jordan henderson had never been beaten as liverpool captain he had won eight, drawn one, and lost none, yet sod's law dictated that record had to be ended by their great rivals liverpool lacked a leader in the first half, prompting brendan rodgers to bring steven gerrard on at half time, and henderson handed him the armband, as per no sooner had gerrard put it on his left bicep than he had to give it back, as he was sent off after just 38 seconds, and his deputy led liverpool in their first barclays premier league defeat of 2015 jordan henderson had a tough afternoon as captain as manchester united inflicted his first defeat as skipper  steven gerrard receives a red card after just 38 seconds in the second half after coming off the bench  the sent off  gerrard throws the captain's armband to henderson after being sent off early in the second half  henderson gets the armband back after relinquishing it to gerrard for just 38 seconds of the second half  it was in june 2012 that henderson received criticism, namely from joey barton, after being selected in england's squad in place of the injured frank lampard 'if henderson got in,' barton wrote, 'any englishman not currently in the squad has to feel aggrieved' sir alex ferguson echoed that in 2013, writing in his book that the midfielder ran from the knees henderson is a different animal these days, however thierry henry deems his transformation 'truly unbelievable', while england manager roy hodgson calls it 'meteoric' he has grown into a leader and was preferred in the starting xi to gerrard   the man that scored twice and celebrated by kissing the camera at old trafford in march 2014 yet that authority was absent amid a dire first 45 minutes united, with angel di maria on the bench, were all over the team that had not been beaten in the premier league since december 14 by the 20th minute, liverpool had one shot to their name   an effort from daniel sturridge that never troubled david de gea the visitors had 648 per cent possession, too one sided, to say the least henderson was captain of liverpool on sunday as they lost against their great rivals united  daniel sturridge (from left to right), philippe coutinho and captain henderson kick off after a united goal  henderson battles with marouane fellaini for the ball during liverpool's premier league defeat at anfield  henderson's heat map shows his involvement was patchy against united at anfield on sunday  click here for stats, heat maps and more from sportsmail's match zone service  even by the 30th minute, goalkeeper simon mignolet had more touches than henderson it wasn't working against louis van gaal's quite brilliant team, and a change was needed liverpool had lost the four previous games in the premier league when trailing by half time, and gerrard emerged from the tunnel, kitted with the captain's armband already on his stamp on ander herrera meant they would be the underdogs for some 44 minutes, and henderson could sense his unbeaten record  was about to end liverpool, to their credit, battled like a team that had not been beaten since late 2014 yet  it was too little, too late, even after daniel sturridge gave them a glimpse of hope that goal in the 69th minute was their first shot on target, but they could not find a second henderson, then, has become gerrard's natural replacement, and will be required for the next three games against arsenal, blackburn rovers and newcastle united in his absence liverpool captain gerrard's stamp on ander herrera saw him sent off at anfield after just 38 seconds  gerrard gave the armband back to henderson as he was sent off against liverpool's great rivals united  gerrard's heat map against united as liverpool failed to get into the champions league race 
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jordan henderson had never been beaten as liverpool captain . he handed the armband to steven gerrard who came on  at half time . gerrard was sent off after just 38 seconds for a stamp on ander herrera . henderson was handed the armband back and led the 10 man team . daniel sturridge's goal in the 69th minute was liverpool's first on target . liverpool 1 2 manchester united: juan mata double settles the match 