'A formula has finally been found' - national media react to Man Utd tactics in beating Liverpool

Liverpool's hopes of an unlikely quadruple are over after a 4-3 defeat to Manchester United in the FA Cup.

The Reds were edged out in a quarter-final classic at Old Trafford, despite having twice led at the home of their arch-rivals.

Scott McTominay scored a 10th-minute opener before the Reds responded at the end of the first half through Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah. After failing to make their second-half superiority count though, United levelled late on through to Anthony to take the game to extra time.

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Harvey Elliott made it 3-2 to the visitors before Marcus Rashford and Amad Diallo struck in the final minutes of the 120 to seal a famous Cup win for Erik ten Hag.

The ECHO was there, as ever, to provide player ratings, match verdict and analysis. Our colleagues from the national media were also on hand to provide their own takes.

Daniel Storey, The i: "Manchester United almost never occupy the middle ground, literally and metaphorically. So much of their glorious nonsense is about the midfield and its absence. Fernandes and McTominay are perennially desperate to push forward in superhero mode so that they can overpower teams when they get a head of steam. And then their opponent breaks on them and realises that there is nobody at home.

"This is not necessarily how you produce a good football team, but it does tend to produce a doozy of a contest. For at least 30 minutes in the second half, more or less beginning after Mainoo’s gesture, this was pinball football, a banterous mess of