The Red Devils managed to take points away from the Merseysiders, who are fighting for the championship title.
“Manchester United” drew with “Liverpool” in the central match of the 32nd round of the English Premier League (EPL). The match at the “Old Trafford” stadium in Manchester ended with a score of 2:2.
Jurgen Klopp’s team took the lead in the middle of the first half – in the 23rd minute Luis Diaz shot the goal after a pass from Darwin Nunez.
The Red Devils equalized immediately after the break. At the 50th minute Bruno Fernandes took advantage of the fact that Jarrell Kwansa gave an inaccurate pass in his own half of the field and with the first touch from a distance threw the ball behind the collar of the visiting goalkeeper Caoimin Kelleher, who went wide of the goal.
In the 67th minute, Erik ten Gag’s wards took the lead. Cobby Maine from the edge of the penalty area he made a great shot into the far “nine”.
However, the “Mancunians” could not hold on to victory. In the 84th minute Mohamed Salah converted a penalty after Aaron Van-Bissaka fouled Harvey Elliott on the left wing of the penalty area.
Review of the match “Manchester United” – “Liverpool”
Thus, “Liverpool” (71 points) lost the leadership in the EPL according to the results of this round. Klopp’s team is now in second place and is inferior to Ukrainian Oleksandr Zinchenko’s “Arsenal” according to additional indicators. Manchester City is one point behind the Gunners and Merseysiders.
“Manchester United” (49 points) is on the sixth step of the English championship.
In the next round, “Liverpool” will host “Crystal Palace” on April 14, and “Manchester United” will play Ukrainian defender Ilya Zabarny against “Bournemouth” on the road a day earlier.
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