MANCHESTER. Liverpool had an adventurous win over Manchester United. The hero of the match was who scored in the 50th, 45th, 38th, 13th and 5th minute. Liverpool was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor who was helped by Gary Beswick and Lee Betts. The 4th official was Mike Dean. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13 degrees Celsius or 55.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool was in firm control of the ball 64% while Manchester United was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was more aggressive with 40 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Liverpool won the match.​

Manchester United shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Liverpool shot 19 times, 8 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 6 yellow cards (H. Maguire, B. Fernandes, A. Wan-Bissaka, Fred, C. Ronaldo and L. Shaw). Regarding the opposition, Liverpool didn’t receive any yellow card.

(Manchester United) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (60′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Manchester United will stay with 14 points like Everton, Leicester City and Arsenal to stay in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool will have 21 points to stay in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will play away with Tottenham Hotspur on the 30th of October with a 20-7 head to head stats in favor of Manchester United (8 draws).

Liverpool will host Brighton & Hove Albion on the 30th of October with a 7-1 head to head in favor of Liverpool (1 draw).

Manchester United – Formation

Manchester United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær decided to play with the following team: David De Gea (5.8), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (6.3), Victor Lindelöf (5.8), Harry Maguire (6.4), Luke Shaw (6.3), Scott McTominay (7.1), Fred (6.4), Mason Greenwood (7.0), Bruno Fernandes (6.8), Marcus Rashford (6.5) and Cristiano Ronaldo (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Dean Henderson, Donny van de Beek, Jesse Lingard, Diogo Dalot (6.3), Edinson Cavani (6.6), Paul Pogba (4.6), Nemanja Matić, Jadon Sancho and Eric Bailly.

Substitutions

Manchester United made 3 changes: M. Greenwood for P. Pogba (46′), B. Fernandes for E. Cavani (62′) and M. Rashford for D. Dalot (62′).

Best player: Scott McTominay​

The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester United was Scott McTominay.

His rating is (7.1) with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Liverpool – Formation

Liverpool started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

On the opposite side, Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (7.6), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.9), Ibrahima Konaté (7.5), Virgil van Dijk (7.4), Andrew Robertson (7.6), Naby Keïta (8.4), Jordan Henderson (8.1), James Milner (6.4), Mohamed Salah (9.8), Roberto Firmino (7.1) and Diogo Jota (8.8).

They had on the bench: Curtis Jones (6.5), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (7.1), Sadio Mané (6.2), Joël Matip, Joe Gomez, Divock Origi, Takumi Minamino, Adrián and Konstantinos Tsimikas.

Liverpool could not rely on the presence of C. Jones (injured) and A. Oxlade-Chamberlain (injured).

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: J. Milner for C. Jones (27′), N. Keita for A. Oxlade-Chamberlain (64′) and R. Firmino for S. Mane (76′).

Best player: Mohamed Salah​

The player that probably impressed the most for Liverpool was Mohamed Salah.

His rating is (9.8) with 3 goals, 47 passes (93% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 6. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Brentford – Leicester City – 1-2
• West Ham United – Tottenham Hotspur – 1-0
• Manchester United – Liverpool – 0-5