And Jurgen Klopp’s team is in crisis.

Protest

It was hot even before the game, as might be expected from Manchester United’s start of the season. And there – two defeats in the first two rounds. Also, from Brentford (0: 4) and Brighton (1: 2), who, against the background of Liverpool, do not impress with their names. It was scary to imagine what to expect from meeting Jurgen Klopp’s team. And the fans did not wait for the result, deciding already before the start of the match to express their protest against the hosts Manchester United again.

They did a proper march through the stadium, singing chants against the Glazer family. The parade gathered thousands of fans, whose requests have been known for some time. They ask the American family to separate from the club and hand it over to the owners who will be more attentive to the history, present and future of the team in need of reform.

Strengthened the fury of the fans who to acquire Manchester United there is real interest. In particular, The richest man in Britain wants it, Sir Jim Ratcliffe. This was confirmed by his spokesperson in an interview with the Times earlier this month. Former captain Manchester United Roy Keane also supports the idea of ​​changing the owner of the club:
“Many people say that the fans Manchester United dissatisfied with the owners because the club hasn’t won any trophies in recent years. But they weren’t happy with the Glazer family from day one. It goes on and on and it seems like there is no end. The fans are disappointed. “

This time there were no hard fights with the police or Liverpool fans. They seem to understand all the pain of their Manchester United colleagues, but that hasn’t distracted them from the principled rivalry.

You need to be better

Let’s talk about Manchester United no matter the start of the seasontalking about the defeats of Brighton and Brentford, talking about a complete failure in the center of the field, about shortcomings in the transfer campaign, which dragged on and overlapped with the start of the season, so we have to build a team already during the championship.
But Liverpool’s position isn’t much better when it comes to a completely different level of challenges. After all, a head-to-head title race against Manchester City is expected for the “Reds”. Meanwhile, it turns out that Jurgen Klopp gives Josep Guardiola a crazy edge. Last season’s championship contender does not know any victories yet. True, unlike Manchester United does not know defeat.

But the draws with Fulham (2: 2) and Crystal Palace (1: 1) can hardly be called acceptable results, while Manchester City and Tottenham already have five points clear of Liverpool and “Arsenal – seven points. There are concentration problems. , of individual errors and injuries. As always, several factors overlap. So in a match between Manchester United and Liverpool, both teams were fighting for their first league win and an attempt to right a bad state of affairs.

Take off in one motion

Indeed, against the background of Liverpool, the situation Manchester United did not seem critical and the alignment of forces after this match confirms it. Now, after all, United are above the Merseysiders. Eric ten Hag’s team has three points against two of the Reds. Victory could be the key to the flow of the entire season.

Ten Hag has drawn several conclusions that can play a decisive role. She refused to save Maguire’s reputation and the money that was paid for him. Harry has long been the target of ridicule, with coaches trying to cover him up and make it clear that they still have faith in the center-back. It looks like it’s over. Varane and Martinez begin, while Maguire is left on the bench. And Rafael and Lisandro played a very good game overall, helping their team more than once. Somehow I even believed in the reliability of the defense Manchester Unitedwhich hasn’t been for long.

Also, in the center of the field, ten Hags abandoned the link, which received the derisive name “MacFred”. Eriksen composed a couple of McTominays and while he didn’t look great, there were at least no critical mistakes in the middle of the pitch. And as if relying on these corrections in the rear, the attack Manchester United played quite differently, bringing the long-awaited result.

Sancho and Elanga finally began to justify the advances that had been made, and Rashford dusted off his boots and ran. The debut of the match was for United, and quite unequivocally. The score could have been opened as early as the tenth minute, but Elanga hits the post. And six minutes later Sancho took the home side ahead, responding to Elangi’s away match. By the way, immediately after the goal there was a not very nice episode between Milner and van Dijk. James yelled at his teammate, believing he was too passive in fighting Jadon when he scored a goal.
To restore more or less the game “Liverpool” managed only towards the end of the first half. At that point Manchester United he could have scored more, but risked making a mistake just before half-time, which could have turned the tide of the match. Fortunately, in the hustle and bustle around De Gea, Martinez was on the line, where the ball flew. He has already played better than Maguire in most of the games.

And at the beginning of the second half the classic counterattack bet worked. Rashford turned on the runner and felt the moment with the confusion of Liverpool defenders, escaping on a penetrating pass from Martial. Consequently – 2: 0, and the deplorable position of the Reds, who were able to crystallize their further semblance of domination only in Salah’s door. Manchester United rises at the same time from the starting area in 14th placeand Liverpool are 16 and can speak of a decline.

Numbers

Liverpool owned the ball 70 percent of the time during the match. But that doesn’t allow us to talk about his gaming advantage. Manchester United clearly built a counterattack model. Although he has scored 14 to 17 shots for the Reds, the number of shots on target is roughly the same: 5 on 4 in favor of Liverpool. At the same time, in the first half, Liverpool never hit the target, inflicting seven hits. Only two of United’s three passes were accurate, while the Reds’ figure was 84%.

Salah scored 10 goals Manchester United in Liverpool. This is a record figure in the history of confrontation between these clubs. Gerrard scored nine goals, as did Wall and Turnbull, who represented United.
Rashford hasn’t scored in 17 straight games. Prior to this goal against Liverpool, Marcus was famous for scoring against West Ham in January of this year.

Liverpool have not lost in 21 Premier League matches. Now the series, which lasted from December 28, 2021, has been discontinued. During this period, the Reds have drawn five times and won 16 times. The last club a Premier League beat Liverpool in Manchester Unitedit was Leicester.

I haven’t won 8 games in a row so far Manchester United to Liverpool. United last won in March 2018. Since then, Liverpool have won five times, drawn three times.

For the first time since 2012, Liverpool have not won 3 straight games at the start of the league. That season the Reds only managed to win in the sixth round, and in the end they took Premier League only seventh place.