Good half. Plenty of tenacity in midfield and with Maguire and Mazraoui. Could have been a lot better if Højlund had taken his chance.
FA Premier League
Liverpool 2:2 Manchester United
Anfield
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- Sun, 5 January 2025 @ 4:30pm GMT
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Yeah, specifically at 1v1s Alisson is probably the best in the world. At the same time, it was a really tame effort from a player with rock bottom confidence.
Should have done like JSL against Spurs the other day, just hammer it towards the top. I think it was pretty much the same spot on the pitch.Mainoo has been great in a lot of areas. He still misplaces piss easy passes though under slight pressure, even on his good games.
You saw his face and he had no idea what to do. It was a hit and hope.
Not sure. We usually only do 1 good half. And since we’ve just had that…Solid first half. With better decision-making and sharper finishing in the final third, we could easily have taken the lead.
That said, I’m not entirely surprised by our performance, despite the pre-game pessimism. Barring the Newcastle match—where we were missing key players—we’ve generally performed well under Amorim. The real issue has been our habit of conceding first due to sloppy mistakes, which has often derailed us. Once that happens, we seem to lack the mentality and, at times, the quality to claw our way back into the game.
Hopefully, we can maintain our discipline in the second half. If we stay focused, the chances will keep coming.
It's good to have a bit of balance to the usual media stuff, where Trent tries about 40 crosses a game and 1 or 2 are actually decent. Yet he's relayed as some sort of new age Beckham.Keane
I'd agree. Does everything in midfield. Hope he keeps disciplined, because another yellow card suspension would be brutal.
You said what other club in the league would take Hojlund as their 1st choice striker. Southampton aren’t in the championship (well not yet anyway). They are in the same league as us.It's not so bad so far. Couple of hairy moments which is to be expected, but there's been times we've looked comfortable too. We've had our chances too though. Huge mistake by Amad being ahead of that cross though. We should be ahead but for that.
Because Alisson storms out and makes himself huge. Basically doing what Alisson is actually really good at. It is a good chance but against Alisson it isnt exactly like missing a sitter. Alisson is one of the best for a reason.
He’s usually good a tweaking things for them at HT
Haha, the Hojlund brigade can't take any criticism, always someone elses fault.Great to see we have turned up. Best effort in a long time.
We rode our luck early on with Liverpool having two clear chances, since then pretty solid and had a few forages into their box but the usual woeful finishing.
Ugarte immense, mainoo looking lively too.
Imagine paying this much for a striker to then let him go on loan to develop. How pathetic is this club
Agree then. Have a good game !
Perhaps weakness link was unfair as Amad and Rasmus have been poor, but his role in CM is a liability defensively. His good moments have come from higher up the pitch.We've become the game raising cnuts we hated Liverpool to be a couple of years ago but fair fecks to the players, they are doing more than decently. Game is cagey though,the longer we can keep them out the more likely a sucker punch.
Most of our games are like this with decent general play, even possession against top teams, dominant against others teams but we can't finish clear chances. Biggest difference so far is no silly errors at the back.
Hard to agree to be honest - why did Hojlund not head for the near post for the Fernandes cross? He carried on behind the defender never once even looking like he would even think that getting in front of the defender might be what was best. He lacks that instinct, that killer movement and touch.
He was a number 8/10 hybrid back then. No one saw this enforcer/deep progressive carrier type coming.My hunch is we end up narrowly losing but there’s plenty of positives and things to be hopeful about. We might even nick a point or a win.I think we can possibly win this with the space Liverpool are leaving in behind. We seem to do well against the bigger teams who come onto us due to the space they leave in behind which works for us due to us being compact in a deeper block. The issue for has been when we play teams who we're expected to beat and take the game to. In that game state we struggle to create chances and the counter attack becomes harder to contain.
Bossed the midfield. The moment he kept hold of the ball whilst having a few players around him.
It does feel that way, just hope that is not the case.
We will need to think about Dalot on a yellow against Salah as well, probably good to bring Malacia just in case. This is Oliver we are talking about, you just know that he will give that red if you give him any chance.Playing well, on the ball very good Ugarte and Mainoo have done great other than a couple of balls in behind them, left side have caused a ton of issues, Hojlund has been bright.
Right side not much, De Ligt a bit sloppy on the ball.
He's been up and down, had moments where his tight control and passing has helped break through presses, and that tackle was sweet. But he is also liable to getting outpaced in midfield because he's just a bit slow. You can see why he's the player he is, he can't rely on sheer speed so has to be cute with the ball in tighter spaces.
Basically yes, Hojlund should have done better but Alisson did excellent and showed why he is such a good goalkeeper.
Exactly. Let's see what he can do under these conditions.
They're bottom with 6 points... they're a Championship side.I’m glad we’re putting in some meaty tackles too without gooning it up. Been tough and aggressive and legal so far.
Maz is a central defender in this system. He just dosen’t have the stamina to play wingback.
Have not been frustrated by bruno. He’s one of the best on the pitch today. Hojlund is frustratingThey started very well and should've scored. We adjusted well and should've scored too. Even game so far.
Impressive footwork in tight spaces and in tight angles. Actually looks like a striker. At only 5.8 and 134 lbs though he may be a bit too light to be as an out and out CF?We have problems as Liverpool runners from midfield into our box are not being tracked all the way.
Hojlund had to score that chance. There was another run he made behind Van Dijk, where Bruno showed him after the play was done that he had to be in front of Van Dijk.
Not sure why Dalot did not play the pass for Amad on the ground. It would've been much easier to finish. It's a shame that we played good, and we have nothing to show for.
We made 14 tackles that half, Liverpool made 0.
Honestly it's frustrating how little of the ball amaf gets, they are blocking that pass constantly.Start of the 2nd half is when we usually concede a lot of goals. Let's hope we can hold on as we know Liverpool will come flying out of the block
Man of the Match
Provisional results
Runners-up
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39%
Bruno Fernandes
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5%
Lisandro Martinez
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3%
Amad Diallo
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2%
Diogo Dalot
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2%
Harry Maguire
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1%
Andre Onana
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1%
Kobbie Mainoo
Player Ratings
Provisional results
Total Average Rating
Highest Rated Player
Lowest Rated Player
Compiled from 333 ratings.
Score Predictions
41,192,12
- Man Utd win
- Liverpool win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 15% Liverpool 4:0 Man Utd
- 15% Liverpool 3:0 Man Utd
- 13% Liverpool 5:0 Man Utd
- 9% Liverpool 1:2 Man Utd
- 7% Liverpool 4:1 Man Utd
- 5% Liverpool 3:1 Man Utd
- 4% Liverpool 9:0 Man Utd
- 4% Liverpool 6:0 Man Utd
- 4% Liverpool 7:0 Man Utd
- 3% Liverpool 2:0 Man Utd
- 3% Liverpool 0:1 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 0:2 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 1:1 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 2:2 Man Utd
- 2% Liverpool 2:1 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 5:1 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 3:2 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 8:0 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 6:1 Man Utd
- 1% Liverpool 2:3 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 0:0 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 1:4 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 9:1 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 5:2 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 3:4 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 1:0 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 4:2 Man Utd
- 0% Liverpool 1:3 Man Utd
Match Stats
- Liverpool
- Man Utd
- Overall possession
- 52.3% 47.7%
- Shots
- 19 13
- Shots on target
- 6 4
- Total touches in the box
- 33 31
- Goalkeeper saves
- 2 4
- Fouls
- 10 13
- Corners
- 6 9
Referee
Michael Oliver
Man Utd Lineup
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