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United staked their claim for successive championships with a comfortable win over their rivals and effectively putting out Liverpool from the championship race.

They went in front through an unlikely source when Wes Brown rose up high to head home a good cross from Wayne Rooney in the 1st half. The game was then turned on its head when Javier Mascherano got himself sent off for what the referee deemed to be showing dissent.

Mascherano took offence to what he thought was bad refereeing by Steve Bennett when he decided to book teammate Fernando Torres for asking the referee why he is ignoring the fact that he was been kicked by United players. Mascherano went up to the referee to ask why Torres was booked and the referee promptly showed him a 2nd yellow to put Liverpool down to 10 men in the 2nd half.

2 goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani in the second half made this a comfortable win for United as they temporarily go 6 points clear in the premiership.

Ratings

Manchester United

Edwin Van Der Saar 6 In truth he had nothing to do as Liverpool were restricted by playing with 10 mean and even with 11 they did not try him much. He did almost have a great assist when his punt forward was controlled by Wayne Rooney on his route to goal but stopped by Beppe Reina.

Wes Brown 6.5 He scored the all important 1st goal with his effervescence as he started the move and finished with the aid of poor goal-keeping. He is not best at going forward as he can look ponderous atimes but he defended well enough.

Patrice Evra 6.5 He was very good going forward and his pace gets him out of trouble at the back. He was able to deal with Dirk Kuyt and he did get behind Arbeloa during attacks.

Emanuel Vidic 6.5 He was able to cope with the threat of Torres by fair and foul means but he was very solid and very little went past him.

Rio Ferdinand 6 He did commit some mistakes but thankfully from his point of view they were not fatal and he too was able to cope with the menace of Torres.

Michael Carrick 6 He was solid more than spectacular as he was able to control the midfield with some good tackling and passes but was sloppy with the ball in the 2nd half when he was giving the ball away cheaply.

Paul Scholes 6 He was not at his best and in truth he is seems to be past his sell-by date as he does not control United's midfield as he used to and his goal scoring ratio and indeed attempts have gone down this season. He did provide a good pass to Rooney that led to the opening goal.

Anderson 5.5 He had a mixed bag king of game as he made countless awful decisions as regards when to shoot and when to pass the ball. The fact that Liverpool were reduced to 10 men and he was given freedom to roam did not work in his favor as he looked limited in the attacking 3rd of the pitch.

Cristiano Ronaldo 5.5 He may have scored a goal with his head but he was disappointing yet again against decent opposition. He seemed to be hiding on the pitch in the 1st half and when he got into decent positions as he did on a couple of occasions, he fluffed his lines with poor attempts at goal. He also went down too easy on a number of occasions.

Wayne Rooney 7 He was perhaps United most effective player as he gave Jamie Carragher a torrid time with his runs off the ball. He created 2 goals, made some opportunities for himself and gave a tireless display throughout. His play though was not always with quality but he did give quantity.

Ryan Giggs 5.5 He did not really offer much in the whole game but his experience in these kinds of games was vital.

Substitutes

Carlos Tevez 6 He came on and added a lot of zip to the United attack and was lively throughout his brief cameo.

Nani 6 He took his goal very well following a good run and pass from Rooney as he took out a Liverpool defender and placed an unstoppable shot beyond Reina to make it 3-0

Alex Ferguson 7.5 His substitutions were positive and had the desired effect in the 2nd half.

Liverpool

Beppe Reina 5 This is a game he would like to forget but Liverpool goalkeepers seem to have bad games against United as he had a couple of howlers that led to goals and another couple of mistakes that might have been punished on another day.

Alvaro Arbeloa 6 He was 1 of the better players for Liverpool as he was composed at the back and tried to join the attack when he could but could not cope with the likes of Rooney and Evra running behind him.

Jamie Carragher 5 He was not at his best and could so easily have given away an early penalty against Rooney and a late 1 against Ronaldo as in both cases he did not get the ball. He was run ragged by Rooney throughout and if Mascherano was booked for dissent then he too should have as on more than 1 occasion he seemed to be mouthing off.

Martin Skrtel 5 He too had a torrid time at the back as he could nothing about the runnings behind him.

Fabio Aurelio 5 He wasted a good chance in the 1st half when he should have picked out a teammate but decided to blast the ball wide off the mark. He did very little else in the game afterwards.

Javier Mascherano 4 He possibly cost his side 3 points with his 1 moment of madness.

Xavi Alonso 5.5 He tried to keep his team ticking with some good passes and trying to block off United attacks but with Mascherano sent off, it became harder.

Steven Gerrard 5 It is said he goes missing in big games and he did so again here as even when Liverpool were with 10 men he was non-existent with 1 shot at goal, his only note-worthy contribution in the 1st half. He had to help out the midfield in the 2nd half but with little success.

Ryan Babel 5 He caused a few problems with his pace in the 1st half but his final ball let him down. He did not really do much in the 2nd half.

Fernando Torres 6 He tried manfully to take the attack to United but to little avail.

Dirk Kuyt 6 He did all his best work in defence and did not let his team down in terms of quantity.

Substitute

Yossi Benayoun 5 He did not really add much to Liverpool's attack but that was not his fault.

Rafa Benitez 5 It seems that he is good at stopping the opponents from playing well but not so good at opening up his opponents as when Mascherano went off, Liverpool offered every little even though United were not playing that well until their 2nd goal.

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