Liverpool subs: Elliot and Gakpo on, off come Endo and Nunez.Liverpool will bring on Curtis Jones for Szoboszlai, and Joe Gomez replaces Conor Bradley, who was on a booking. Szoboszlai’s passing had been increasingly sloppy.Liverpool go down the other end, and United somehow smuggle the ball away. This resembles a game of sevens rugby, the ball speeding from end to end.Liverpool trying to step it back up, and Wan-Bissaka has to head behind. Casemiro clears the resultant corner.Liverpool miss. Oh my. Oh my. They have five on two, and Dias plays in Nunez, who can just lay up Szoboszlai or indeed score. He does neither.Liverpool conceded because United were putting no pressure on at all and got sloppy. What a finish by the way.Liverpool set off on the attack.
Liverpool not leading 5-0? How are United still in it? Did Erik ten Hag’s coaching handbook have the “setting up midfield” pages missing? The longer it stays this way, the more nervous Liverpool might get. But then again, if they keep creating chances like this, a second will surely result.Liverpool are running time and again.
Luis Diaz is down after a Kambwala tackle. There’s a long delay. And little sympathy from the home fans. His return to fitness receives plenty of boos.
Liverpool shot, another Salah miss. Great combination play sees Salah released by Szoboszlai. A swing and miss, and it flies over. United are relying on Liverpool to miss chances to stay in the game.Liverpool fans. Their team is going to the top of the league if it stays this way.Liverpool get it clear.Liverpool ratchet up the pressure, they score. Just as the pressure comes on United, they concede. That’s two familiar stories wrapped up in one. It was Mainoo who let Diaz escape.Liverpool kit is pure Excel spreadsheet, that’s why it’s so familiar!”
Liverpool meanwhile force a corner.
21 min: Robertson is away down the left, but his shot skids wide. The rain is torrential, even for the M16 0RA postcode.
Source: theguardian.com
