Man United vs Liverpool

13 May 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–2

Bruno Fernandes 10’
Marcus Rashford 68’

Diogo Jota 34’
Roberto Firmino 45+3’, 47’
Mohamed Salah 90’

Match summary

Liverpool came from behind to win 4-2 away at Man United. Liverpool led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Bruno Fernandes put Man United ahead in the 10th minute, set up by Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Diogo Jota equalised from a corner in the 34th minute, set up by Nathaniel Phillips, and Roberto Firmino put Liverpool in front with a header in first-half stoppage time, set up by Trent Alexander-Arnold. In the second half, Firmino made it 1-3 in the 47th minute, Marcus Rashford pulled one back to make it 2-3 in the 68th minute, set up by Edinson Cavani, and Mohamed Salah made it 2-4 in the 90th minute, set up by Curtis Jones.

The chances backed that up: Liverpool created 3.04 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Man United's 1.84 from 18.

Match stats

18 Shots 17

3 Shots on Target 8

6 Corners 4

3 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.71 xG 2.94

1.71 Non-penalty xG 2.94

8 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Man United Liverpool

Kick-off

Bruno Fernandes
Assist: Aaron Wan-Bissaka

1-0

10’

34’

Diogo Jota
Assist: Nathaniel Phillips

1-1

45+3’

Roberto Firmino
Assist: Trent Alexander-Arnold

1-2

Half-time1-2

47’

Roberto Firmino

1-3

Marcus Rashford
Assist: Edinson Cavani

2-3

68’

90’

Mohamed Salah
Assist: Curtis Jones

2-4

Full-time2-4

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Man United

Eric Bailly
Scott McTominay
Edinson Cavani

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Man United 1.84 xGLiverpool 3.04 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Liverpool attacking Man United attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Dean Henderson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.06	2
Victor Lindelöf	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Eric Bailly	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luke Shaw	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.11	3
Scott McTominay	MID	90			2	0.08	0.00	0
Fred	MID	67			0	0.00	0.03	1
Marcus Rashford	MID	90	1		3	0.39	0.06	2
Bruno Fernandes	MID	90	1		6	0.37	0.48	2
Paul Pogba	MID	90			2	0.06	0.27	1
Edinson Cavani	FWD	90		1	2	0.33	0.20	2
Mason Greenwood	Sub	23			3	0.61	0.00	0
Nemanja Matic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alisson	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Trent Alexander-Arnold	DEF	90		1	4	0.24	0.79	5
Nathaniel Phillips	DEF	90		1	1	0.07	0.56	1
Rhys Williams	DEF	90			1	0.05	0.00	0
Andrew Robertson	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.06	1
Fabinho	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Thiago Alcántara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.04	1
Georginio Wijnaldum	MID	78			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mohamed Salah	FWD	90	1		4	0.61	0.15	2
Roberto Firmino	FWD	90	2		3	0.79	0.41	2
Diogo Jota	FWD	78	1		4	1.27	0.00	0
Sadio Mané	Sub	12			0	0.00	0.00	0
Curtis Jones	Sub	12		1	0	0.00	0.47	1
Neco Williams	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Man United win 34% Avg odds 2.79

Draw 26% Avg odds 3.72

Liverpool win 40% Avg odds 2.43

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Man United W W D W L

Liverpool W W D D W

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.