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The fight for the second place


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Before game

On Saturday will rivals fight for 3 points on Old Trafford but both teams need the points for their fight for the second place in the Premier League, if Liverpool win the game they will go to the second place with one more point than United but if United wins they will get 5 points in head of them. The games between Liverpool and Manchester Utd are one of the biggest rivals in the world along with El Classico and Derby Della Madonnina. Through the years the teams have met for 199 times so this will be the 200th time they meet. Manchester has won 79 of them and Liverpool 65 games but 55 games have ended withdrawn. Ryan Giggs has played the most games in this rivalry, a total of 48 games. The top scores in the 199 games that they have met, all have 9 goals one of them played for Liverpool and is Steven Gerrard and two of them played for Manchester Utd and is George Wall and Sandy Turnbull but they have both passed away. Last three times the rival game has ended with a drawn. There is a lot of hate between the fans and often there is a lot of fights and noises before the games. Both Liverpool and United have many fans and they are both on the top 25 list of the most popular clubs in Europe. Head-to-head there have been 16 red cards in the Premier League the second most since the Premier League started in 1992. Only the derby of Everton and Liverpool have more red cards head to head. In Liverpool, they only have one player injured, Georginio Wijnaldum but Manchester a longer list of an injured player.


After game

Manchester United won the game 2-1 in an exciting game at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford started the game with a goal on the 14th minute with an assist from Romelu Lukaku, he scored another goal on 24th minute. The Red Devils got into halftime with two goals against zero goals from Liverpool. On the 64th minute, Eric Bailly scored a really strange own goal 2-1.


Match statistics/ facts:

Ball possession: Manchester United- 32% / Liverpool-68%.

Total shots (shots on target): Manchester United- 5 (2) / Liverpool-14 (2).

Corner kicks Manchester United- 1 / Liverpool-13.

Passes (accurate passes): Manchester United- 283 (194)/ Liverpool-584 (482).

Fouls: Manchester United- 10 / Liverpool- 16.

Duels won: Manchester United- 66 / Liverpool 50.



Marcus Rashford was the man of the match.

Alexander Arnold had a bad day at Old Trafford.

Ashley Young had Mo Salah in his pocket in the game.

This is the first time Rashford started since boxing day.


Best goal between these two teams:


Fights, fouls and red cards:




Credit: Sofascore


Post by: Ívar Reynir Antonsson

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