Manchester United 1 - Liverpool 0

What a game!

The much awaited clash of these two historic rivals was a feast. Not the best of football overall, but a cracker of a match nonetheless.

The first half clearly belonged to Liverpool. They were the team coming into the game with the better record. They had not lost a game for a long time and had taken 16 points of a possible 18 in the last 6 matches. United, however, were coming on fresh from a defeat at the hands of Manchester City just last week and were not in the best of form. They also had a lot of people injured or suspended.

Liverpool looked like a team, United just looked like eleven men on the field. Except for some stellar work by Ryan Giggs and a few sparks of brilliance from Wayne Rooney, there was nothing for me to cheer for.

Thankfully, the half ended with a 0-0 score line.

The second half began with Liverpool showing the same form as the first half and United looking just as haphazard. But then, I guess United pulled up their socks and the rhythm started to flow.

There were far more attempts on goal than the first half and better ones at that.

Finally, in the first minute of stoppage time for the second half, Rio Ferdinand headed in a Giggs delivered corner into the back of the net. Three points to United.

The next couple of minutes saw flared tempers with even Stevan Gerrard getting booked for a nasty challenge.

All in all, it was a match worth staying up for.