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Harry Maguire missed a glorious chance in injury-time to give Man Utd a win at Anfield in January. Today he took a tougher opportunity – albeit one that was created by a fantastic cross from Bruno Fernandes.
ShareHarry Maguire’s reaction
Yeah it means everything. Listen, they’ve had the better of us over the last three years, we know that, and it’s not been good enough for our club. We haven’t given our fans enough days like today.
It’s been a long time coming, picking up three points at this ground. It’s the old cliche – ‘it’s only three points’ – but it’s definitely not: it means a lot more than that to the club, to the fans and to the boys. It’s for the fans, I hope they have a great night tonight.
[Is Anfield the best place to win for a Man Utd player?] Yeah definitely, without a doubt. We saw the build-up all week: Juan Mata’s goals (in 2015), Wayne’s winning goal (Rooney, in 2016) and I’m sure in a few years they’ll be looking back at my header.
Listen, football’s all about creating memories. We’ll all go home happy but we won’t get carried away – we’re not in a position to get carried away. We need to use this motivation to reach the levels they’ve reached in recent years, because that’s where this club should be at.
The lads have gotta remain calm-headed and make sure we’re ready for Brighton next week. We showed a lot of fight and spirit – we can be better with the ball, we know that – and we need to show that in every game.
You can’t dress up four defeats in a row but you can at least cover their modesty. Okay, you can place them in context. Liverpool conceded winning goals in injury time against Crystal Palace and Chelsea and after 84 minutes today, so it’s not as if – what did we do before metaphor – the wheels have come off as they did with Manchester City a year ago. Not yet anyway.
The last time Man Utd won at Anfield was January 2016, when the world was a very different place and… no, I can’t, it’s too depressing.
Look, it was a long time ago, that’s the key point here.
“Amorim out though, yeah?” writes Joshua Keeling.
Man Utd’s next game, since you asked, is at home to Brighton on Saturday.
Brighton have won their last three games at Old Trafford, so I’ve no idea what would constitute a surprise result in that one.
Updated at 13.41 EDT
The Premier League table
Man Utd are three points off second place – and four of their first eight games were against last season’s top four.
Updated at 13.36 EDT
Liverpool have lost four in a row for the first time since November 2014 and are four points behind Arsenal. They were full of menace at times – Cody Gakpo hit the woodwork three times – and scruffy as hell at others, with Mo Salah a million miles short of his best. Fine margins and all that.
Updated at 13.34 EDT
Harry Maguire pumps his fists and roars with delight, embraces his teammates and then gives Bruno Fernandes a never-ending hug. It’s a huge result for United, the first time they’ve won back-to-back league games under Ruben Amorim and symbolic affirmation of the cautious progress they are starting to make.
Updated at 13.38 EDT
Full time: Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd
Manchester United have won at Anfield!
Manchester United’s Leny Yoro and team-mates celebrate after the Premier League match. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAShare
Updated at 13.32 EDT
90+7 min Kerkez’s dangerous cross is cut out really well by Ugarte, sliding towards his own goal. Gakpo then dummies Wirtz’s low cross, United clear and Cunha is fouled. That’ll eat up another 30 seconds.
90+6 min There are two balls on the pitch so Wirtz gets rid of one to allow Liverpool to continue attacking. Man Utd are camped in their own box.
90+5 min Man Utd are three minutes away from their first win at Anfield in almost a decade.
90+3 min Nothing comes of it and Lammens is able to claim the ball before punting it aimlessly downfield. Back come Liverpool.
90+2 min Cunha heads behind for another Liverpool corner, their 422nd of the game. Szoboszlai’s corner is shanked by both Mbeumo and Dorgu, but there’s enough time for Dorgu to get the ball away.
For about 10 seconds, until Maguire heads behind for another cortner.
90+1 min There will be eight minutes of added time.
Updated at 13.22 EDT
90 min Another superb cross from Frimpong is thighed behind by Dalot at the far post. Lammens comes for the corner and gets enough of it, with Cunha running the ball out of the area to safety.
Updated at 13.20 EDT
88 min A dangerous free-kick from Mbeumo on the left is headed over by De Ligt. That looked a good chance as well, but there’s no time for a replay because Liverpool are back on the attack.
Updated at 13.18 EDT
87 min: Glorious chance for Gakpo!
Frimpong’s first contribution should be an assist. He beats Dorgu on the right and stands up a superb cross to the far post, only for the unmarked Gakpo to flick a header wide from eight yards. What a chance.
Updated at 13.19 EDT
85 min: Liverpool substitution Jeremie Frimpong replaces Mo Salah, who had his worst game against Man Utd in a long time – certainly since Ashley Young pocketed him in March 2018, possibly ever.
Updated at 13.18 EDT
85 min: Double substitution from Man Utd Leny Yoro and Kobbie Mainoo replace Luke Shaw and Bruno Fernandes.
Fernandes fired the corner into Mbeumo, whose shot from the edge of the area was blocked. The ball ricocheted back towards to Fernandes, who instantly sidefooted a brilliant volleyed cross towards the far post. Maguire pulled away from Konate, strained his neck muscles and planted an accomplished header back across Mamardashvili. He made that look far easier than it was.
Updated at 13.58 EDT
GOAL! Liverpool 1-2 Man Utd (Maguire 84)
Harry Maguire Esq. restores Man Utd’s lead!
Harry Maguire of Manchester United scores. Photograph: Carl Recine/Getty ImagesMaguire celebrates. Photograph: Poppy Townson/MUFC/Manchester United/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.32 EDT
83 min Sesko plays a neat pass through to Cunha, who is held up by Szoboszlai. His eventual shot deflects behind from a corner, from which…
82 min Liverpool are attacking with furious intent. There’s still a chance for United to win it, because Liverpool are so open, but at the moment it’s one-way traffic.
80 min If Van Dijk was at fault for Mbeumo’s goal, he made up for it with a superb challenge in the build up to the equaliser.
Incidentally, Jeremie Frimpong was about to replace Gakpo when he scored the equaliser. Frimpong is now sitting down.
Mbeumo was breaking from a Liverpool corner when Van Dijk wrapped his leg around to make an excellent challenge. Ekitike collected the loose ball and made straight for the United area. After a chaotic bit of play, playground stuff, Chiesa drove a low cross from the left side of the area that was turned into the empty net by Gakpo five yards out.
There was a check for offside but Gakpo was clearly onside.
ShareGOAL! Liverpool 1-1 Man Utd (Gakpo 78)
It’s been coming!
Cody Gakpo of Liverpool scores his team’s first goal. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty ImagesShare
Updated at 13.12 EDT
75 min Man Utd have been poor on the ball since Liverpool switched to 4-2-4 in the 62nd minute; at the moment an equaliser looks more likely than a second for United. Jones surges into the area and drives a speculative left-foot shot that is held to his left by Lammens. Comfortable save.
Updated at 13.06 EDT
74 min Jones nicks the ball off Fernandes and pushes it into the area towards Chiesa. His touch is slightly heavy – it wasn’t an easy ball to take – and Shaw makes a crucial, if desperate challenge.
72 min: Liverpool substitution Federico Chiesa replaces Alexander Isak, who had a relatively quiet game. His one big chance was a low shot across goal that Lammens kicked away with his right foot; Isak may feel he should have scored. If the bugger ever answers my WhatsApps, I’ll let you know.
71 min A nervy moment for Lammens. Dalot heads a cross up in the air and back towards his own goal. Lammens almost runs past the ball and has to jump backwards to grab it. All’s well that ends well.
70 min You have to admire Arne Slot for taking this much risk so early in the game. Federico Chiesa is about to come on as well. “He might play centre-back…” chirps Jamie Carragher on commentary.
69 min Ekitike leads a Liverpool break, cutting inside from the left before rifling wide from the edge of the area. That wasn’t a bad chance either.
This game is so open; there’s no chance it will end 1-0.
Updated at 12.59 EDT
68 min “I think Slot’s smart to take Alexis Mac Allister off,” writes Kári Tulinius. “He’s been poor this season and Liverpool play better when he’s off the field. He doesn’t get on the ball as much as he did last season, and when he does, it slows the team down. Last season he was crucial at controlling games once Liverpool had taken the lead, but now he seems indecisive.”
Before the game, Jamie Carragher said he hadn’t been the same since an injury in the second half of last season.
66 min Van Dijk volleys a United cross into the face of Kerkez and over the bar. That could have gone anywhere too.
Share65 min: Great chance for Salah!
Kerkez’s cross from the left evades everyone in the middle – and there were an army of Liverpool players in there – before reaching the unmarked Salah beyond the far post. He controls it deftly but then thrashes wide from six yards as Lammens flies towards him. Salah mishit that completely with his left foot; in his defence there might have been a slightly strange bounce. There’s no time to check because this is now a basketball game.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah reacts after a missed opportunity. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAShare
Updated at 13.03 EDT
64 min Ekitike fires over from distance after a fine run infield from the left, the kind that gets a home crowd going.
63 min Dorgu plays a sharp square pass into the area for Fernandes, whose left-foot shot is well blocked by Konate. These are the revised line-ups.
Liverpool (4-2-4) Mamardashvili; Szoboszlai, Konate, van Dijk, Kerkez; Wirtz, Jones; Salah, Isak, Ekitike, Gakpo.
Man Utd (3-4-2-1) Lammens; De Ligt, Maguire, Shaw; Dalot, Ugarte, Fernandes, Dorgu; Mbeumo, Cunha; Sesko.
62 min: Triple substitution for Liverpool Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Curtis Jones replace Conor Bradley, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister.
Liverpool are going for it – Szoboszlai has moved to right-back, Wirtz is playing in centre midfield.
Updated at 12.54 EDT
61 min: Man Utd substitution Benjamin Sesko replaces Mason Mount, so Cunha will move to No10.