Manchester United vs Liverpool – hosts hit by injuries as fierce rivals play out stalemate
Re-live coverage as the rivals met at Old Trafford
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Liverpool failed to capitalise on Manchester United's extraordinary string of injury setbacks but Sunday's intense goalless draw was enough to see Jurgen Klopp's men return to the Premier League summit.
The latest battle between English football's two most successful clubs was a typically tense affair as Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's in-form side looked to bolster their top-four chances and give their title-chasing rivals a bloody nose.
United's trio of first-half injuries gave Liverpool the upper hand, yet the visitors failed to exploit those issues and had to make do with a 0-0 draw that puts them a point ahead of Manchester City and in control of the title race.
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Arsenal 2-0 Southampton, 90 minutes
Into three minutes of additional time at the Emirates.
Arsenal moving back into the top four as things stand.
88 minutes
Set-pieces look the most likely route to a late goal, and Luke Shaw concedes one wide on the right, 35 yards from goal.
89 minutes
James Milner's ball in is far too deep, and Scott McTominay gets his head to it first anyway.
90 minutes
So, so close!
Romelu Lukaku curls across and Chris Smalling seems poised to touch home at the far post after Joel Matip wisely ducks out of the way for fear of an own goal, but the centre-half decides not to fully commit to the ball and thus can't reach on the stretch.
That wasn't far away from him at all.
Two added minutes.
Well, it was a game so disrupted by four first half injuries, and it never got going again.
Not one to live long in the memory, and Arsenal's win takes them back above Manchester United into the top four.
Liverpool return to the top of the table, but it is the most slender of margins separating them from Manchester City, and Pep Guardiola's side have the ascendency with regards to goal difference.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer remains unbeaten in the Premier League with Manchester United - a battling point for his side against considerable adversity.
That's all from us here this afternoon, but the football is far from over.
There's the small matter of the Carabao Cup final and the first silverware of the season still to come, and kick-off between Manchester City and Chelsea is less than half-an-hour away at Wembley:
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