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Liverpool 4-0 Man United - September 16, 1990 / Division 1 1990/1991

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Division 1 1990/1991 - Round 5

Anfield - Liverpool - England

September 16, 1990

35 726

4 - 0

Man United

Peter Beardsley

11'

Peter Beardsley

32'

John Barnes

44'

Peter Beardsley

81'

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11' - Goal Peter Beardsley11

32' - Goal Peter Beardsley32

44' - Goal John Barnes44

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46' - Substitution Gary Pallisteris substituted by Mal Donaghy

80' - Substitution Paul Inceis substituted by Russell Beardsmore

81' - Goal Peter Beardsley81

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Liverpool

4 - 0

Man United

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Team line-ups

Liverpool

Grobbelaar

Bruce Grobbelaar

Zimbabwe

B.date06/10/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Hysen

Glenn Hysen

Sweden

B.date30/10/1959

Age30 years

H1m86

positionCentral defender

Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Scotland

B.date05/07/1960

Age30 years

H1m88

positionDefender

Nicol

Steve Nicol

Scotland

B.date11/12/1961

Age28 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

Burrows

David Burrows

England

B.date25/10/1968

Age21 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

McMahon

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age29 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

Barnes44

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Whelan

Ronnie Whelan

Republic of Ireland

B.date25/09/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Houghton

Ray Houghton

Republic of Ireland

B.date09/01/1962

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Beardsley811132

Peter Beardsley

England

B.date18/01/1961

Age29 years

H1m73

positionSecond striker

Rush

Ian Rush

Wales

B.date20/10/1961

Age28 years

H1m83

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Bruce Grobbelaar		32	491	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Glenn Hysen		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Gillespie		30	184	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Nicol		28	298	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	David Burrows		21	62	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steve McMahon		29	229	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	John Barnes	44	26	143	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ronnie Whelan		28	424	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ray Houghton		28	117	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Peter Beardsley	811132	29	144	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ian Rush		28	417	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

233

Man United

Sealey

Les Sealey

England

B.date29/09/1957

Age32 years

H1m86

positionGoalkeeper

Pallister46

Gary Pallister

England

B.date30/06/1965

Age25 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

Phelan

Mike Phelan

England

B.date24/09/1962

Age27 years

H1m80

positionRight central defender

Bruce

Steve Bruce

England

B.date31/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Irwin

Denis Irwin

Republic of Ireland

B.date31/10/1965

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

Ince80

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Blackmore

Clayton Blackmore

Wales

B.date23/09/1964

Age25 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

Webb

Neil Webb

England

B.date30/07/1963

Age27 years

H1m83

positionRight Midfielder

McClair

Brian McClair

Scotland

B.date08/12/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

Hughes

Mark Hughes

Wales

B.date01/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

Robins

Mark Robins

England

B.date22/12/1969

Age20 years

H1m70

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Les Sealey		32	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gary Pallister	46	25	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mike Phelan		27	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Steve Bruce		29	125	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Denis Irwin		24	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince	80	22	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Clayton Blackmore		25	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Neil Webb		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Brian McClair		26	154	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes		26	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Robins		20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	D		Mal Donaghy	46	33	61	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M		Russell Beardsmore	80	21	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Ray Houghton

Jan Mölby

OUT

Peter Beardsley

Gary Ablett

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mark Hughes

Russell Beardsmore

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Kenny Dalglish

279

Success rate in this team:

62 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

62 %

Dalglish vs Man United

4 victories

6 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1990

Dalglish vs Ferguson

3 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Alex Ferguson

186

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Ferguson vs Liverpool

3 victories

4 draws

5 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1990

Ferguson vs Dalglish

3 victories

4 draws

3 losses

Latest figure on September 16, 1990

Referee

Lester Shapter

2 victories	1 draw	1 loss	Liverpool4 matches	General total	Man United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Liverpool1 match	Season total	Man United1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 16, 1990					Latest figure on September 16, 1990

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Key figures

Liverpool keeps its 21 consecutive matches without a loss at home running (since 26/11/1989). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/11/1987-28/09/1988 time period (21 matches).

Liverpool keeps its 9 consecutive wins in Premier League running (since 21/04/1990). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 01/03/1989-11/04/1989 time period (9 matches).

No Liverpool manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Sir Alex Ferguson has done less than 1.41 goals scored per game .

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DLiverpool 2-2 Nottingham Forest14/04/1990

VLiverpool 4-1 Chelsea21/04/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Queens Park Rangers28/04/1990

VLiverpool 1-0 Derby County01/05/1990

VLiverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest28/08/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Aston Villa01/09/1990

Overall

VCoventry 1-6 Liverpool05/05/1990

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester United18/08/1990

VSheffield United 1-3 Liverpool25/08/1990

VLiverpool 2-0 Nottingham Forest28/08/1990

VLiverpool 2-1 Aston Villa01/09/1990

VWimbledon FC 1-2 Liverpool08/09/1990

Current form

Away

VQueens Park Rangers 1-2 Manchester United14/04/1990

LTottenham 2-1 Manchester United21/04/1990

LNottingham Forest 4-0 Manchester United02/05/1990

DLeeds United 0-0 Manchester United28/08/1990

LSunderland 2-1 Manchester United01/09/1990

VLuton Town 0-1 Manchester United04/09/1990

Overall

DLiverpool 1-1 Manchester United18/08/1990

VManchester United 2-0 Coventry25/08/1990

DLeeds United 0-0 Manchester United28/08/1990

LSunderland 2-1 Manchester United01/09/1990

VLuton Town 0-1 Manchester United04/09/1990

VManchester United 3-1 Queens Park Rangers08/09/1990

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	5	4
Unbeaten streak	20	12
Drawless streak	5	4
Scoring streak	17	15
Conceding streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

9	Goals scored (Competition total)	7
4	Goals scored (Home / Away)	2
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
2.25	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.4
2	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
0.75	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.6
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0.67

Betting aid

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

John Barnes	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Mark Robins
Peter Beardsley	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Brian McClair
John Barnes	3 goals during the last 4 matches	The fittest player	3 goals during the last 2 matches	Mark Robins

Historical head to head

Home

62 matches

31 v

16 d

15 l

106 gf

68 ga

Away

66 matches

13 v

23 d

30 l

66 gf

113 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

4 gf

6 ga

Total

133 matches

45 v

41 d

47 l

176 gf

187 ga

Historical head to head

Home

66 matches

30 v

23 d

13 l

113 gf

66 ga

Away

62 matches

15 v

16 d

31 l

68 gf

106 ga

Neutral ground

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

6 gf

4 ga

Total

133 matches

47 v

41 d

45 l

187 gf

176 ga

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	October 12, 1895
Home	7 - 1	October 12, 1895

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	September 11, 1946
Away	4 - 1	December 13, 1969

Latest head to head

August 18, 1990 - Charity Shield 1990

Liverpool

1 - 1

Man United

March 18, 1990 - Division 1 1989/1990

Man United

1 - 2

Liverpool

December 23, 1989 - Division 1 1989/1990

Liverpool

0 - 0

Man United

January 01, 1989 - Division 1 1988/1989

Man United

3 - 1

Liverpool

September 03, 1988 - Division 1 1988/1989

Liverpool

1 - 0

Man United

Best historical scorers against Man United

Ian St-John	5 goals	1962 - 1968
Kenny Dalglish	4 goals	1979 - 1983
Steve Heighway	4 goals	1971 - 1975
John Barnes	4 goals	1989 - 1990
Craig Johnston	3 goals	1982 - 1985
Jan Mölby	3 goals	1985 - 1988

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 Liverpool

George Best	7 goals	1965 - 1968
Bryan Robson	6 goals	1983 - 1988
Denis Law	6 goals	1965 - 1971
Bobby Charlton	4 goals	1960 - 1971
Norman Whiteside	4 goals	1983 - 1987
David Herd	3 goals	1962 - 1965

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	28 matches	1975 - 1985
Alan Hansen	28 matches	1977 - 1990
Kenny Dalglish	24 matches	1977 - 1986
Emelyn Hughes	24 matches	1967 - 1979
Ray Clemence	24 matches	1970 - 1981

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

Arthur Albiston	26 matches	1977 - 1987
Bobby Charlton	24 matches	1960 - 1972
Gary Bailey	22 matches	1978 - 1985
Steve Coppell	21 matches	1975 - 1983
Alex Stepney	21 matches	1966 - 1977
Martin Buchan	20 matches	1972 - 1982