Equalised in the 84th minute, 2-2! Manchester United went crazy and disrupted the title race and provided an assist to the Gunners Manchester City
The 2023/24 Premier League season has entered the final sprint, and the race for the top three is also heating up. In the 32nd round of the game, Manchester City was the first to play, winning 4-2 away from Crystal Palace thanks to Kevin De Bruyne's brilliant performance of three goals, and then Arsenal also beat Brighton and Hove Albion 3-0 away from home. So the pressure came to Liverpool. In the early hours of this morning, Liverpool challenged Manchester United away to draw 0-0 in the first leg of this season, and Manchester United also eliminated Liverpool in the FA Cup.
Manchester United have been in a bad situation recently, with Ten Hag in danger of being sacked by Chelsea in the last round of the game, and his hopes of qualifying for the Champions League this season are dwindling, and the arrival of the double red will give Ten Hag a chance to redeem himself. Jurgen Klopp will leave the Liverpool position at the end of the season, so the Reds are now in charge of the team, and the team is unprecedentedly united, just to pay tribute to Klopp in order to win the Premier League title.
Manchester United against Liverpool, Ten Hag lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation, Hojlen was in the front position, Garnacho, B Fee, Rashford sat in the midfield, Mainou and Casemiro partnered in the back, Dalot, Maguire, Cambuwala, Wan-Bissaka formed a defensive line, Onana guarded the goal. Jurgen Klopp lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, with Salah, Nunez and Dias up front, McAllister, Endo and Szobosloy in midfield, Bradley, Kuanza, Van Dijk and Robertson in defence, with Kelleher in goal.
In the 24th minute of the game, Liverpool had a corner kick opportunity on the right side, Nunez headed the ball in front of him, and Dias, who was unmarked at the back point, easily bounced sideways into the net, and Liverpool led 1-0 away. In the 50th minute, Kwansa's cross made a mistake to give a gift, and B Fei grabbed the ball near the center circle and shot directly after a long shot, and Manchester United equalized 1-1!
In the 68th minute, Aaron Wan-Bissaka sent a low ball from the left, and the 18-year-old Maynu got the ball and turned around with his right foot and shot out of the world wave into the dead corner, and Manchester United overtook the score 2-1. In the 82nd minute, Wan-Bissaka tackled Elliott in the penalty area, the referee decisively awarded a penalty, Salah took the penalty in one fell swoop, and Liverpool equalized 2-2.
Looking at the post-match stats, Manchester United had 38% possession and 9 shots on goal with 5 on target, while Liverpool had 62% possession and 7 of 28 shots on target. After this game, Manchester United have 49 points and Liverpool have 71 points.
Ten Hag has lost just one game against Liverpool since taking charge of Manchester United, a 7-0 defeat at Liverpool last season. Ten Hag has the highest winning percentage in Manchester United's history, winning 71.7 per cent at home, but has lost 12 Premier League games so far this season, equalling United's all-time record for single-season defeats.
After this round, the Premier League's title pattern is still Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool's triumph competition, in the remaining schedule, Manchester City's schedule is the easiest, only Tottenham Hotspur is a BIG6 team among the 7 opponents, and Liverpool in addition to Tottenham, but also to face the dark horse Aston Villa, the same city derby rival Everton, and Arsenal's schedule is the most dangerous, will be with Tottenham, Chelsea, Manchester United, the three BIG6 teams, and Aston Villa.