Liverpool against Manchester United

Sinama's control lets him down and the ball goes out of play

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Liverpool seem to have lost the momentum. Is their challenge dead?

Quinton Fortune is replaced by Darren Fletcher

Heskey just fails to get on the end of Finnan's cross, another scare

Free-kick against Van Nistelrooy, no restbite for United

Heskey knocks it down for Murphy - in on goal, it must be the leveller - but it's a fine last ditch tackle from Silvestre to thwart the England international

Howard makes a horrendous error to gift the ball to Sinama. He dawdles and feeds Le Tallec far too late, the move breaks down

It's all Liverpool now. Le Tallec finds space in the box but is forced wide. Finnan crosses in only for Le Tallec to head over

Sinama breaks into the box and closes down on goal, Ferdinand gets back and makes a fine challenge just as Sinama was about to round Howard. It's a humdinger now

Gerrard has acres of space and opts for the curling ball into the box. It's poor and straight to Howard

Liverpool have their tails up now, what a difference a goal can make

That came from nothing really, and Kewell did well to keep his shot down and beat Howard

Sinama does well to get to the byline, crosses to the back stick and Kewell arrives late to fire home. 2-1 and game on!

Free-kick to Liverpool. Gerrard delivers into the box but United clear their lines

Giggs takes from the right, but Dudek is fouled by Van Nistelrooy

Corner to United - Liverpool look a beaten side

A second change for Liverpool as El Hadji Diouf, who could well have seen red, is replaced by Anthony Le Tallec

Giggs fired a powerful shot into the back of the net, but Dudek was at fault. It went straight through him - he's got to be disappointed with that

Forlan crosses from the left right across the face of goal. Somehow Van Niselrooy misses it and Giggs picks it up on the far post and fires in a shot. 2-0

Kewell collects from Diouf and tries one with the outside of his left boot, but it's straight at Howard

Liverpool have not looked like scoring since they fell behind, in fact a second for United looks more likely

Diouf is high on O'Shea and referee Poll has words with the Liverpool wide man. That could have gone either way and Diouf will have to tread carefully now

Forlan tries his luck from 25-yards, but fires over

Van Nistelrooy receives the ball from Forlan's free-kick, but sees his shot blocked by Traore

A poor challenge by Diouf sends O'Shea tumbling and that's a booking

Liverpool make their first change as Vladimir Smicer is replaced by Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Offside flag up against Diouf

Dudek couldn't come for that as it looked like Van Nistelrooy would get his head to it. That left the ball to bounce into the corner of the net and hand the advantage to the champions

Giggs crosses from the right, Van Nistelrooy looks to get his head on it and it evades everyone and finishes in the back of the net! 1-0 to United!

Gerrard brings down Forlan, free-kick again

Pressure by Liverpool sets the atmopshere alight at Anfield, can they turn it into goals?

Offside against Van Nistelrooy

Gerrard is sent tumbling by Fortune. Free-kick

Phil Neville enters the book for a foul on Smicer. Free-kick taken by Gerrard from 35 yards straight to Howard

Dudek's clearane is poor and it falls to Giggs, and he hammers it back towards goal first time with his left peg. Dudek has to make a fine one-handed save to keep the shot out.

Forlan capitalises on an error and crosses for Van Nistelrooy, only for Traore to get back brilliantly to intercept. Great defending

Liverpool have come out on the attack, but can they make it count?

Heskey almost finds space in the box, but Gary Neville is there to clear

Diouf takes the corner, but referee Poll sees a foul and blows up in United's favour

Hesey picked up an injury in that move and needs some treatment to his anklle, but he looks like he'll be okay

Kewll comes forward, Gary Neville backing off, and hits one, which Howard has to claw round the post

Liverpool push forward early doors, and Howard has to come out and claim Diouf's hanging cross

Manchester United get this thrilling enounter underway once again

It's been a poor first half, neither side having tested the goalkeeper. Let's hope for better after the interval - otherwise I'm off to watch the bowls

There goes the half-time whistle

Corner to United right at the death. It's Giggs from the right, but it comes to nothing

One minute to be added on

Heskey somehow fails to head goalwards after meeting the cross from Diouf. That was a chance

Diouf finally finds a red shirt with his cross from the right, Kewell gets there ahead of Silvestre but can't keep it down

Diouf brings down Fortune, free-kick

Giggs continues to ply his trade on the right flank, but he seems wasted out there

Diouf links up with Kewell on the left, but the former is needlessly offside

Free-kick to United on the right, crossed in by Giggs and cleared with ease

Kewell cuts inside and has a stab - it's a good effort but just over the bar

Still no shot on target from either team, and no real sign of one on the horizon either. There's only been three shots in the entire game

It's Smicer cross this time that finds its way into the grasp of Howard

Heskey's late on Silvestre. Free-kick.

Smicer appeals for a free-kick after a tussle with Silvestre - no dice

Van Nistelrooy did a rather poor impression of Diego Maradona - trying to punch it home. And referee Poll was less than impressed, booking the striker.

Pressue from the champions. It's a free-kick. Giggs floats it to the far post and Van Nistelrooy puts it inches wide of the post

Forlan goes flying over the advertising hoardings - much to the amusement of the Anfield faithful

Phil Neville plays in Forlan, he cuts it back and wins a corner

Murphy finds Kewell - then the Aussie gives it away with a poor ball

Giggs finds Forlan in the box, but control lets the Uruguyan down - he was almost in on goal but Hyypia stood strong

Again a Liverpool cross into the box is poor, this time from Traore, and that must improve. Kewell has gone a little quiet

This game has failed to really take off yet. Plenty of probings but nothing in the way of goal mouth incident

Gerrard wins the ball off Fortune as he looked to stride forward. It's a great tackle but Fortune thinks otherwise and protests with the referee

United break well, Phil Neville finds Van Nistelrooy as Giggs bursts through the centre. The Dutchman shows why he's a striker and not a winger as his cross goes out of play

United win corner, a rare foray forward for the visitors. Giggs takes from the right and Traore heads to safety

Diouf again looks good with his twists and turns on the flank, but his delivery continues to let him down

Phil Neville clatters into Smicer and referee Graham Poll has a word with the United midfielder

Gerrard tries a powered cross field pass and the ball smacks into Keane's head. He needs a bit of treatment - get up you big girl!

United are sporting a new white kit today, lovely it is too. Kerching!

Diouf, looking hungry, cuts inside from the right but sees his shot blocked

Another corner, Giggs again from the right - straight into the arms or Dudek. Not a bad ball but nobody attacked it

United break and win the corner. Giggs delivers from the right and Biscan heads away

Diouf does wqell to sell Gary Neville and get to the byline, only for his cut-back to be intercepted by Ferdinand

Kewell's cross into the danger area is easily headed clear by Silvestre

O'Shea blocks the run of Diouf and that's a free-kick on the right flank

Smicer does brilliantly to get past two men in the box, but his cut back for Heskey is just behind the striker and he can't get it goalwards - leaving Silvestre to mop up

Traore's first time cross into the box evades everyone, and Diouf then miscontrols on the touchline to concede possession

Liverpool are playing the ball around well without really showing signs of breaking down the United defence

Kewell looks menacing, but Gary Neville is sticking to him like glue

Heskey fouls Ferdinand as the Liverpool striker tried to get on the end of a Finnan cross

Forlan is pushed over by Murphy, free-kick to United who can push forward. Giggs tries a shot from 20 yards out only to slice it well wide

Murphy floats in the corner, it's a good one but United manage to clear their lines

Diouf gets in behind the defence and cuts the ball back into the box. Ferdinand has to be sharp to knock it behind

A good early start from Liverpool as they look to take the game to the champions

Kewell bursts down the left, forcing Giggs into the tackle before the cross is whipped in

Van Nistelrooy does well to hold off Hyypia - Liverpool are closing down quickly in the early stages

We survive a brief scare with our TV feed, and the match kicks off with Liverpool

Manchester United have left the unpredictable skills of Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench and included John O'Shea - their only change from the Champions League victory over Rangers on Tuesday.

Michael Owen has failed to recover from his ankle injury to even make the 16-man Liverpool squad to face their bitter rivals. It means the only change from the leg-sapping slog through the Bucharest mud on Thursday in the UEFA Cup is the return of Vladimir Smicer on the left of midfield in place of John Arne Riise.

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Free-kick to Liverpool. Gerrard delivers into the box but United clear their lines

Giggs takes from the right, but Dudek is fouled by Van Nistelrooy

Corner to United - Liverpool look a beaten side

A second change for Liverpool as El Hadji Diouf, who could well have seen red, is replaced by Anthony Le Tallec

Giggs fired a powerful shot into the back of the net, but Dudek was at fault. It went straight through him - he's got to be disappointed with that

Forlan crosses from the left right across the face of goal. Somehow Van Niselrooy misses it and Giggs picks it up on the far post and fires in a shot. 2-0

Kewell collects from Diouf and tries one with the outside of his left boot, but it's straight at Howard

Liverpool have not looked like scoring since they fell behind, in fact a second for United looks more likely

Diouf is high on O'Shea and referee Poll has words with the Liverpool wide man. That could have gone either way and Diouf will have to tread carefully now

Forlan tries his luck from 25-yards, but fires over

Van Nistelrooy receives the ball from Forlan's free-kick, but sees his shot blocked by Traore

A poor challenge by Diouf sends O'Shea tumbling and that's a booking

Liverpool make their first change as Vladimir Smicer is replaced by Florent Sinama-Pongolle

Offside flag up against Diouf

Dudek couldn't come for that as it looked like Van Nistelrooy would get his head to it. That left the ball to bounce into the corner of the net and hand the advantage to the champions

Giggs crosses from the right, Van Nistelrooy looks to get his head on it and it evades everyone and finishes in the back of the net! 1-0 to United!

Gerrard brings down Forlan, free-kick again

Pressure by Liverpool sets the atmopshere alight at Anfield, can they turn it into goals?

Offside against Van Nistelrooy

Gerrard is sent tumbling by Fortune. Free-kick

Phil Neville enters the book for a foul on Smicer. Free-kick taken by Gerrard from 35 yards straight to Howard

Dudek's clearane is poor and it falls to Giggs, and he hammers it back towards goal first time with his left peg. Dudek has to make a fine one-handed save to keep the shot out.

Forlan capitalises on an error and crosses for Van Nistelrooy, only for Traore to get back brilliantly to intercept. Great defending

Liverpool have come out on the attack, but can they make it count?

Heskey almost finds space in the box, but Gary Neville is there to clear

Diouf takes the corner, but referee Poll sees a foul and blows up in United's favour

Hesey picked up an injury in that move and needs some treatment to his anklle, but he looks like he'll be okay

Kewll comes forward, Gary Neville backing off, and hits one, which Howard has to claw round the post

Liverpool push forward early doors, and Howard has to come out and claim Diouf's hanging cross

Manchester United get this thrilling enounter underway once again

It's been a poor first half, neither side having tested the goalkeeper. Let's hope for better after the interval - otherwise I'm off to watch the bowls

There goes the half-time whistle

Corner to United right at the death. It's Giggs from the right, but it comes to nothing

One minute to be added on

Heskey somehow fails to head goalwards after meeting the cross from Diouf. That was a chance

Diouf finally finds a red shirt with his cross from the right, Kewell gets there ahead of Silvestre but can't keep it down

Diouf brings down Fortune, free-kick

Giggs continues to ply his trade on the right flank, but he seems wasted out there

Diouf links up with Kewell on the left, but the former is needlessly offside

Free-kick to United on the right, crossed in by Giggs and cleared with ease

Kewell cuts inside and has a stab - it's a good effort but just over the bar

Still no shot on target from either team, and no real sign of one on the horizon either. There's only been three shots in the entire game

It's Smicer cross this time that finds its way into the grasp of Howard

Heskey's late on Silvestre. Free-kick.

Smicer appeals for a free-kick after a tussle with Silvestre - no dice

Van Nistelrooy did a rather poor impression of Diego Maradona - trying to punch it home. And referee Poll was less than impressed, booking the striker.

Pressue from the champions. It's a free-kick. Giggs floats it to the far post and Van Nistelrooy puts it inches wide of the post

Forlan goes flying over the advertising hoardings - much to the amusement of the Anfield faithful

Phil Neville plays in Forlan, he cuts it back and wins a corner

Murphy finds Kewell - then the Aussie gives it away with a poor ball

Giggs finds Forlan in the box, but control lets the Uruguyan down - he was almost in on goal but Hyypia stood strong

Again a Liverpool cross into the box is poor, this time from Traore, and that must improve. Kewell has gone a little quiet

This game has failed to really take off yet. Plenty of probings but nothing in the way of goal mouth incident

Gerrard wins the ball off Fortune as he looked to stride forward. It's a great tackle but Fortune thinks otherwise and protests with the referee

United break well, Phil Neville finds Van Nistelrooy as Giggs bursts through the centre. The Dutchman shows why he's a striker and not a winger as his cross goes out of play

United win corner, a rare foray forward for the visitors. Giggs takes from the right and Traore heads to safety

Diouf again looks good with his twists and turns on the flank, but his delivery continues to let him down

Phil Neville clatters into Smicer and referee Graham Poll has a word with the United midfielder

Gerrard tries a powered cross field pass and the ball smacks into Keane's head. He needs a bit of treatment - get up you big girl!

United are sporting a new white kit today, lovely it is too. Kerching!

Diouf, looking hungry, cuts inside from the right but sees his shot blocked

Another corner, Giggs again from the right - straight into the arms or Dudek. Not a bad ball but nobody attacked it

United break and win the corner. Giggs delivers from the right and Biscan heads away

Diouf does wqell to sell Gary Neville and get to the byline, only for his cut-back to be intercepted by Ferdinand

Kewell's cross into the danger area is easily headed clear by Silvestre

O'Shea blocks the run of Diouf and that's a free-kick on the right flank

Smicer does brilliantly to get past two men in the box, but his cut back for Heskey is just behind the striker and he can't get it goalwards - leaving Silvestre to mop up

Traore's first time cross into the box evades everyone, and Diouf then miscontrols on the touchline to concede possession

Liverpool are playing the ball around well without really showing signs of breaking down the United defence

Kewell looks menacing, but Gary Neville is sticking to him like glue

Heskey fouls Ferdinand as the Liverpool striker tried to get on the end of a Finnan cross

Forlan is pushed over by Murphy, free-kick to United who can push forward. Giggs tries a shot from 20 yards out only to slice it well wide

Murphy floats in the corner, it's a good one but United manage to clear their lines

Diouf gets in behind the defence and cuts the ball back into the box. Ferdinand has to be sharp to knock it behind

A good early start from Liverpool as they look to take the game to the champions

Kewell bursts down the left, forcing Giggs into the tackle before the cross is whipped in

Van Nistelrooy does well to hold off Hyypia - Liverpool are closing down quickly in the early stages

We survive a brief scare with our TV feed, and the match kicks off with Liverpool

Manchester United have left the unpredictable skills of Cristiano Ronaldo on the bench and included John O'Shea - their only change from the Champions League victory over Rangers on Tuesday.

Michael Owen has failed to recover from his ankle injury to even make the 16-man Liverpool squad to face their bitter rivals. It means the only change from the leg-sapping slog through the Bucharest mud on Thursday in the UEFA Cup is the return of Vladimir Smicer on the left of midfield in place of John Arne Riise.

The biggest rivalry in English soccer meets again at 13.45 GMT. Join us for all the action!