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Manchester United vs Liverpool: Match Reaction

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Liverpool made their title ambitions clear on Sunday with a dominant 3-0 win over Manchester United at Old Trafford. Two Steven Gerrard penalties and another from Luis Suarez saw Liverpool take all 3 points on one of United’s darkest days of the season, and Liverpool will feel they could have had many more. 

The first of the goals arrived when United right back Rafael handled the ball in the box to give away a penalty following a clever touch from Suarez, just minutes after being booked, and captain Steven Gerrard keeping his nerve to send De Gea the wrong way. Gerrard converted another penalty won by Joe Allen just a minute after the half time break. Suarez added a third goal six minutes from time, but that was after Gerrard had hit the post with another penalty with ten minutes to go. Rafael stayed on the field for the game, but Nemanja Vidic was given his marching orders after fouling Daniel Sturridge for thr third penalty. 

Brendan Rodgers spoke to the media after the game,

 

“Our dominance in the match was clear. We had confidence and belief coming here that we could get a result. We could arguably have scored five or six and that is testament to the quality of the players.”

”We won’t get carried away. It’s a wonderful result be we need to move on and focus on winning our next game. If we continue to play with that intensity, we will continue to win games”.

Manchester United manager David Moyes was the less happy of the two,

I thought there was not a great deal in it at half time. We had just started to play a bit better towards the end of the first half.

“It was important we came out in the second half and got a goal back but instead we gave one away and that made it very difficult for us.

I don’t think I had even got seated in the dugout when we gave it [the second penalty] away. We were going for it but it always left us open to a counter.”

United’s top 4 hopes are surely over now, while Liverpool’s title challenge looks as strong as ever.


By Ben Kelly

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