| Manchester United 2 - 0 Liverpool
An epic match turned clinical as Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-0 to stay back on the top of the English Premiership before a record home attendance watched by a record crowd of 75,828 on Sunday.
Paul Scholes scored on his 500th appearance when he forced the ball home after Jose Reina had got a hand to his initial shot in the 39th minute.
That came after Dirk Kuyt had wasted the Reds' best effort with a free header from Mark Gonzalez's cross.
Liverpool was left trailing their bitter rivals, both Manchester United and Chelsea, by 11 points, but on the evidence of this display, the Reds cannot claim the gap is deceptive. |