Liverpool vs. Manchester United (the Rivalry of Rivalries)

(The Guardian) 52 min: Two brilliant goals from Gakpo, who now looks a bargain at £35m. Suddenly, the revolution at Manchester United doesn’t look quite so assured. And you can’t blame the Glazer family for United’s full-backs and defensive midfielder having a collective meltdown, can you?

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54 min: Manchester United want a penalty. Chaotic scenes in the Liverpool box, as Alisson loses the ball at his feet, and then reaches down and looks to fell Bruno. No, Bruno’s leg was nowhere near the hand. A let-off, and a Liverpool player’s turn to lose concentration.

(The Guardian) 56 min: It could have been four. Robertson wafts the ball past De Gea but wide of the post after Gakpo digs out the ball. United, at the moment, are an absolute rabble. Anfield has been one step too far for them.

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58 min: Konate heads a corner down and just wide as Fred and Weghorst go off and McTominay and Garnacho come on in an attempt to right the ship before any time of rescue can take place.

Graeme Souness’ smuggery levels in post-match could be off the scale. A big call that Liverpool would win this one looking fully vindicated. The real football men just know, don’t they?

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool with Manchester United's Luke Shaw. Photograph: John Powell/Liverpool FC/Getty Images


Cody Gakpo of Liverpool celebrates after scoring a goal to make it 3-0 against Manchester United. Photograph: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA/Getty Images

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(The Guardian) 64 min: McTominay lunges in on Gakpo, and it’s studs up. He’s booked but it may well have been red. And he was the player brought on to calm things down.

(The Guardian) 68 min: We’re in heads gone territory here. Luke Shaw and Nunez clash and it briefly looks as if punches are imminent. Shaw – just – calms down, and Nunez is becalmed too. Shaw was the agitator, and United players need to make sure they don’t pick up suspensions.

To the United players I say...