Good afternoon and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text coverage of a what promises to be a mouthwatering clash between English football's two most successful clubs - Liverpool versus Manchester United at Anfield.

Gerrard whips it into the danger area but Vidic is there to get a big header on it and clear the area.

Coutinho with some great skills to dance beyond Giggs twice before being shoved to the floor by Van Persie. Free-kick to Liverpool on the left, 35 yards from goal.

United are pressing and history would suggest they will create plenty of chances here. STAT: United have failed to score in ONLY three of the last 17 league visits in front of the Kop and have found the net in all but two of the last 12.

STAT ALERT: Only twice in the Premier League era have Liverpool won their opening three games of a Premier League campaign - in 1993-94 and 1994-95.

CHANCE! United are knocking on the door. Welbeck turns in the area and looks certain to level until a last-ditch challenge by Glen Johnson denies him. Jose Enrique completes the clearance, pinching the ball away from Van Persie on the follow up.

Gerrard attempts a 40-yard ball out to the left wing. Poor attempt by the England skipper. goal kick to United.

HALF CHANCE! The low corner from the left is dummied at the near post by Michael Carrick and goes through a whole host of players before brushing off the toe of Van Persie, who can't react in time to get a shot away.

Young delivers a low, testing ball towards Vidic. Well defended by Liverpool. Corner to United.

United win a free-kick on the left, deep in Liverpool territory. Young and Giggs over it.

Welbeck shifts the ball into the space just outside the area and flashes in a shot that Mignolet does well to hold at the first time of asking.

PHOTO: The Kop's Shankly mosaic prior to kick off.

Coutinho fizzes one wide from 25 yards. Bright start from Liverpool.

STAT ALERT: Sturridge has become only the second Reds player to score in each of the opening THREE Premier League games of a season. The last man to achieve the feat was Robbie Fowler in 1994-95.

CHANCE FOR UNITED! The visitors almost level immediately. A right-wing free-kick is headed back across goal towards Van Persie, who flashes an overhead volley over the bar.

Sturridge marking his 24th birthday with his third league goal of the season.

GOAL! Liverpool 1-0 Man United. Gerrard's right-wing corner is flicked on by Agger for Sturridge to nod home from close range. What a start at Anfield!

Young loses possession to Jordan Henderson who harries the ball to Sturridge on the right of the area. The striker shoots but sees it deflected to safety. Corner ball.

United straight on the attack. Agger heads a cross from the left only as far as Giggs. The veteran midfielder teases a ball in to the near post but Simon Mignolet is there to gather.

KICK OFF! Man Utd get us underway attacking the Kop.

And a minute of applause to mark the occasion. LFC fans singing their former manager's name.

The teams are out and we are just minutes away from kick off. Liverpool marking 100 years since Bill Shankly's birth (tomorrow) with a Kop mosaic. Can they do it with a win? Or will Moyes grab that first success at Anfield?