6 ▁years . ▁Liverpool ▁had ▁also ▁been ▁struggling ▁with ▁inj uries , ▁with ▁Steven ▁G err ard , ▁Glen ▁Johnson ▁and ▁Fernando ▁Tor res ▁all ▁doubt ful ▁for ▁the ▁starting ▁line - up . ▁G err ard ▁was ▁eventually ▁de emed ▁not ▁fit ▁to ▁play , ▁but ▁Johnson ▁and ▁Tor res ▁both ▁started , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Spanish ▁stri ker ▁who ▁opened ▁the ▁scoring ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 5 th ▁minute . ▁Y os si ▁Ben ay oun , ▁in ▁the ▁side ▁as ▁G err ard ' s ▁deput y , ▁played ▁a ▁through - ball ▁to ▁Tor res , ▁who ▁out p ac ed ▁N eman ja ▁V idi ć ▁before ▁sh ru gg ing ▁off ▁the ▁challenge ▁of ▁Rio ▁Ferdinand ▁and ▁shooting ▁past ▁Van ▁der ▁Sar ▁from ▁a ▁narrow ing ▁angle . ▁A ▁few ▁minutes ▁later , ▁Michael ▁O wen ▁was ▁brought ▁on ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁Dim itar ▁Ber bat ov ▁to ▁a ▁ch orus ▁of ▁bo os ▁from ▁the ▁An field ▁crowd , ▁but ▁the ▁former ▁Liverpool ▁man ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁turn ▁the ▁game ▁in ▁United ' s ▁favour . ▁He ▁did ▁manage ▁to ▁draw ▁a ▁f oul ▁by ▁Jam ie ▁Car rag her ▁on ▁the ▁edge ▁of ▁the ▁Liverpool ▁penalty ▁area , ▁for ▁which ▁Car rag her ▁received ▁a ▁yellow ▁card , ▁although ▁there ▁were ▁suggestions ▁that ▁the ▁Liverpool ▁captain ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁man ▁and ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁sent ▁off . ▁V idi ć ▁was ▁book ed ▁for ▁an ▁unnecessary ▁f oul ▁on ▁Tor res ▁in ▁the ▁