Soccer-Liverpool Held To 0-0 Draw By Man Utd In Drab Affair At Anfield – News18

LIVERPOOL, England: Liverpool missed out on reclaiming high spot as they have been held to a 0-0 draw by Manchester United at Anfield within the Premier League on Sunday — ending their excellent residence file this season.

Juergen Klopp’s facet had been knocked out of first place by Arsenal earlier on Sunday and would have recaptured a spot on the summit with a win however lacked their traditional objective risk.

A United facet shorn of confidence after a depressing week held on grimly for his or her level though they’ve now scored simply as soon as of their final eight visits to Liverpool.

The closest the hosts got here to scoring was a Trent Alexander-Arnold shot that grazed the submit, whereas Rasmus Hojlund had United’s greatest alternative.

The guests completed with 10 males after Diogo Dalot was despatched off in stoppage time for 2 yellow playing cards — each for dissent.

Second-placed Liverpool have 38 factors from 17 video games with leaders Arsenal on 39, whereas United are seventh with 28.

Liverpool partly opened their newly revamped Anfield Road Stand for the primary time, bumping the attendance as much as 57,000 — the biggest for 50 years at their stadium.

They have been anticipated to make it 12 residence wins out of 12 in all competitions however the inter-metropolis derby, historically one of the feisty in England, failed to essentially ignite as Liverpool by no means appeared like repeating final yr’s 7-0 hammering of United.

The environment was muted in a tepid first half during which Liverpool began brightly however then didn’t exert sustained strain on a United facet many thought have been there for the taking after latest poor home and European outcomes.

United withstood a quick begin by Liverpool and appeared fairly snug regardless of 15 objective makes an attempt by the hosts within the first half, none of them particularly threatening.

Virgil van Dijk’s header from a nook pressured United goalkeeper Andre Onana into a wise save whereas Liverpool midfielder Ryan Gravenberch had a volley deflected huge.

With United ahead Marcus Rashford once more placed on the bench by Erik Ten Hag and captain Bruno Fernandes suspended, the guests didn’t have an try on the right track within the first half.

Klopp made a change on the hour, bringing in Joe Gomez and pushing Alexander-Arnold additional ahead and it virtually reaped rewards when the latter grazed the submit with a low shot.

At the opposite finish, a uncommon piece of fluent attacking play by United noticed Hojlund play a neat one-two with Scott McTominay however he couldn’t beat Liverpool keeper Allison with an angled shot.

In a breathless spell Onana then needed to dive theatrically to push away a shot by Mo Salah. Liverpool pressed exhausting late on however have been unable to make any of their 34 objective makes an attempt rely.

(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)