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
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Your support makes all the difference.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:
Fabinho hopes Liverpool pile further misery on Manchester United and Erik ten Hag
Liverpool were five goals to the good and one of their players was urging them forward, calling for more, looking for the sort of scoreline that could really humiliate a beleaguered Manchester United side who were already down to 10 men.
It was, admittedly, hard for them to heed, or indeed hear, his instructions because Fabinho was not barking them from his usual position at the base of the midfield. Perhaps United should be relieved that he was injured, sat at home, shouting at the television.
“I wanted the team to attack more to try and score more goals because we had one more player,” Fabinho said. “But it was the moment where the team tried to control more of the game and to stabilise the ball. As a fan, I wanted the team to score more because it was a big opportunity to do a historic score at Old Trafford, but of course 5-0 was not bad.”
Not bad, in his verdict, was still historic, Liverpool’s largest ever winning margin at United’s home.
Fabinho hopes Liverpool pile further misery on Manchester United and Erik ten Hag
Fabinho was missing for Liverpool’s 5-0 win at their fierce rivals last season but says of their return to Old Trafford: ‘I don’t care if a win pushes them a little bit more into crisis’
Ten Hag explains decision to drop Ronaldo
Erik ten Hag made the decision to start Cristiano Ronaldo from the bench tonight and explained his reasoning by saying: “We know Liverpool are a really good team and you need to press them. You have to do that out of a block and need energy, that is why we went with Rashford, Sancho, Elanga
“I am aware this is the biggest game in the UK, I am very excited to be in this game.”
Alisson moves into the top 10 for Liverpool
Alisson Becker’s start tonight will see him enter Liverpool’s top 10 all-time goalkeeper appearances list.
Protests in full flow
The 1958 group’s protest is in full flow with their march towards the stadium. They’re loud and out in force trying to get their opinions about the club’s ownership heard.
Unlike the protests two years ago during lockdown this one isn’t targeting the players or hindering the start of the match in any way.
Time for a win?
Manchester United have won just one of their last 12 Premier League games against Liverpool and are winless in eight meetings, since a 2-1 win in March 2018.
Klopp’s pre-match thoughts
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, spoke to Sky Sports before kick off saying: “The team I like a lot. We have good options to change, the rest is young and exciting. We are in a good shape.
“We are lucky we could play them in pre-season and you could see 100% what they wanted to do, the way they set up and the press. We expected the changes.
“It is not a perfect start. Performance wise we played two good games and one bad one. Now we are here and well prepared and lets’ go for it. I can’t wait.
“We have problems but we have found solutions and hopefully they work tonight.
“It feels extremely important because it is the start of the season and we don’t want to wait until October until we are 100% in. It is very important.”
Ten Hag makes some big calls
Erik ten Hag’s line-up hints that he has tasked his team to play in a similar way to the Brentford match. He’ll want them to move the ball out from the back before targeting Liverpool’s high line with Rashford, Elanga and Sancho.
That didn’t work out too well against the Bees and Liverpool are arguably a better pressing team. The Man Utd boss has dropped Maguire and Ronaldo with Bruno Fernandes handed the captain’s armband.
How will these changes work out?
Erik ten Hag identifies five reasons behind Manchester United’s miserable start
Erik ten Hag believes injuries, the form of individuals and a new partnership in the centre of defence are the reasons behind Manchester United’s miserable start to the season after losing both of their opening games.
United sit one place off the bottom of the Premier League table ahead of Liverpool’s visit to Old Trafford on Monday night after being deservedly beaten by both Brighton and Hove Albion and Brentford in Ten Hag’s first games in charge.
The former Ajax head coach’s first months in his new job have proved challenging, with as many issues mounting off-the-pitch as on it, even when setting aside unrest among the supporters with the Glazer family’s ownership.
Erik ten Hag identifies five reasons behind Manchester United’s miserable start
United have lost opening two Premier League games under Ten Hag
Manchester United vs Liverpool team changes
Erik ten Hag makes four changes to the Manchester United starting XI and both Harry Maguire and Cristiano Ronaldo have been dropped.
Tyrell Malacia replaces Luke Shaw and drops in alongside Lisandro Martinez who partners Raphael Varane at centre-back tonight. Anthony Elanga comes in for Ronaldo with Scott McTominay replacing Fred.
For Liverpool, Roberto Firmino returns to replace the suspended Darwin Nunez and Joe Gomez partners Virgil van Dijk. Nat Phillips is the man to drop out of the defence. In midfield Jordan Henderson comes in for Fabinho too.
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