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:
Early team news
No official confirmation has come out but the word is spreading that Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire will both start on the bench for Manchester United this evening.
Anthony Martial is set to start after a brilliant pre-season under boss Erik ten Hag with Raphael Varane set to partner Lisandro Martinez in defence.
Salah versus Man Utd
Mo Salah is one goal away from becoming the first Liverpool player in history to reach double figures against Manchester United.
Salah has eight goals in his last four appearances against the Red Devils.
Casemiro determined to succeed with ‘biggest team in the world’
Casemiro insists his move to Manchester United is not motivated by money and says he is determined to succeed at what he believes is “the biggest team in the world”.
The Brazilian, who has enjoyed a glittering career at Real Madrid, winning five Champions Leagues and three LaLiga titles after joining in 2013, is set to be unveiled as Manchester United’s fourth summer signing for a fee of £60million.
United, who have suffered chastening losses to Brighton and Brentford at the start of the new season, have struggled to compete for trophies in recent seasons leading many to suggest Casemiro’s move was driven by money.
But the 30-year-old said during his farewell ceremony at Real Madrid on Monday that he is excited by the challenge at Old Trafford.
Casemiro determined to succeed with ‘biggest team in the world’
The Manchester United-bound midfielder won five Champions Leagues and three LaLiga titles with Real Madrid.
Man Utd arrive at Old Trafford
Just over a couple of hours to go until kick off at Old Trafford and the players have started to arrive. New signing, Casemiro is in attendance tonight and is taking in the atmosphere.
There was a decent showing of supporters awaiting the players’ arrival but the protests against the Glazers are still due to go ahead in an hour’s time.
Will Cristiano Ronaldo start?
Lots of things have been written about Cristiano Ronaldo over the summer, about his desire to play Champions League, his influence in the dressing room and how his manager is pushing for a move away from Old Trafford.
Yet, he remains a Manchester United player and featured in every minute of the game against Brentford after coming on as a substitute in the Brighton fixture.
He has attempted seven shots so far this season which is the most of any player yet to score in the Premier League this campaign and rumours are circulating that he may have been benched once more this evening.
We’ll have to wait for the official team news to find out.
Klopp breaks down Ten Hag’s style of play
During his pre-match press commitments, Jurgen Klopp was asked whether it was clear what style of football Erik ten Hag is trying to implement at Manchester United and he said:
“You don’t need my saying to that. It’s obvious what he wants to do, he wants to build up from the back. We played them in the pre-season obviously. There, you could see and feel the high-press idea and these kind of things.
“We were, for sure, not ready for that game in the pre-season, not sure if the players arrived only three days before the game but that’s how it is. We made some mistakes but they used them really well.
“The individual quality of United up front is ridiculous. [I] heard [Anthony] Martial can play probably, now trained again and can play. He played against us obviously a really good game, so another boy with technique and speed. Football quality in midfield, whoever lines up he will have Eriksen, Fernandes, Donny van de Beek, Fred and McTominay.
“There’s real quality there and then it’s just about how we deal with that. But again, these one, two games they played in the league, I saw them both and now we have to try to figure out if he will change and what he will change.
“We go from there. If we have no idea then we just have to learn it in the game.”
‘He should concentrate on being a manager’: Gabby Agbonlahor hits back at Jurgen Klopp
Gabby Agbonlahor has hit back at Jurgen Klopp in their bizarre war of words, stating that the Liverpool boss should “concentrate on being a manager” rather than critiquing his punditry.
Following Manchester United’s 4-0 defeat to Brentford last weekend, Agbonlahor had heavily criticised Erik ten Hag’s side in his role as a pundit on talkSPORT, saying they lacked a strong mentality as they trailed by four goals at half-time and failed to hit back in the second 45 minutes.
In his pre-match press conference on Friday, ahead of their game against Man Utd on Monday, Klopp called out Agbonlahor for his comments, in particular questioning the ex-Aston Villa striker’s own mentality in his playing days - citing a 6-0 defeat the Villans suffered to the Reds back in 2016 during Klopp’s first year in charge at Anfield.
‘He should concentrate on being a manager’: Gabby Agbonlahor hits back at Klopp
The talkSPORT personality has told the Liverpool boss he has no interest in his punditry advice, continuing their unlikely war of words
Reds chasing another club record
Liverpool could go five games unbeaten in the league at Old Trafford for the first time since 1927 and equal the club record if they avoid defeat tonight.
They have scored in 29 of the last 30 away league games with the exception being at Leicester City last December in a 1-0 defeat.
Slow starters
All six goals conceded by Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United this season have come in the first half with the Red Devils conceding none after the break.
If they can start well against Liverpool they may be able to get something out of the game this evening.
‘I would watch it, I will watch it'
Jurgen Klopp was asked whether it was a bad time to come up against Manchester United who are looking to bounceback from two defeats to kick start their season and he replied: “Yeah, of course. I would prefer to play them after they won 5-0, definitely. That’s how it is. But it’s not dreamland, so we have to take it like it is.”
Klopp went on to explain that tonight’s match is one of the biggest in the Premier League and regardless of previous results from either team it will be quite the spectacle.
He added: “We drew two games, so is it better to play us in a situation like this, or is it worse? I don’t know.
It’s just the situation and in the end, there’s a start in the game but then 89 minutes are still to go, so you have to deal with all the situations in the game and in this moment obviously nobody knows exactly what will happen around the game, we don’t know.
“I think the whole world will watch it, it’s Monday night anyway, everybody can watch it, and you will see how these two heavyweights deal with the situation. I would watch it, I will watch it.”
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