Manchester United welcomed Liverpool at Old Trafford earlier tonight as they focused on grinding out a good result at home. The Red Devils made a good start to the game and got their noses ahead in the 16th minute when Jadon Sancho found the back of the net with a tidy finish. The home team defended their narrow advantage well and went into the half-time interval 1-0 up on the scoreline.
Marcus Rashford scored a decent breakaway goal early in the second half to put Man United 2-0 up on the night. Liverpool scored a late consolation goal via Mohamed Salah’s finish from close range in the 81st minute as the Mancunian giants ended up securing a hard-fought 2-1 win in front of their home supporters.
Let’s take a look at how each Man United player performed during the match against the Reds.
GK: David de Gea – 6.5/10
The Man United keeper didn’t have to make any world-class saves tonight but did his job well when called into action.
RB: Diogo Dalot – 6.5/10
Dalot did enough to keep Luis Diaz quiet for most of the game.
CB: Raphael Varane – 6.5/10
He got booked in the first half but used his experience well to see out the win the second.
CB: Lisandro Martinez – 7/10
Martinez made a lot of important clearances and did enough to restrict Liverpool from scoring more than once tonight.
LB: Tyrell Malacia – 7/10
He had the big task of guarding Salah and did well to contain him for most of the game.
CM: Christian Eriksen – 6/10
Eriksen struggled to get into the flow of the game but went close to scoring with his freekick. He did well to last 85 minutes.
CM: Scott McTominay – 7/10
He protected his backline really well and worked hard off the ball.
RW: Jadon Sancho – 7.5/10
Sancho took his goal well in the first half and worked hard defensively as well.
CAM: Bruno Fernandes – 6.5/10
He showed some flashes of what he is capable of but never looked like he would score. Fernandes got booked for diving in the second half.
LW: Anthony Elanga – 6.5/10
Elanga’s pace caused a few problems for the Liverpool defenders. However, he wasted a glorious chance to open the goal-scoring.
ST: Marcus Rashford – 7/10
He led the line well on his own and took his goal well after beating the off-side trap in the 53rd minute.
Substitutes:
LW: Anthony Martial – 7/10
Martial picked up an assist for setting up Rashford’s goal.
CM: Fred – 6/10
He added some energy to Erik ten Hag’s midfield.
ST: Cristiano Ronaldo – N/A
Ronaldo didn’t get enough minutes to warrant a rating.
RB: Aaron Wan-Bissaka – N/A
He kept things tidy at the back.
CM: Donny van de Beek – N/A
Van de Beek hardly had any time to influence the game.
