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Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: Visitors fail to reclaim top spot as Salah penalty rescues point

Ben Fleming
Sunday 07 April 2024 19:16 BST
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Manchester United dented bitter rivals Liverpool’s title hopes as Mohamed Salah’s late spot-kick salvaged a 2-2 draw in Jurgen Klopp’s final trip to Old Trafford. Three weeks on from Erik ten Hag’s men edging an FA Cup classic at the end of extra-time, this age-old rivalry resumed in a similarly chaotic clash in the Premier League on Sunday.

Luis Diaz put dominant Liverpool into a deserved half-time lead against stumbling United, only for Bruno Fernandes’s 45-yard jaw-dropper and a magnificent Kobbie Mainoo effort to turn the match on its head.

Salah levelled with a late penalty after Aaron Wan-Bissaka brought down Harvey Elliott, but the Reds could not eke out a winner as Ten Hag’s men successfully put a spanner in their old foes’ title charge.

Relive all the match action below.

Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool

39 mins: After their positive start, United have struggled to have any impact on the game. The shot count, in particular, makes for a pretty grim reading - 13 to nil in Liverpool’s favour.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 16:10

Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool

35 mins: OVER! Nunez comes within a whisker of doubling Liverpool’s lead as his effort goes just over the bar with Onana struggling at full stretch.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 16:06

Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool

33 mins: A nice spell of possession for United but a turnover for Liverpool sees them bearing down on the Red Devils’ goal. Salah with the eventual effort but it’s palmed away well by Onana.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 16:04

Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool

29 mins: Kambwala makes a meal of a bouncing ball and allows Diaz to scamper away from him, but, to the Frenchman’s credit, he recovers superbly to snuff out the danger.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 16:00

Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool

27 mins: Fernandes draws a foul out of Mac Allister before whipping a superb ball to the far post.

Casemiro nods it across the face of goal but there is no body in a red shirt who is able to divert the ball into the net. United’s best chance of the game so far.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:58

GOAL! Manchester United 0-1 Liverpool (Diaz, 23 mins)

Liverpool take a deserved lead! They’ve had a flurry of chances in the last few minutes and finally make one count as Diaz slams home from a corner.

It’s Nunez who wins the flick-on at the front post and the Colombian is on hand to volley past Onana at the back stick.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:53

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

21 mins: Another good chance for Liverpool as Robertson is afforded too much space out on the left but the Scot fires wide with his effort.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:52

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

18 mins: Szoboszlai again finds himself ghosting into the area as he looks to make an impact from midfield. It’s a half-chance as the ball is fizzed across the box and the Hungarian can only skew his effort wide.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:50

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

16 mins: Liverpool just beginning to turn the screw in this first half, not letting United play out with ease and winning the ball back high up the pitch.

Still United pose a threat on the break as Hojlund demonstrates as he charges down the left but Van Dijk does well to stay with him before shepherding out the threat.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:47

Manchester United 0-0 Liverpool

11 mins: Salah’s first sighting off goal is nothing more than a half chance as his volley is blocked behind by Wan-Bissaka for a corner.

The set-piece is cleared only as far as Szoboszlai but his effort whisks over the bar.

Ben Fleming7 April 2024 15:42

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