Let us place ourselves in the scenario that was going to play this game. Liverpool was among one of the best seasons with Rafa Benitez on the bench. It is true that the team had tied some games in the winter phase of the Premier against teams lower in theory, actually engaging the usual naysayers to herd to Benitez, but the truth is that the season was still very positive. In the weeks before the team had been felled in the FA Cup in a replay at Goodison Park for Everton, but this removal was a mirage after a perfect tie against Real Madrid in the Champions League. In fact, the 4-0 win at Anfield over the meringue was the last game for the Reds before that I had to tell.
Liverpool was planted at the fort mancunia n with a considerable distance in the standings in the Premier League, was seven points, so that the party charged vitally important to not leave early, as usual now, the fight for the trophy league. Lose, the distance would have been insurmountable for United. The record at Old Trafford, eleven consecutive wins Manchester United in Premier and downs of Arbeloa and the master of midfield, Xabi Alonso, made one think of the worst possible outcome.
The game started following the standard pattern of the fighting precendetes enters both sides. The Manchester United monopolized most of the possession, and Liverpool crouched waiting for his chance. Mancunian domain result came the first goal and Liverpool would not. Tevez had the ball on the break of United, it got to the outside of his boot to the back of Sami Hyypia , in that space appeared the South Korean Park, which forced Reina to overthrow him. Clear penalty in favor of the "red devils" that materialized Cristiano Ronaldo, although Pepe divined his intention. The ghost reappeared, as Liverpool went without scoring a goal at Old Trafford in the three previous seasons, but Liverpool did not give up.
Just four minutes after the match to give an irreversible shift of interest group led by Rafa Benitez. Martin Skrtel got rid of the ball under pressure from the Mancunian forward, the ball came through the air to the domains of Nemanja Vidic, who understandably doubted under pressure from Torres, and "ate" dribbling. The outcome is known, Torres beat him for speed. In the shock shoulder to shoulder also was victorious, and crossed with expertise in front of Van der Sar. Tables on the scoreboard. but Vidic's nightmare did not end there.
The stroke of half the Liverpoo l turned around the score. Torre s was on a pass through to Gerrard would join the attack power, forcing Evra to overthrow him to prevent the goal of the master network. A Alan Wiley no pulse trembled, and said the penalty spot. Gerrard settled the ball, looked at college, waiting for approval, and placed the ball as possible kinked, making useless stretched Van der Sar. Gerrard was celebrating by giving a kiss to the shield and, later, to all Liverpudlians who were watching the televised clash. The rest would go to Liverpool dominated the match and the score.
The second part, the party continued with the intensity befitting a game of this nature, but not too much work for goalkeepers. Ferguson tried to change the course of meeting with a triple change, but their intentions were uprooted by a combination Lucas and Kuyt, Gerrard leaving just before Van der Sar. Vidic had to intervene with a more proper entry of rugby football, and saw the red card, thus completing an unfortunate game.
Before Vidic came to clothing, Liverpool had already put the third. Fruit of the offense committed by the Serbian central, Fabio Aurelio took a left hand placed on the left side of Van der Sar, who could only follow with his eyes the ball while it was accommodated in the back of his goal. But this would not be the last goal of the game.
Just when you meet the 90 minutes, Andrea Dossena scored the fourth goal for Liverpool, just three days after scoring against Real Madrid (his only two goals as a network). Queen wore a long ball, Babel amagaba to go fight the air balloon, which confuses the central Dossena and left alone in front of Van der Sa r. The Italian defined with a delicious jelly, while the Dutch returned to make the statue a second time. Delirium in the corner of Liverpudlians fans, and Old Trafford was emptied between long faces.
Unfortunately this historic victory did not win at the end of the season, although Liverpool won ten of the last eleven games in the Premier League since Manchester United ended up taking the trophy, but we did believe we could with them.
Match:
March 14, 2009.
Manchester United 1 - 4 Liverpool.
Old Trafford: 75.569 spectators.
Referee: Alan Wiley.
Manchester United: Van der Sar, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Carrick (Giggs 74), Anderson (Scholes, 73), Park (Berbatov, 74), Rooney, Tevez.
Liverpool: Reina, Carragher, Skrtel, Hyypia, Aurelio, Mascherano, Lucas, Kuyt, Gerrard (El Zhar, 90), Riera (Dossena, 67), Torres (Babel, 81).
Goals:
1-0 Ronaldo, min. 23 (pen)
Torres 1-1, min. 28
1-2 Gerrard, min. 44 (pen)
Aurelio 1-3, min. 77
Dossena 1-4, min. 90
Expulsions: Vidic (min. 76).
