A crestfallen Alexis Mac Allister dropped to his haunches on the closing whistle. Harvey Elliott lay on the turf and pounded it together with his fists. Mohamed Salah’s late penalty could have salvaged a share of the spoils for Liverpool, however there could possibly be no sugar-coating this as some extent gained.
Jurgen Klopp’s aspect arrived at Old Trafford on a mission to avenge their agonising FA Cup exit three weeks earlier. They left with a painful sense of deja vu and a sizeable dent of their Premier League title ambitions.
Once once more they had been their very own worst enemy as their wastefulness within the closing third cost them dearly. Once once more their dominance wasn’t mirrored within the scoreline as they carelessly squandered the chance to regain high spot from Arsenal.
Liverpool had 28 photographs to Manchester United’s 9 and, in keeping with Opta, seven huge possibilities to United’s one, whereas the anticipated targets (xG) whole was 3.59 to 0.71 of their favour. Put merely, they made an absolute mess of it. Here is how – and what they’ll do about it.
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