MANCHESTER. Manchester United beat Liverpool to win 2-1. It was Manchester United to strike first with a goal of J. Sancho at the 16′. Then M. Rashford scored again for Manchester United in the 53′ minute. Eventually, M. Salah reduced the distance for Liverpool (81′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Liverpool was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (70%).​

The match was played at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester on Monday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michael Oliver with the collaboration of Stuart Burt and Simon Bennett. The 4th official was John Brooks. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liverpool had a strong ball possession 70% while Manchester United was struggling with a 30% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liverpool was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Manchester United succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Manchester United shot 12 times, 4 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Liverpool shot 17 times, 5 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Manchester United received 3 yellow cards (R. Varane, D. Dalot and B. Fernandes). Talking about the opposition, Liverpool received 1 yellow card (T. Alexander-Arnold).

Standings

After playing this match, Manchester United has 0 points to occupy the 19th place in the standings. Talking about the opposition, Liverpool stays with 2 points (15th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester United will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 13th of May with a 11-4 head to head record in favor of Manchester United (4 draws).

Liverpool will play away agasint Leicester City on the 13th of May with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Liverpool (3 draws).

Manchester United – Formation

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

The manager Erik ten Hag decided to play with the following team: David De Gea (7.4), Diogo Dalot (7.0), Raphaël Varane (6.9), Lisandro Martínez (7.3), Tyrell Malacia (6.8), Christian Eriksen (6.7), Scott McTominay (6.8), Jadon Sancho (7.7), Bruno Fernandes (7.5), Anthony Elanga (6.8) and Marcus Rashford (7.2).

The home team had on the bench: Tom Heaton, Harry Maguire, Donny van de Beek (6.6), Alejandro Garnacho, Aaron Wan-Bissaka (6.4), Fred (6.8), Luke Shaw, Anthony Martial (7.2) and Cristiano Ronaldo (6.8).

Substitutions

Manchester United made 5 changes: A. Elanga for A. Martial (46′), J. Sancho for Fred (71′), C. Eriksen for D. van de Beek (86′), M. Rashford for C. Ronaldo (86′) and D. Dalot for A. Wan-Bissaka (86′).

Best player: Jadon Sancho​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester United was Jadon Sancho.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 22 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 4.

Liverpool – Formation

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

Jürgen Klopp played with: Alisson (6.8), Trent Alexander-Arnold (7.3), Joe Gomez (6.8), Virgil van Dijk (7.0), Andrew Robertson (6.5), Harvey Elliott (6.2), Jordan Henderson (7.0), James Milner (6.8), Mohamed Salah (7.5), Roberto Firmino (6.9) and Luis Díaz (6.2).

These were the players on the bench: Konstantinos Tsimikas (6.6), Harvey Davies, Bobby Clark, Adrián, Fabio Carvalho (6.6), Nathaniel Phillips, Stefan Bajčetić, Fabinho (7.0) and Sepp van den Berg.

Substitutions

Liverpool made 3 changes: J. Henderson for Fabinho (59′), J. Milner for F. Carvalho (73′) and A. Robertson for K. Tsimikas (85′).

Best player: Mohamed Salah​

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

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Manchester United – Liverpool – 2-1