Benitez Finally Gets a Premier League Win Over Man Utd

It’s been a long time coming but Liverpool finally beat Man Utd at Anfield today for the first time since 2001. And for Rafa Benitez it was the first time he’d gotten the better of Fergie in the Premier League. And he did so with Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard starting on the bench.

Gerrard came on for the last 20, but Torres stayed sitting down as Liverpool beat their north west rivals 2-1 at Anfield.

Things got off to a great start for Man Utd, when debutant Dimitar Berbatov set up Carlos Tevez just three minutes in:

But though Liverpool’s 27th minute equalizer will go down as a Wes Brown o.g., it was really Edwin van der Sar’s fault for palming it straight at Brown from close range:

Then, 15 minutes from time, Dirk Kuyt squared for Ryan Babel, and that bit of double Dutch was enough to give Rafa his first Premier League win over Fergie:

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Man Utd’s disappointing day out was complete when Nemanja Vidic was sent off for a second yellow one minute from time.

Read Rob’s LiveBlog of the game for more details.

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Category: English Premier League