The 2003 Football League Cup Final was the final match of the 2002–03 Football League Cup, a football tournament for teams in the Premier League and the Football League. The match was contested by Liverpool and Manchester United at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 2 March 2003. Liverpool won the match 2–0.

Liverpool opened the scoring with a goal from Steven Gerrard in the 39th minute, his shot deflecting off David Beckham. In the second half, Michael Owen sealed the victory when he ran through to score the second in the 86th minute.

[edit] Match details

2 March 2003 15:00	Liverpool	2 – 0	Manchester United	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 74,500 Referee: Paul Durkin (Dorset)
	Gerrard  39' Owen  86'	Report

Liverpool

Manchester United

LIVERPOOL: GK 1 Jerzy Dudek RB 23 Jamie Carragher CB 2 Stéphane Henchoz 13' CB 4 Sami Hyypiä LB 18 John Arne Riise RM 9 El Hadji Diouf 90' CM 16 Dietmar Hamann CM 17 Steven Gerrard LM 13 Danny Murphy CF 10 Michael Owen CF 8 Emile Heskey 61' Substitutes: GK 19 Pegguy Arphexad DF 30 Djimi Traoré MF 25 Igor Bišćan 90' MF 7 Vladimír Šmicer 89' FW 5 Milan Baroš 61' 89' Manager: Gérard Houllier

MANCHESTER UNITED: GK 1 Fabien Barthez RB 2 Gary Neville CB 24 Wes Brown 74' CB 6 Rio Ferdinand LB 27 Mikaël Silvestre RM 7 David Beckham CM 16 Roy Keane CM 4 Juan Sebastián Verón LM 11 Ryan Giggs SS 18 Paul Scholes CF 10 Ruud van Nistelrooy Substitutes: GK 13 Roy Carroll DF 3 Phil Neville MF 8 Nicky Butt MF 22 John O'Shea FW 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær 74' Manager: Alex Ferguson

[edit] Road to Cardiff

[edit] Liverpool