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Man United 2-2 Liverpool - April 13, 1985 / FA Cup 1984/1985

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FA Cup 1984/1985 - Semi-finals

Old Trafford - Manchester - England

April 13, 1985

2 - 2

Liverpool

Bryan Robson

Frank Stapleton

87'

Ronnie Whelan

119'

Paul Walsh

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0' - Goal Bryan Robson photo Frank Stapleton

0' - Goal Frank Stapleton0

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59' - Substitution John Warkis substituted by Paul Walsh

87' - Goal Ronnie Whelan

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119

119' - Goal Paul Walsh

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Man United

2 - 2

Liverpool

Man United Liverpool

Team line-ups

Man United

Bailey

Gary Bailey

England

B.date09/08/1958

Age26 years

positionGoalkeeper

McGrath

Paul McGrath

Republic of Ireland

B.date04/12/1959

Age25 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Hogg

Graeme Hogg

Scotland

B.date17/06/1964

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

Gidman

John Gidman

England

B.date10/01/1954

Age31 years

positionRight full-back

Albiston

Arthur Albiston

Scotland

B.date14/07/1957

Age27 years

H1m71

positionLeft full-back

Robson0

Bryan Robson

England

B.date11/01/1957

Age28 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Scotland

B.date09/02/1957

Age28 years

H1m68

positionCentre Midfield

Olsen

Jesper Olsen

Denmark

B.date20/03/1961

Age24 years

H1m68

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stapleton0

Frank Stapleton

Republic of Ireland

B.date10/07/1956

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Whiteside

Norman Whiteside

Northern Ireland

B.date07/05/1965

Age19 years

H1m84

positionForward

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age21 years

H1m75

positionStriker

		Age	Match num	Note
G	Gary Bailey	26	329	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Paul McGrath	25	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Graeme Hogg	20	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Gidman	31	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arthur Albiston	27	390	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bryan Robson	28	171	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gordon Strachan	28	48	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jesper Olsen	24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Frank Stapleton	28	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Norman Whiteside	19	140	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	21	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

143

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age27 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hansen

Alan Hansen

Scotland

B.date13/06/1955

Age29 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

Wark59

John Wark

Scotland

B.date04/08/1957

Age27 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Lawrenson

Mark Lawrenson

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/06/1957

Age27 years

positionCentral defender

Beglin

Jim Beglin

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/07/1963

Age21 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

Neal

Phil Neal

England

B.date20/02/1951

Age34 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Whelan87

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Lee

Sammy Lee

England

B.date07/02/1959

Age26 years

H1m58

positionMidfield

MacDonald

Kevin MacDonald

Scotland

B.date22/11/1960

Age24 years

positionMidfield

Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Scotland

B.date04/03/1951

Age34 years

H1m78

positionRight Winger

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age23 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		27	241	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Alan Hansen		29	396	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Wark	59	27	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mark Lawrenson		27	221	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jim Beglin		21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Phil Neal		34	622	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan	87	23	166	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sammy Lee		26	264	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kevin MacDonald		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Kenny Dalglish		34	444	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		23	210	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

241

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Paul Walsh	11959	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Gary Bailey

Steve Pears

OUT

Norman Whiteside

Mike Duxbury

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Ron Atkinson

214

Success rate in this team:

51 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Atkinson vs Liverpool

5 victories

6 draws

7 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 1985

Atkinson vs Fagan

3 victories

3 draws

0 loss

Latest figure on April 13, 1985

Manager

Age

Match num

Joe Fagan

119

Success rate in this team:

53 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

53 %

Fagan vs Man United

0 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 1985

Fagan vs Atkinson

0 victory

3 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on April 13, 1985

Videos

April 09, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Ronnie Whelan scores 1 goal vs in FA Cup

End of streak for Man United after 4 consecutive matches without a draw vs Liverpool at home (since 21/09/1929). It's an equilized record streak. The last time the club reached this figure, it was on the 01/04/1911

No manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Joe Fagan has reached 29% of draws .

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DManchester United 1-1 Everton02/03/1985

VManchester United 1-0 Fehervar06/03/1985

VManchester United 4-2 West Ham09/03/1985

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

Overall

LFehervar 1-0 Manchester United20/03/1985

VManchester United 4-0 Aston Villa23/03/1985

VLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United31/03/1985

VManchester United 2-1 Leicester03/04/1985

VManchester United 5-0 Stoke City06/04/1985

LSheffield Wednesday 1-0 Manchester United09/04/1985

Current form

Away

DYork City 1-1 Liverpool16/02/1985

DAustria Vienna 1-1 Liverpool06/03/1985

VBarnsley 0-4 Liverpool10/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

VSunderland 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1985

VLeicester 0-1 Liverpool06/04/1985

Overall

VLiverpool 4-1 Austria Vienna20/03/1985

VWest Bromwich Albion 0-5 Liverpool23/03/1985

LLiverpool 0-1 Manchester United31/03/1985

VSunderland 0-3 Liverpool03/04/1985

VLeicester 0-1 Liverpool06/04/1985

VLiverpool 4-0 Panathinaikos10/04/1985

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	8	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	5	6
Scoring streak	8	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	4	3
Unbeaten streak	7	3
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	7	3
Invincibility streak	4	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
4	Victories (Competition total)	4
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

11	Goals scored (Competition total)	16
9	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	1
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
2.75	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	3.2
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	2.5
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.2
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.5

Betting aid

3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	4
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
3-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-1 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Norman Whiteside	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	7 goals	Ian Rush
Norman Whiteside	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Ian Rush
Norman Whiteside	3 goals during the last match	The fittest player	7 goals during the last 5 matches	Ian Rush

Historical head to head

Home

59 matches

27 v

20 d

12 l

102 gf

58 ga

Away

56 matches

14 v

13 d

29 l

62 gf

99 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

2 v

1 d

1 l

5 gf

3 ga

Total

119 matches

43 v

34 d

42 l

169 gf

160 ga

Historical head to head

Home

56 matches

29 v

13 d

14 l

99 gf

62 ga

Away

59 matches

12 v

20 d

27 l

58 gf

102 ga

Neutral ground

4 matches

1 v

1 d

2 l

3 gf

5 ga

Total

119 matches

42 v

34 d

43 l

160 gf

169 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Home	5 - 0	September 11, 1946

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Away	3 - 0	December 26, 1978

Latest head to head

March 31, 1985 - Division 1 1984/1985

Liverpool

0 - 1

Man United

September 22, 1984 - Division 1 1984/1985

Man United

1 - 1

Liverpool

January 02, 1984 - Division 1 1983/1984

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

September 24, 1983 - Division 1 1983/1984

Man United

1 - 0

Liverpool

August 20, 1983 - Charity Shield 1983

Man United

2 - 0

Liverpool

Best historical scorers against Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Jimmy Greenhoff	3 goals	1977 - 1980
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965
Bryan Robson	2 goals	1983 - 1983

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Jimmy Case	3 goals	1977 - 1978
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1973 - 1977
John Toshack	3 goals	1972 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Liverpool

Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Arthur Albiston	21 matches	1977 - 1985
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982
George Best	20 matches	1964 - 1973

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 30/01/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Man United

Ian Callaghan	30 matches	1962 - 1977
Phil Neal	26 matches	1975 - 1985
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981
Tommy Smith	22 matches	1965 - 1978
Kenny Dalglish	21 matches	1977 - 1985