Man Utd ended Liverpool's unbeaten run

Manchester United did it again!

Two years back it was Arsenal's 52-match unbeaten run, few months back it was Chelsea's 40-match run, and last night it was Liverpool's 12-match run. Rio Ferdinand powered in a header from a Ryan Giggs free kick in injury-time to complete this memorable hat-trick.

United started with Giggs and O'Shea in midfield following a string of injuries and the departure of Keane. The partnership never quite gelled as Liverpool continued to press forward and dominated most of the play. Gerrard provided the played the pass of the match, bending the ball with the outside of his right foot to release Cisse, who managed miserably with the great opportunity, to my delight. Cisse then blasted over with the goal at his mercy, despite being unmarked from six yards out. This came after a goal line clearance by Ferdinand.

Yesterday's goal was also Ferdinand's third in three weeks, after a 140-match drought. Scoring a goal and clearing one off the line marked an overall exceptional performance from the £29.1million defender. He even looked great playing in the midfield against Burton in the FA Cup tie.

Rooney also had a few brilliant run during the game and was unlucky to get his powerful shot inches wide from more than twenty-yards out. Rooney was everywhere during the game - left back, right back, central midfield and up front. This was a stark contrast to Van Nistelrooy who was hardly in the game.

Despite the win, United's midfield will still be Fergie's headache as the midfield was mostly controlled by Alonso, Gerrard and Sissoko. United also owe the victory to Cisse for his unforgivable miss. Perhaps Fergie can try out Giggs and Rooney in the middle to bring out the best of what United has at the moment.

Nevertheless, a win over Liverpool is always sweet, no matter how it happened. Chelsea's draw with Charlton made the victory even sweeter.