English Premier League

FT Sunday, January 5, 2025
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Liverpool DWWWW 2
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Match Report

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Man United fight back to earn thrilling draw at Liverpool

Amad Diallo struck a late equaliser as Manchester United made a mockery of their recent form to hold Premier League leaders Liverpool to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
10
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
9
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
2
47.1
Possession
52.9
13
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
287
Accurate Passes
364
383
Passes
438
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
3
22
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.2
61
Long Balls
47
28
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.3
8
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
2
20
Tackles
6
0.4
Tackle %
0.3
13
Interceptions
14
26
Effective Clearances
29
26
Clearances
29

Head to Head

LIV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alisson BeckerG
  2. 4Virgil van DijkCD-L
  3. 5Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 26Andy RobertsonLB
  5. 66Trent Alexander-ArnoldRB
  6. 17Curtis JonesAM
  7. 10Alexis Mac AllisterLM
  8. 38Ryan GravenberchRM
  9. 7Luis DíazF
  10. 18Cody GakpoAM-L
  11. 11Mohamed SalahAM-R

MAN · 3-4-2-1

  1. 24André OnanaG
  2. 5Harry MaguireCD
  3. 6Lisandro MartínezCD-L
  4. 4Matthijs de LigtCD-R
  5. 37Kobbie MainooCM-L
  6. 25Manuel UgarteCM-R
  7. 20Diogo DalotLM
  8. 3Noussair MazraouiRM
  9. 9Rasmus HøjlundF
  10. 8Bruno FernandesCF-L
  11. 16Amad DialloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Diogo Dalot (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 52' Goal! Liverpool 0, Manchester United 1. Lisandro Martínez (Manchester United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Bruno Fernandes with a through ball.
  3. 53' Amad Diallo (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  4. 59' Goal! Liverpool 1, Manchester United 1. Cody Gakpo (Liverpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Alexis Mac Allister.
  5. 60' Substitution, Liverpool. Darwin Núñez replaces Luis Díaz.
  6. 61' Substitution, Liverpool. Diogo Jota replaces Curtis Jones.
  7. 64' Matthijs de Ligt (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester United 1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  9. 72' Substitution, Manchester United. Alejandro Garnacho replaces Kobbie Mainoo.
  10. 73' Harry Maguire (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 76' Darwin Núñez (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 80' Goal! Liverpool 2, Manchester United 2. Amad Diallo (Manchester United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  13. 83' Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 83' Substitution, Manchester United. Leny Yoro replaces Matthijs de Ligt.
  15. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Cody Gakpo.
  16. 86' Substitution, Liverpool. Conor Bradley replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold.
  17. 86' Substitution, Manchester United. Joshua Zirkzee replaces Rasmus Højlund.

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