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Manchester United earned a deserved 2-1 victoryover Liverpool at Old Trafford to kickstart the Erik ten Hag eraand leave theirrivals winle s after three Premier League games.Ten Hag elected to drop Cristiano Ronaldo and Harry Maguire following succe sive lo ses to begin the campaign, a decision that was rewarded by a much-improved display.An incisivemove culminated in Sancho calmly slotting past Ali Melky Cabrera Jersey son after 16 minutes as Liverpool conceded first in a club-record seventh consecutive Premier League game.Marcus Rashfordsgoal early in the second half gave United breathing space prior to Mohamed Salahs headernine minutes from time, which proved a mere consolation.The hosts first-half display was in complete contrast to their 4-0 lo s at Brentford, with Anthony Elanga Chicago White Sox Jersey preferred to Ronaldo striking the post early on with just Ali son to beat.United were ahead soon after when Sancho collected Elangas pa s, fooled James Milner and Ali son with a dummy and found the bottom-left corner from the first shot on target.Liverpool struggled to get going but nearly levelled before half-time in bizarre circumstances as Bruno Fernandes miscued a clearance against Lisandro Martinez on the goal-line.With Old Trafford rocking, despite threats of a walk out in protest at the clubs owners, half-time substitute Anthony Martial played in Rashford on the counter for Uniteds second.Rashford was denied another by a good Ali son save, while David de Gea kept out Luis Diaz and Roberto Firmino before Salahnodded in after United failed to deal with a corner.Despite some late pre sure from Liverpool, the home side perhaps fortunate not to see Fernandes sent off following a kerfuffle after Salahs goal held on for a ma sive victory.What does it mean? Lift-off for United as Reds stay winle sLiverpool would have enjoyed nothing more than inflicting a third succe sive league defeat on United at the start of the season for just the fourth time in Chris Beck Jersey their history, but come the end of Mondays contest it was the Reds who were now the crisis club of choice.The Reds underwhelmed in attack even if Salah did set up a nervier-than-anticipated conclusion to the match and were plagued by a number of sloppy errors in midfield and defence.Yet credit must also go to United for exploiting those weakne ses, leaving Liverpool with two points from a po sible nine after failing to win any Ivan Nova Jersey of their first three matches in a Premier League campaign for the first time since 2012-13.Rashford steps up in Ronaldo absenceBenching Ronaldo for the second time in three matches this season was a big call from Ten Hag, whose decision was fully justified by the end of the 95 minutes thanks to goals from Sancho and Rashford.Rashford in particular was a huge threat throughout and attempted a game-high five shots, including the well-taken strike for his goal to end a run of 997 minutes without netting in all competitions for United.Liverpool frustrations boil overSalahs goal was his 10th against United in all competitions for Liverpool six of those at Old Trafford making him the first Reds player to reach double-figures in this fixture.But that strike could not paper over what was a poor display from the visitors, particularly in defence and midfield, with Milner and Virgil van Dijk exchanging some strong words on multiple occasions.Whats next?United will look to build on this win when they travel to Southampton on their return to action Lucas Giolito Jersey on Saturday, the same day that winle s Liverpool host Bournemouth at Anfield. |
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