Most Exciting PL Games: 1
Few will be surprised that this comprehensive win at Old Trafford triumphs as No. 1 in our countdown of LFC's 100 Most Exciting PL Games.
LFC's Most Exciting PL Games No.1: March 14, 2009. Man United 1-4 Liverpool.
Liverpool kept their title dream alive with an outstanding display against Manchester United as Rafa Benitez secured his 100th league win in charge of the Reds.
The visitors were without the injured Xabi Alonso, and were rocked further when Alvaro Arbeloa injured his hamstring in the warm up, forcing Sami Hyypia to lace his boots at the last minute.
Benitez's side fell behind to a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty, but levelled things up just four minutes later when Fernando Torres raced onto Martin Skrtel's long ball upfield and took advantage of Nemanja Vidic's slip to slot the ball past Edwin van der Sar.
Steven Gerrard turned the game on its head on the stroke of half time, first winning Liverpool a penalty of their own after being clumsily challenged by Patrice Evra, then stepping up to take the kick and give the Reds the lead going into half-time.
Vidic's afternoon got worse as he was sent off for a foul on Gerrard. Any hopes of a United comeback were dashed as Fabio Aurelio curled the resulting free-kick past a hapless Van der Sar before Andrea Dossena completed the scoring in stoppage time, running onto Pepe Reina's long punt upfield and lobbing the ball over the Dutch stopper to seal a famous 4-1 victory for the Reds.