Ronaldo skips past three challenges and holds off Gerrard with a fine run, but his cross just isn't good enough to find Saha

It's getting a bit scrappy now, Liverpool searching for a leveller and United looking to play on the break

Scholes whips it into the box again but fails to beat the first man

The corner is taken short, only for Scholes to win another from Gerrard

Free-kick to United on the right following Traore's foul. Heinze floats it to the back stick and Carragher has to be there to beat Keane to the ball and put it behind

The Kop went up demanding a penalty, but there was no appeal from the players who knew Heinze had timed the challenge perfectly

Back up the other end, and it's fed into Morientes in the box by Riise - it's a great chance for Liverpool... Heinze makes a brilliant tackle just as Morientes was about to shoot

Carroll finds Ronaldo with a stunning ball. Rooney drops back and is in acres of space - and Ronaldo complete wastes the chance by firing into the grasp of Dudek

Saha beats Pellegrino and wins a corner off Hyypia. Ronaldo takes but it's dealt with easily

Luis Garcia tries a shot from 20 yards out but his effort is always rising

Liverpool get the second half started at Anfield

Liverpool have dominated for large parts of the match, but it's United who hold the advantage courtesy of Wayne Rooney's lucky goal in front of the Kop

And that's half-time

Scholes sends Fletcher in through the middle, forcing Dudek to rush out and head clear

Two minutes to be added on

Garcia again crosses and again finds Morientes. This time Morientes goes with his head but can only get the merest of touches on the ball. Goal-kick

Garcia picks out Morientes inside the D, Morientes takes it down and creates space for the shot - but finds row Z. It was a good opportunity for the Spaniard

Now United get a break with Saha, he bursts forward into the box and looks to bend his shot into the far corner, it's deflected behind. Oh, wait on, the ref's amazingly given a goal-kick....

It's all Liverpool now, searching for an equaliser from the break

In it comes from the Liverpool skipper, Hyypia goes down in the box but there's nothing doing and United clear

It's swept back to Gerrard who is unmarked from the corner, he cuts inside and sees his shot deflected behind

Liverpool looking stronger now as Baros wins a corner over on the left flank. Gerrard delivers first time but fails to beat the first man

Pellegrino lumps a free-kick into the box from way out, Carroll shows good handling to claim

It's starting to get tasty now, a few tackles flying in and both sides showing now mercy in the challenge

Scholes goes down in a heap after tussling with Gerrard, claiming an elbow - something and nothing by the looks of it

Baros is clattered from behind by Brown and that will be another booking

Ronaldo now receives it 25 yards out, and opts to test the shakey Dudek again - only to drag his effort well wide

The backpass comes to Dudek as Rooney closes in, Dudek takes a huge risk by using a bit of trickery to take it around the young forward and there's a worried gasp from the home faithful as it comes off

Keane's dipping effort has Dudek beaten all ends up but its smashed down off the underside of the bar and the power of the shot takes the ball to safety. Fantastic hit by Keane and desperately unlucky

Back up the other end, Saha gets into the box but is tackled. The loose ball comes to Scholes who sees Keane in space 25 yards out. He picks out the pass and Keane takes one touch and then hits it...

Again it's Gerrard on the set-piece. It's played very deep to Riise who sees his volley blocked

Gerrard opts for the ambitious shot, it takes a little deflection on the way through handing a corner to the home side

Fletcher trips Baros, it's 30 yards out in a central position - probably too far for the shot.

Liverpool have struggled to get out of their own half since going behind, they need to get their composure back

Carragher enters the book for a clumsy tackle on Ronaldo. It's Ronaldo who whips in the free-kick but it's headed clear

Will Liverpool now step up their interest in Leeds prospect Scott Carson? But having not played a first team game this season, Carson will not be an immediate answer to their goalkeeping ills

Liverpool look rattled now. They were very much on top and now face the task of finding a way through a United side which has not let in a goal for over ten hours!

United in command now and they have a corner. It comes in from the right, Heinze is unmarked and his header lands on the roof of the net - that was a fine chance

Rooney's shot went straight through Dudek, leaving Anfield stunned and Unitde buoyant

Completely agaist the run of play United have the lead - and it's a real howler from Dudek. Rooney's shot from 30 yards was hit well but it should have been bread and butter for the goalkeeper

GOAL!!!

Rooney takes a short pass from Ronaldo. He looks up and tries a speculative shot...

It's all Liverpool now, United struggled to gain a foothold in the game as we reaching the quarter mark

Gerrard takes from the right, Morientes rises highest but cannot get any power on the header and there's once bounce before it reaches the safe hands of Carroll

Liverpool get a free-kick after a foul by Ronaldo. It's taken quickly and Baros shows great strength to shrug off Heinze, get to the byline and win the corner

Garcia tries an ambitious first time effort which bobbles into the arms of Carroll

The game's settled down a little now, that initial high octane start a thing of the past

The corner comes in from Gerrard, Keane is there first to head it over. This time it's Gerrard from the right - Carroll is there to claim this time

Gerrard crosses from the right and forces Neville to head it behind for a corner. Pellegrino and Brown are having a right set-to in the box and referee Bennett has to have words

Another foul, this time by Brown on Baros ten yards inside the United half

Brown picks out Heinze with a cross-field ball, and the jeers ring out as the Argentine tries to flick it over both his head and Carragher's and gets it all wrong - and out of play

Liverpool are in the ascendancy once again, but it's hard to say who will draw first blood

The atmosphere is electric at Anfield. It's end-to-end stuff and so far has the makings of a classic battle

Hamann is brought down by Heinze over on the right flank. Gerrard whips in the free-kick and it finds Morientes in space - he miss-kicks eight yards out, a real chance gone

Now Liverpool break. Luis Garcia bursts from the centre and it's three-on-three. Both Morientes and Baros are screaming for it but Garcia shoots and it's blocked - awful decision

United growing in confidence now. Rooney finds a bit of space inside the D but drags his shot wide of Dudek's right-hand post

United enjoy possession, Neville finds space on the right and delivers a superb cross into the heart of the box. Hyypia is there to get a vital flick on the ball just as Saha was preparing to nod home. Great defending - and a fine cross from Phil!

Another free-kick to United, this time in a dangerous position. It's worked all the way across to Ronaldo and the cheers go up as he is tackled and the momentum is gone

Heinze is caught late by Carragher when clearing his lines, kicking the Liverpool defender's boot in the blocking attempt

Phil Neville clatters into Risse, he's taken a knock to the ankle but gets up without the aid of the physio

A long throw into the United box is flicked across the face of his own goal by Brown, and Luis Garcia is inches away from connecting

Gerrard and Morientes link up well and it's fed out wide to Risse. Liverpool looking confident

Ronaldo is held back by Pellegrino - his first action for Liverpool

United get us underway at Anfield

Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs both failed fitness tests on hamstring injuries, so Wes Brown is drafted into the centre of defence, while Sir Alex Ferguson opts for a five-man midfield which includes Cristiano Ronaldo wide and just Louis Saha up front. Ferguson also recalls Roy Carroll ahead of Tim Howard in goal, despite the 'own goal' howler against Tottenham.

Liverpool hand debuts to new signings Fernando Morientes and Mauricio Pellegrino. Morientes, signed on Thursday, comes in to partner Milan Baros up front, while veteran defender Pellegrino replaces Steve Finnan who succumbed to a hamstring injury. The central defensive partnership of Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher is broken up, with the latter switched to right-back.

And Liverpool will make their final change, Igor Biscan on for Dietmar Hamann

Another change for United now as Quinton Fortune replaces Louis Saha - another move to put up the blockades in the last ten minutes

At the moment, there's far more chance of United scoring a second than Liverpool finding a leveller

Ten-man United enjoy keep ball, Liverpool can't get hold of it. This is poor from the home side

Liverpool pass it around midfield, they are bereft of options or ideas and United win the ball back

But now they have a corner on the right. Gerrard drifts it to the back stick, Hyypia wins the header but his nod back finds a United man

Liverpool have been woeful agaist the ten men of United, no creation or guile

The ineffectual Fernando Morientes, clearly short on match fitness, is replaced by Antonio Nunez

United continue to press on the break - but Rooney's starting to look flustered

A change for Liverpool as Florent Sinama Pongolle replaces John Arne Riise

Rooney gives Luis Garcia a bit of the old rough and tumble in retaliation to a bite at his ankles - another yellow card for the young forward

United have barely left their own third of the pitch since the red card, but Liverpool still cannot create

Baros does well down the right, Silvestre cuts out his low cross and clears his lines

It's going to be a tough 25 minutes for United as they aim to hold onto their slender lead. Backs to the wall stuff

United make a change now to shore things up, John O'Shea replacing Cristiano Ronaldo

Free-kick to Liverpool about 30 yards out in a central position. Gerrard opts to flick it and Morientes nods it harmlessly out of play

He's already he's booked - and that's a red card! There can be no argument

Liverpool push on again, Baros is fouled and as Bennett blows up Brown sends Riise flying. It's a terrible challenge from the United defender as he went in strongly again

Baros breaks forward - Brown gets in with a strong challenge to thwart his progress

Rooney's control lets him down for once on the byline - much to the joy of the Liverpool fans

Baros immediately collides with Brown and the United man needs treatment, but he'll carry on

Baros returns to the fray sporting a headband after receiving five stitches

United play it around now, looking to slow the game down and frustrate Liverpool

Baros goes off for treatment on a head injury, Liverpool down to ten for now

For all Liverpool's dominance they have seldom given Carroll anything to worry about. Clearly, that has to change

Riise tries a long-range drive - Keane does well to make the block

Scholes tries to lift one over the top to find the run of Fletcher - offside

Scholes wrestles Traore off the ball, free-kick

Ronaldo skips past three challenges and holds off Gerrard with a fine run, but his cross just isn't good enough to find Saha

It's getting a bit scrappy now, Liverpool searching for a leveller and United looking to play on the break

Scholes whips it into the box again but fails to beat the first man

The corner is taken short, only for Scholes to win another from Gerrard

Free-kick to United on the right following Traore's foul. Heinze floats it to the back stick and Carragher has to be there to beat Keane to the ball and put it behind

The Kop went up demanding a penalty, but there was no appeal from the players who knew Heinze had timed the challenge perfectly

Back up the other end, and it's fed into Morientes in the box by Riise - it's a great chance for Liverpool... Heinze makes a brilliant tackle just as Morientes was about to shoot

Carroll finds Ronaldo with a stunning ball. Rooney drops back and is in acres of space - and Ronaldo complete wastes the chance by firing into the grasp of Dudek

Saha beats Pellegrino and wins a corner off Hyypia. Ronaldo takes but it's dealt with easily

Luis Garcia tries a shot from 20 yards out but his effort is always rising

Liverpool get the second half started at Anfield

Liverpool have dominated for large parts of the match, but it's United who hold the advantage courtesy of Wayne Rooney's lucky goal in front of the Kop

And that's half-time

Scholes sends Fletcher in through the middle, forcing Dudek to rush out and head clear

Two minutes to be added on

Garcia again crosses and again finds Morientes. This time Morientes goes with his head but can only get the merest of touches on the ball. Goal-kick

Garcia picks out Morientes inside the D, Morientes takes it down and creates space for the shot - but finds row Z. It was a good opportunity for the Spaniard

Now United get a break with Saha, he bursts forward into the box and looks to bend his shot into the far corner, it's deflected behind. Oh, wait on, the ref's amazingly given a goal-kick....

It's all Liverpool now, searching for an equaliser from the break

In it comes from the Liverpool skipper, Hyypia goes down in the box but there's nothing doing and United clear

It's swept back to Gerrard who is unmarked from the corner, he cuts inside and sees his shot deflected behind

Liverpool looking stronger now as Baros wins a corner over on the left flank. Gerrard delivers first time but fails to beat the first man

Pellegrino lumps a free-kick into the box from way out, Carroll shows good handling to claim

It's starting to get tasty now, a few tackles flying in and both sides showing now mercy in the challenge

Scholes goes down in a heap after tussling with Gerrard, claiming an elbow - something and nothing by the looks of it

Baros is clattered from behind by Brown and that will be another booking

Ronaldo now receives it 25 yards out, and opts to test the shakey Dudek again - only to drag his effort well wide

The backpass comes to Dudek as Rooney closes in, Dudek takes a huge risk by using a bit of trickery to take it around the young forward and there's a worried gasp from the home faithful as it comes off

Keane's dipping effort has Dudek beaten all ends up but its smashed down off the underside of the bar and the power of the shot takes the ball to safety. Fantastic hit by Keane and desperately unlucky

Back up the other end, Saha gets into the box but is tackled. The loose ball comes to Scholes who sees Keane in space 25 yards out. He picks out the pass and Keane takes one touch and then hits it...

Again it's Gerrard on the set-piece. It's played very deep to Riise who sees his volley blocked

Gerrard opts for the ambitious shot, it takes a little deflection on the way through handing a corner to the home side

Fletcher trips Baros, it's 30 yards out in a central position - probably too far for the shot.

Liverpool have struggled to get out of their own half since going behind, they need to get their composure back

Carragher enters the book for a clumsy tackle on Ronaldo. It's Ronaldo who whips in the free-kick but it's headed clear

Will Liverpool now step up their interest in Leeds prospect Scott Carson? But having not played a first team game this season, Carson will not be an immediate answer to their goalkeeping ills

Liverpool look rattled now. They were very much on top and now face the task of finding a way through a United side which has not let in a goal for over ten hours!

United in command now and they have a corner. It comes in from the right, Heinze is unmarked and his header lands on the roof of the net - that was a fine chance

Rooney's shot went straight through Dudek, leaving Anfield stunned and Unitde buoyant

Completely agaist the run of play United have the lead - and it's a real howler from Dudek. Rooney's shot from 30 yards was hit well but it should have been bread and butter for the goalkeeper

GOAL!!!

Rooney takes a short pass from Ronaldo. He looks up and tries a speculative shot...

It's all Liverpool now, United struggled to gain a foothold in the game as we reaching the quarter mark

Gerrard takes from the right, Morientes rises highest but cannot get any power on the header and there's once bounce before it reaches the safe hands of Carroll

Liverpool get a free-kick after a foul by Ronaldo. It's taken quickly and Baros shows great strength to shrug off Heinze, get to the byline and win the corner

Garcia tries an ambitious first time effort which bobbles into the arms of Carroll

The game's settled down a little now, that initial high octane start a thing of the past

The corner comes in from Gerrard, Keane is there first to head it over. This time it's Gerrard from the right - Carroll is there to claim this time

Gerrard crosses from the right and forces Neville to head it behind for a corner. Pellegrino and Brown are having a right set-to in the box and referee Bennett has to have words

Another foul, this time by Brown on Baros ten yards inside the United half

Brown picks out Heinze with a cross-field ball, and the jeers ring out as the Argentine tries to flick it over both his head and Carragher's and gets it all wrong - and out of play

Liverpool are in the ascendancy once again, but it's hard to say who will draw first blood

The atmosphere is electric at Anfield. It's end-to-end stuff and so far has the makings of a classic battle

Hamann is brought down by Heinze over on the right flank. Gerrard whips in the free-kick and it finds Morientes in space - he miss-kicks eight yards out, a real chance gone

Now Liverpool break. Luis Garcia bursts from the centre and it's three-on-three. Both Morientes and Baros are screaming for it but Garcia shoots and it's blocked - awful decision

United growing in confidence now. Rooney finds a bit of space inside the D but drags his shot wide of Dudek's right-hand post

United enjoy possession, Neville finds space on the right and delivers a superb cross into the heart of the box. Hyypia is there to get a vital flick on the ball just as Saha was preparing to nod home. Great defending - and a fine cross from Phil!

Another free-kick to United, this time in a dangerous position. It's worked all the way across to Ronaldo and the cheers go up as he is tackled and the momentum is gone

Heinze is caught late by Carragher when clearing his lines, kicking the Liverpool defender's boot in the blocking attempt

Phil Neville clatters into Risse, he's taken a knock to the ankle but gets up without the aid of the physio

A long throw into the United box is flicked across the face of his own goal by Brown, and Luis Garcia is inches away from connecting

Gerrard and Morientes link up well and it's fed out wide to Risse. Liverpool looking confident

Ronaldo is held back by Pellegrino - his first action for Liverpool

United get us underway at Anfield

Rio Ferdinand and Ryan Giggs both failed fitness tests on hamstring injuries, so Wes Brown is drafted into the centre of defence, while Sir Alex Ferguson opts for a five-man midfield which includes Cristiano Ronaldo wide and just Louis Saha up front. Ferguson also recalls Roy Carroll ahead of Tim Howard in goal, despite the 'own goal' howler against Tottenham.

Liverpool hand debuts to new signings Fernando Morientes and Mauricio Pellegrino. Morientes, signed on Thursday, comes in to partner Milan Baros up front, while veteran defender Pellegrino replaces Steve Finnan who succumbed to a hamstring injury. The central defensive partnership of Sami Hyypia and Jamie Carragher is broken up, with the latter switched to right-back.