Harry Maguire’s late header secured Manchester United’s first win at Anfield in almost a decade and inflicted Liverpool’s fourth successive defeat.
It was a press release victory for Ruben Amorim’s aspect in opposition to their largest rivals and the supervisor described it as “the largest win in my time at Manchester United”.
Monday’s newspaper again pages convey the magnitude of the outcome, which additionally gave United their first consecutive Premier League wins underneath the Portuguese.
“Amorim has come underneath quite a lot of strain, however now it’s back-to-back wins and so they have overwhelmed Liverpool,” mentioned Clinton Morrison on BBC Radio 5 Reside’s Soccer Every day podcast. “It is a massive win for United and it places them proper up there within the league.
“United’s entrance three had quite a lot of tempo. They needed to trigger Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate issues, and so they did. It was most likely one of many solely video games that I assumed Van Dijk regarded rattled within the first half.
“That’s as a result of United’s gameplan labored brilliantly. They have been defending of their numbers and good on the counter-attack.
“They all the time flip up in opposition to the large groups – we noticed this final season – so now they should flip up in opposition to Brighton subsequent week.
“Whether or not they can stays an enormous query mark.”
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