Liverpool’s title hopes have been dealt a blow as the Reds were once more made to rue a host of neglected probabilities in a 2-2 draw against Manchester United.
It was once a chaotic begin to the game, with Alejandro Garnacho’s opener interior the opening couple of minutes ruled out with the aid of the offside flag earlier than André Onana produced a extremely good save to deny Dominik Szoboszlai simply moments later. After that though, the visitors commenced to assert control.
Szoboszlai would spurn a couple more probabilities for the Reds before the lead eventually got here from a unique source. Darwin Núñez headed on Szoboszlai’s nook and discovered Luis Díaz, who managed to avoid Onana and the two defenders on the line with his scissor kick to silence the home crowd.Much like the cup sport a few weeks ago though, Liverpool wasted a multitude of chances, plenty to the frustration of their manager. With the rating at just 1-0 at the break, Jürgen Klopp didn’t seem too happy.
Just five minutes into the 2nd half, we saw exactly why. A misplaced bypass from Jarell Quansah gave the ball straight to Bruno Fernandes and with Caoimhín Kelleher properly off his line, the United captain fired the ball home.
And even worse was to come. Kobbie Mainoo’s fantastic curling effort put United in advance with simply over 20 minutes closing as Liverpool’s title hopes looked to be taking a probably fatal blow.
The Reds pressed for a way back into the recreation but persevered to be frustrated. With just over 5 minutes last though, they were passed a lifeline.
Harvey Elliott was introduced down by Aaron Wan-Bissaka, with Anthony Taylor pointing to the spot. Mohamed Salah stepped up and made no mistake as he despatched Onana the incorrect way to set up a grandstand finish, although the Reds could not discover the all-important winner.
