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Liverpool defeat Man Utd to stay second and push Utd to 13th

by gourley | September 13, 2008 at 11:08 am

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Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez earned his first Premier League win over Manchester United courtesy of Ryan Babel's deserved late winner.

Carlos Tevez had stunned the Reds after three minutes by expertly sidefooting in a Dimitar Berbatov pull back.

United keeper Edwin Van der Sar palmed a clearance against Wes Brown and saw it roll into his net for the equaliser.

The Reds started to dominate and Babel scuffed in a shot for the winner before United's Nemanja Vidic was sent off.

The victory was Benitez's first in the top flight over United since he took over in the summer of 2004 and was achieved without Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres in the starting line-up.

After this Anfield Victory Manchester United dropped to 13th in the table, where as Liverpool maintained Second place drawn on points with first placed Chelsea but inferior goal difference keeps them down.

Manchester United are still looking for their second win of the Premiership campaign after beating Portsmouth 1-0 back in August.

However Liverpool's campaign has gotten off to a much better start this season only dropping points against Aston Villa.

Obviously Manchester United will improve and finish challenging for the title but the big question is, who else will be?

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