Manchester United held Liverpool to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon to blow open the Premier League title race.
The result means that Arsenal lead the standings over Liverpool on goal difference, while reigning Champions Manchester City are just one point behind with seven games left.
In what was a fast start from both sides, the hosts had the ball in the back of the net after just over a minute when Alejandro Garnacho rounded Caoimhin Kelleher in the Liverpool goal.
However, it was ruled out as the Argentine winger had strayed offside by a few yards making his initial run. Just seconds later, Andre Onana made a brilliant stop to deny Dominik Szoboszlai with the Hungarian placing his shot from inside the box.
Liverpool spurs golden chances
Both Szoboszlai and Darwin Nunez had two brilliant opportunities to open the scoring as Liverpool dominated proceedings, taking advantage of a sloppy United midfield. The visitors finally drew first blood in the 23rd minute when Luis Diaz acrobatically scored from Nunez’s header from the near post.
It was nothing short of what Jurgen Klopp’s deserved and the German manager would surely be furious with his team not having scored two or more as United were outplayed in every blade of the grass.
United restored parity just six minutes after the restart when Jarrel Quansah gave the ball away following a howler. Bruno Fernandes latched on to the loose ball and the Portuguese lobbed Kelleher from long distance with the Liverpool custodian caught in no man’s land.
United did improve in the following stages and took the lead on the day fifteen minutes later. After Casemiro cleared the ball in midfield, Aaron Wan-Bissaka played it to Kobbie Mainoo as the latter spun away to lose his marker and leash an unstoppable right-footed curler into the back of the net.
Eric ten Hag’s side definitely looked comfortable after taking the lead as they restricted Liverpool from getting…
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Author : Tamojit Chakraborty
Publish date : 2024-04-07 17:51:59
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