English Premier League

Liverpool vs Man United 2021-22 English Premier League

  • 5': Luis Díaz
  • 22': Mohamed Salah
  • 68': Sadio Mané
  • 85': Mohamed Salah
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4 - 0

Liverpool thrash Manchester United to leapfrog Manchester City in Premier League

Liverpool ran roughshod over Manchester United at Anfield on Tuesday night, with their win seeing them move into first in the Premier League.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester United 0. Luis Díaz (Liverpool) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah.
  • 10': Substitution, Manchester United. Jesse Lingard replaces Paul Pogba because of an injury.
  • 22': Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sadio Mané.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Liverpool 2, Manchester United 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Manchester United. Jadon Sancho replaces Phil Jones.
  • 68': Goal! Liverpool 3, Manchester United 0. Sadio Mané (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luis Díaz following a fast break.
  • 70': Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Luis Díaz.
  • 80': Substitution, Liverpool. Naby Keïta replaces Thiago.
  • 84': Substitution, Manchester United. Hannibal Mejbri replaces Anthony Elanga.
  • 85': Goal! Liverpool 4, Manchester United 0. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diogo Jota with a through ball.
  • 85': Naby Keïta (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 86': Substitution, Liverpool. James Milner replaces Fabinho.
  • 88': Hannibal Mejbri (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: English Premier League

Venue: Anfield
Location: Liverpool, England
Attendance: 52,686

English Premier League Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+46 Arsenal 28 64 4
+39 Liverpool 28 64 2
+35 Manchester City 28 63 3
+18 Aston Villa 29 56 7
Full Table

Statistics

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6 Fouls 3
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 3
2 Corner Kicks 10
1 Saves 1
28.4 Possession 71.6
2 SHOTS 14
1 ON GOAL 5
0.5 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
260 Accurate Passes 818
354 Passes 897
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 4
6 Crosses 17
0.3 Cross % 0.2
44 Long Balls 59
14 Accurate Long Balls 34
0.3 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 3
14 Effective Tackles 11
22 Tackles 15
0.6 Tackle % 0.7
16 Interceptions 10
16 Effective Clearances 6
16 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

LIV Liverpool (4-3-3)

No. Name
1 Alisson Becker (GK)
4 Virgil van Dijk
32 Joël Matip
26 Andy Robertson
66 Trent Alexander-Arnold
3 Fabinho
6 Thiago Alcantara
14 Jordan Henderson
10 Sadio Mané
23 Luis Díaz
11 Mohamed Salah

MAN Manchester United (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
1 David de Gea (GK)
4 Phil Jones
5 Harry Maguire
2 Victor Lindelöf
31 Nemanja Matic
6 Paul Pogba
20 Diogo Dalot
29 Aaron Wan-Bissaka
10 Marcus Rashford
36 Anthony Elanga
18 Bruno Fernandes Yellow Card

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