Man Utd vs Liverpool LIVE: Result and final score after Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford goals
Manchester United and Liverpool were both looking for their first win of the season after stuttering starts to their Premier League campaigns
Manchester United beat Liverpool in the Premier League this evening thanks to Jadon Sancho’s early goal and Marcus Rashford’s second-half strike. Mohamed Salah replied late in the day but it was not enough to prevent defeat for the visitors on a memorable night for Erik ten Hag’s side.
The match was preceeded by a protest by United fans: anger among supporters at the ownership of the Glazer family is growing with each passing day and a protest was organised by underground fan group ‘The 1958’ ahead of tonight’s game. They marched from The Tollgate to The Trinity to demonstrate their dissatisfaction with the Glazers and demand that the Americans sell up.
During the build-up to tonight’s match, Sky Sports broadcast an exclusive interview with Man Utd boss Ten Hag, conducted by Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, grilling the Dutchman following the club’s dismal start to the campaign that has seen them outclassed in defeats to Brighton and Brentford. And the manager made a big call this evening by dropping captain Harry Maguire and superstar striker Cristiano Ronaldo to the bench, which was vindicated by the result.
Follow all the latest from the game below:
GOAL! Man Utd 1-0 Liverpool (16’, Sancho)⚽️
16 mins: Manchester United take the lead! It’s a deserved on too.
Anthony Elanga and Christian Eriksen play a one-two that gets the youngest into the left side of the box. He cuts a pass inside to Jadon Sancho who is in bags of space.
Sancho checks back onto his left foot as James Milner slides across him. Alisson dives the wrong way too allowing Sancho to sidefoot the ball home.
Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
15 mins: Manchester United are doing their best to stretch Liverpool’s defence and open up gaps in the final third. Elanga, Rashford and Jadon Sancho have all been alert and quick to close down the ball.
Martinez flicks a pass over the top and looks to play in Elanga. He has to contend with Alexander-Arnold who holds him off and comes away with the ball.
Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
12 mins: Off the post!
Scott McTominay lays a fine through ball up the pitch and Bruno Fernandes races Joe Gomez to the loose ball. Fernandes gets there first and pokes the ball across to Anthony Elanga.
Trent Alexander-Arnold is nowhere to be seen and Elanga has a one-on-one chance with Alisson to score. He curls it around the goalkeeper and rattles the effort into the far post!
Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
9 mins: Christian Eriksen sends in the free kick and wins Man Utd a corner. The home side’s next set piece is easily cleared by Liverpool but this has been a bright start from the Red Devils.
They’re playing with pace and desire.
Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
6 mins: Nearly! James Milner makes a cutting run in between Raphael Varane and Lisandro Martinez and is fed into the box by Roberto Firmino.
Milner looks to turn the towards goal but Dalot and Martinez close him down and barge him off the ball before he can get a shot away.
At the other end of the pitch Marcus Rashford sneaks in behind Trent Alexander-Arnold and draws the right-back into a foul. Free kick to Man Utd.
Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
3 mins: There’s already a few heavy tackles being thrown around in the middle of the pitch much to the delight of the onlooking supporters.
A miscontrolled pass sees Marcus Rashford played in between the two Liverpool centre-backs and he carries the ball into the box before having a shy at goal.
Virgil van Dijk is the nearest man to him and he tracks Rashford into the area before getting in the way of the effort.
Kick off: Man Utd 0-0 Liverpool
Liverpool get the game underway and boot the ball over to the left side of the pitch where it’s easily cleared by the United defence. The visitors work the ball back to Alisson who shifts it over to the opposite side of the pitch to Mo Salah.
Salah looks to bring it under control and is brought down by Lisandro Martinez.
Man Utd vs Liverpool
Here come the players.
Bruno Fernandes leads out the home side with Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo both on the bench. Jordan Henderson returns to captain Liverpool.
The first goal tonight could be a crucial one. If Liverpool score early the wheels could come off quickly for Man Utd.
A worrying sign?
Since Cristiano Ronaldo rejoined Manchester United the club have won more games with him starting than they have with him on the bench.
Is the fact that he’s going to play as a substitute tonight a worrying sign for Erik ten Hag’s men?
More from Ten Hag
Erik ten Hag’s pre-match thoughts also went to new signing Casemiro who joins the club from Real Madrid. Ten Hag says he is very pleased with the midfielder and also touched on some of the decisions he’s made tonight.
“He [Casemiro] is the cement between the stones, that is what we have been looking for in the summer and found him. Very happy with his signing.” said the United boss,
“We have a squad, we have a lot games to cover and it was best to makes these changes for this game.
“Varane is a very experienced player, won everything and will bring the communication in the back four. We want mobility and agility in the back four.
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