What Manchester United did at full-time speaks volumes and Liverpool won't be happy
A goalless draw used to be the minimum acceptable requirement for Manchester United against Liverpool at Anfield. Not so much these days, it seems. Now, it is celebrated, in fact.
It's a sign of the times that the 3,000 strong United supporters in the lower end of the newly-expanded Anfield Road were left to sing about their love for the club while the players in the away shirts saluted them with hearty rounds of applause. For Erik ten Hag and his embattled, beleaguered and admittedly injury-hit squad, this felt like a win. A big one at that.
That will be no consolation for Liverpool, however, whose reality was a sobering one after much pre-match talk of United’s last two visits here, where they shipped a combined total of 11. The 100% home record s over in meek, regrettable fashion.
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For those of a certain vintage, United used to be the team that sauntered down the M62 in possession of some of the greatest players on the continent. From Roy Keane, the 'Class of 92' and Ruud van Nistelrooy through to Wayne Rooney, Carlos Tevez and Cristiano Ronaldo; United have always had box-office names. So it might have jarred to see Ten Hag arrive with a midfield three of on-loan carthorse Sofyan Amrabat, the unremarkable Scott McTominay and teenage fledgling Kobbie Mainoo. The fact that a 20-year-old novice in Rasmus Hojlund led the line also spoke volumes.
But while the stellar names might not have been dotted evenly across both teams, Liverpool can have few complaints as they huffed and puffed without ever really overworking the underfire Andre Onana. The Cameroon keeper’s
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