Man Utd visited Liverpool with a seriously depleted squad, with the number of injured and suspended players on the visiting team exceeding 10. With a patchwork squad, Man Utd were quickly pressured by Liverpool after the opening whistle.
The home team controlled the game, but despite their continuous shooting, Liverpool's strikers were ineffective due to their hasty finishing. In the first half, Onana played erratically but Liverpool still could not seize the opportunity to score.
Liverpool put pressure on Man Utd right after the opening whistle.
The home team's first notable chance came in the 29th minute, Van Dijk headed accurately from a corner kick, Onana jumped up to push the ball out to save Man Utd. The home team had 15 shots in the first half but did not score.
In the second half, Liverpool increased their attacks in search of a goal. However, the home team's strikers were still unlucky. In the first half, Man Utd only had two shots. In the first half of the second half, the away team mainly focused on defense. However, Man Utd almost became the team to open the score.
In the 67th minute, Man Utd players created a sharp counter-attack, Hojlund was given the opportunity to face Alisson by McTominay. Unfortunately, the Danish striker kicked the ball into the opponent and bounced out.
Liverpool's strikers kept wasting scoring opportunities.
When Klopp's adjustments to the attack did not bring results, the home team had to hold their breath several times after Man Utd's counter-attacks. However, the away team's strikers also had no luck scoring in this match.
In the fourth minute of stoppage time, Dalot was sent off by referee Oliver for protesting. The Portuguese player had earlier been angry with the assistant referee for deciding to award Liverpool a throw-in. Slow motion replays showed the ball hit Salah's foot before going out of play, so the assistant referee was wrong to award the home team a throw-in.
More than two minutes of playing with an extra player did not help Liverpool change the result, the home team at Anfield had to accept a 0-0 draw. Liverpool has 38 points after round 17 of the Premier League and cannot reclaim the top spot from Arsenal, Klopp's army is in 2nd place.
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