How Man Utd Stopped Dominant Liverpool.

[@alexbrown975]

The look of disgust in Virgils face when staring at Trent was gold.

[@Junior-llll]

😂Then next game he'll score a 30yard goal and go "🤫🤫🤫🤫"

[@alexbrown975]

@Junior-llll and then in the next game he will let another average winger look world class and the cycle continues.

[@stevendchu]

I'd be disguisted too if I was one of the greatest CBs in PL history and I had to spend my prime covering for a guy who thinks he's Beckham and is about to piss off to Madrid, the team that has cost me TWO UCL titles!

[@CrossxFir3]

@@stevendchuBeckham never shirked defensive duties. Was regularly the most distanced covered in a match. Relentless player.

[@olavjorvik94]

Shouted at him about 4-5 times, Trent just unaffected and don’t care…

[@ob1slam]

When a player like Trent plays as badly as he did, anyone has a chance against them.

[@motionprimeaep]

Na trent wasn't the main issue

[@ob1slam]

@motionprimeaep He wasn't the "main issue", but he was definitely a big part of it. The whole team wasn't good enough, but let's not pretend Trent wasn't absolute shite.

[@luke7962]

@motionprimeaepI’m curious what do you think was

[@motionprimeaep]

@@ob1slam yeah he was bad be made dalot look like prime Luis figo

[@motionprimeaep]

@@luke7962 the fact that you didn't exploit our biggest weakness which is our midfield. Yous were coming in one by one and receiving the ball with your backs turned to us allowing maguire and ugarte to push out and make a tackle

[@jamespace5429]

Everyone is so quick to say Liverpool were bad but I really don't think they were that bad. Trent had a real stinker (not just defensively, he couldn't land one of those superstar passes to save his life today) but I just think United were sincerely good? They defended well, their CBs largely got their timing season, choosing the perfect moments to step out of the backline and make a challenge. Bruno was sensational, their attacking patterns were good, Diallo great again. I think it's really unfair to just act like Liverpool were shit - they've put in this level of performance several times this season and won. They still created some really good chances. United were just able to compete in duels (something that Liverpool haven't excelled at all season)

[@ScottyT24]

Their defence was completely shocking today compared to every other game they’ve played this season

[@CoconutJewce]

I agree. United have routinely lost every 50/50 ball and every duel in most games this season, but today they were more determined than the Liverpool players to win everything and it showed. They were quick to smother any attacker that got near the box and were mostly very calm in possession. Liverpool weren't great, yeah, but it's fair to say that United had a hand in that.

[@A.0G.]

No mate Liverpool were dreadful. Trent, jones and Diaz all had their worst games this season combine that with Robbo being poor as he has been the whole season and konate struggling today due to just returning from injury and having to do his best to save Trent who had not just one of the worst performances I’ve seen from him but one of the worst performances I’ve ever seen from a footballer in the premier league and that’s no exaggeration. You can’t have half the team play that bad and still come away with a win.

[@efun8334]

@@ScottyT24when you say defense you mean Trent? VVD was solid,Konate a bit slower as he’s just returned from injury, but Trent is not the best defender, Robbo was subpar as he’s been all season

[@lol-bg4wh]

United was good especially Bruno but the amount of misplaced passes today from liverpool that should be bread and butter, you can’t say we didnt play bad

[@Olip87]

To be fair to Maguire, that ball was bobbling all over the place.

[@Do27gg]

Pass was disgraceful and I’m a Liverpool fan 😂

[@Ammotive28]

When a defender gets caught up top with that kind of ball, you can’t blame them for missing.

[@wmafendi]

correct. Not a quite good pass from Zirkee

[@callumphillips8689]

As a Liverpool fan we needed Szobo today. Bruno ran too easy, szobo could have either made it harder or punished him

[@sconaldo7]

Definitely im a united fan, and the importance of Szbozli in your team is huge

[@manapeerrandy2438]

yeah 😢

[@crossbound9645]

When you tell it you need to remember that Antony didnt play

[@yuusufahmed1621]

@@crossbound9645we are not saying goat antony didn’t play

[@DarrenMac-yk2gd]

Nah he wouldn’t couldn’t do it only a few months back when we where further up the table in that cup semi final

[@El_Descarriado]

Pretty simple this time. 'Target the RB who cant give a shit and is already thinking of Madrid.'

[@peterkelly1515]

Nothing to do with Madrid. He’s just shite at defending 😂

[@CoconutJewce]

Thank you for giving Bruno his flowers. On his day, he is genuinely world class (if only it was every game lol). United's midfield did very well to combat and even outperform a very energetic and intense Liverpool midfield. And, United actually outran Liverpool in terms of distance covered. When was the last time this team has done that to any team, let alone this Liverpool team?! As Amorim said, that performance is the new standard and anything less is unsatisfactory. This has to be the start of something for United.

[@mahad06]

He's been world-class more often than not for Man Utd. It's hard to maintain that level when surrounded by mediocrity. He allows his emotions to get the better of him too often, which must have a direct correlation with witnessing his teammates not care enough.

[@CoconutJewce]

@@mahad06 100% agree. He'd probably have double the assists if he had a Haaland or Lewa or Kane playing with him for the past 4+ years. I genuinely feel bad that his immense talent has been mostly wasted at this club, but thank God we have him because we'd have no one else. lol

[@Insigspecofdust]

@@mahad06 In my opinion CAM is the easiest posting to play in. All you need is vision. You are not required to defend and shield the CB or cut passes. You are not primarily required to score goals. KDB is excellent because he defended, beat players, created chances and scored screamers. Hazard was master creator and scorer. Bruno is a good CAM in an average team. You can notice this when he played for Ten Hag. If he played ahead as 10, he uses to have games where he could do nothing. And if he played deeper, he started hitting basketball like passes, pinging in the wings for Rashford or Antony to run into. He did score few screamers, but they were few. I feel Amorim also doesn't know where to play Bruno. This is the first game that Bruno was influental as left sided no 10. I bet Amorim will mould him into Ugarte's partner in coming seasons.

[@TheShizz011]

I know you wanted to go down a different route to "trent was the reason for Liverpool's poor performance" so you've spun it but trent had a horror show. 25 losses of the ball and 0 / 5 duels won. His worst performance in a Liverpool shirt no question

[@stevendchu]

Both goals as well as both Hojlund and Amad's 1st half chances came down Trent's side. Misplaced passes galore. Absolute liability today. Real Madrid fans even booed Ronaldo. If Trent pulled that shit in Madrid, he might end up publically executed!

[@Do27gg]

It’s obvious it’s not a true reflection of the player though. His head was on mars

[@rjfaber1991]

I disagree with the idea that Liverpool were in any way dominant in this game, and I say that as a Liverpool fan. I'd love it if it were true, but we were dreadful in this game. Truly dreadful.

[@inahole2678]

They were dominate in terms of chances, not dominant in terms of controlling the game

[@rjfaber1991]

@@inahole2678 Sure, but the way Man United went about the game always made that quite likely; we won the xG battle in this game more by having a thousand rubbish chances than four or five excellent ones. Part of that has to do with Man United being defensively disciplined of course, but that's the part of their tactics today that any team that wants to sit back can replicate, and if we're as rubbish at breaking that down as we were today, then frankly we won't win the league, no matter how much Arsenal and Chelsea also don't seem to want to win it.

[@rjfaber1991]

That's not to suggest Man United parked the bus by the way; they definitely didn't, but when we were in possession, they reverted to being a solid defensive unit, unlike earlier Ten Hag and Solskjaer teams who would try to gegenpress despite being terrible at it.

[@yambojamboo7518]

@@inahole2678Yh you could say so but man united had better chances

[@jhaych]

​@@inahole2678about equal on chances they had one for McAllister, van dijk, and gakpo. We had big chances for amad, Maguire, and hoijlund

[@Infernus25]

Appreciate James belief in Højlund, think he gets too much stick, still a young striker and has shown his finishing in key moments

[@charleshandley7987]

That is UTD’s best 11 (bar maybe missing Yoro) - it’s got a great balance and that midfield is very tenacious.

[@A.0G.]

Oh please that’s the same team that got smashed 2-0 by wolves 🤣 Liverpool were just terrible today

[@cellanjones28]

@@A.0G. it's training.

[@Kameron-Duncan]

@@A.0G. okay but does that one performance change the fact that it’s United’s best 11? No. United were horrible in the wolves game but were actually good in this one.

[@MossisinaBox]

Don't get ahead of yourself. Too early to judge with one good performance. They need to be doing this continuously for months on end

[@cellanjones28]

@@MossisinaBox everybody seemed to enjoy thinking the newcastle performance was the main even though he hadn't even trained a full week with them

[@GarlicbreadmanOP]

Amorim said they were able to have 2 tactical training sessions and 1 opponent focussed training session before the game. If that's the level of improvement he can enact with a week's worth of training, I'm super duper excited for the arsenal game where we will again have a week to prepare

[@bartholomewchukwumebuka]

I will revisit this comment after the arsenal game 😂😂😂

[@mahad06]

They had better spend the entire week on set pieces against Stoke.

[@justme599]

Yes agreed. Im only worried about set pieces. We have shown we can start holding the ball at emirates etihad spurs and anfield, so definitely excited

[@Kenyan_254.]

Alexander Arnold was man United's best player

[@adaldi_]

Trent actually made an out of form Dalot try dribbles and crosses again, imagine how confident must he be playing against him.

[@Yaowza1227]

Trent single handedly cost Liverpool that game, Robertson a close 2nd. Really quite obvious!

[@ccogdill152028]

Great breakdown. Did think it was telling that the player that is always getting stick for being the most erratic (Bruno) was the one telling his team to calm down in possession and just generally directing traffic between the midfield and attack. He took an extra touch and just beat a man when before he'd be looking for long balls into the channels. Also telling that this is the performance United give after Amorim actually has some time on the training ground with them. 6 days between matches this time around when he hasn't had more than 4 since he took over. Should make for an interesting cup fixture next weekend at Arsenal.

[@V3N0MPR0]

Trent in a way played for united, in the RB position i just saw him jogging instead of wining the ball when martinez scored

[@stevendchu]

I'm very disappointed by this Liverpool performance. It's like they didn't learn from the two OT games last season. We didn't win there because of individual mistakes and letting the game get too open and end to end. EXACT SAME THING TODAY. Where's the control that Slot implements? At 2-1 up, should've slowed the game down and let United push up and leave gaps in behind. Credit to Man U tho. They didn't come to park the bus, but instead knew we had a weakness and decided to try and exploit it. They'll finish 9th is my guess.

[@hepostclips5861]

Man Utd brought the game to you guys and wouldn't let you play. You guys didn't take your best chances in the first half and sincerely in the second half Man Utd outplayed you guys

[@firstanon6655]

They legit sat their all first half with the entire team in their own half.....didn't park the bus though?

[@teemedias1470]

No Dominik Szoboszlai😢

[@TheDeadlyTikka]

Another thing to note was Jones basically disappeared in the game. Honestly dont remember him doing anything

[@muovi2463]

I have never seen Trent play that badly. I don't think he had a single successful tackle in the entire game. And his passing was also awful.

[@wayneshamba6961]

For some reason he always saves his worst performances for Manchester United. For many years every time I started giving up on Rashford, Trent would always bring my hopes back up with a bad performance against him.

[@Zagreus_07]

You’ve seen him play worse.. Rashford used to tear him apart.

[@ryanmaxwell2273]

Slob was a big miss the midfield. Jones playing a deeper role eliminated he’s natural game and he became a passenger. Slob’s energy would have provided quick turn overs and the pressing that we needed. Jones would have been perfect alongside him instead of Macca. United were aloud too much time to pick passes in the midfield and Dom’s pressing alone would have disrupted that. Jones would be able to play in the space he wants and knit play or it would leave Slob space to drive into which we were lacking. Gutted with the result but if it means that teams have to change their shape and philosophy in the hopes of a draw then I guess we’re doing something right. YNWA

[@YANITED199]

27:00 finally a man with a brain

[@LT-bz1pk]

Thank you!!! I’m so happy that there are people who understand the ability hojlund has, I don’t understand when United fans say we should sign gokyoress when we literally have the same player profile in holjund the issue is the service, garnacho has like 50 something shots, holjund has about 9, that’s should tell you all you need to know, one is a striker the other is a winger.

[@samueljones26]

@@LT-bz1pk I get why some fans would say that it similar with Chelsea with Jackson and how some fans wanted osimhen to come even though they are similar profile just that they are both further in their development as 9 more mature and clinical and football a result and in the moment business

[@RJWM1999]

Hojlunds movement and anticipation and luck isn't good enough to be a top level striker. He's terrible with the ball to feet when under pressure and stays too tight to defenders. He's NOT good enough

[@LT-bz1pk]

@RJWM1999 he’s terrible with ten ball too feet??? Go look at the goals he has scored barely any of them have come from an external service, whenever he receives it back to goal he looks up and there is not support, he has potential to be special

[@LT-bz1pk]

@@samueljones26 I would prefer Osimhen or a older more established striker if we are going to get one

[@knappster1754]

Maguire is and always has been a great defender. This display changed my mind a bit about Martinez, he looked fantastic. De Ligt looked like the weak point.

[@andrewtomlinson5237]

I think Martinez is one of the players who has struggled to adapt to Amorims system. He's a great player and when the whole squad is on the same wavelength the individual qualities will come through. What I think they will all need to do is keep the same level of confidence and concentration when they are playing against teams who set up to disrupt the 3-4-3. The more the back 4 (including Onana) play together the familiarity of that base will only improve and that's where everything comes from. Ironically,Maguire has been the most solid in that system.

[@gravy1770]

​@@andrewtomlinson5237 Nothing ironic about it. It's what Harry knows best. Was in a back 5 before Utd. Identical play for a CB in a back 3

[@PeterAlevizos]

Mate this analysis is top drawer! Completely agree with you on Hojlund - definitely good enough just needs time and service.

[@Zagreus_07]

Everyone talks about him needing service but when he gets it he does nothing.. He’s missed sitters two games in a row ffs.. He’s not good enough, nowhere near it, spends more time on the floor than on his feet.

[@RJWM1999]

His MOVEMENT is terrible. He's never in the right place. He never recognises the key spaces. He sticks too tightly to the CBs and isn't savy enough to deal with the pressure

[@leandrovieira7166]

Great breakdown! Agree with almost everything. I think Utd can breakdown teams who sit deeper if they replace de Ligt with a player who's comfortable with the ball on his feet. Yoro maybe can be that player. He showed courage yesterday on the ball. Also a left-footed wingback would help in the build-up. But great breakdown and loved the fact that you pointed out that Hojlund had a good match.

[@uranusjr]

I feel Liverpool made a tactical mistake in the second half swarming out trying break United down. Not sure if it’s the players’ mindset or Slot’s part. I remember thinking at the half time United did a good job, but they’ll probably crack somewhere around 70‘ if Liverpool kept on the pressure. That happened too many times under Ten Haag. Instead, Liverpool decided to open up the game, and that suited the United players well-it’s closer to how they did well in some games earlier in the season. Fernandez had a great game, and I’m not surprised Garnacho had a decent showing too since he always likes this kind of game. Amorim finally made the United team defended successfully for 45 minutes without falling part, but the offence was still not there yet, and as a result the game still felt like it’d eventually ended up a 1-0 Lieverpool win, maybe 2-0 if United fell apart after the first goal, or 0-0 if Liverpool was unlucky. For whatever reason, Liverpool decided they want to change things up to overwhelm United, but that ended up solving Amorim’s offensive issues instead.

[@Bleech606]

I don't think the 'expectancy to spank' Utd would have got to the team. They're elite players with elite mentalities. It was the same situation last season, with the same players and a similar result. I very much doubt their memories are that short or that their mentality is that weak. Fernandes scoring from near the halfway line isn't something you just forget about. As Amorim spoke about in his post match interview, I think it has more to do with Man Utd players only being able to motivate themselves for big games [+ rain adding chaos factor + TAA having an absolute stinker].

[@eaganadams3314]

It was Liverpool so they turned up they will lose the next game I swear down smh

[@christianosullivan994]

Konate being rushed back from injury was a huge factor in his performance and the game, and really disappointing that this simple point was missed in all the analysis of the game

[@samueljones26]

What do you mean konate was our best defender dominated hojuiland who a tricky striker to play against whilst just coming back from knee injury just imagine quansah in this guy with Trent playing like this

[@Popdog76]

Agreed he was off his game a little that showed to be expected after few games out. But slot had no other choice

[@ryanmaxwell2273]

United are the first team this season that managed to deal with the wingers without stretching or leaving space within the back line and they could still go man for man outside the box and it made it difficult for Liverpool. It stopped liverpool having any quick transitions and they struggled to break line through the middle. This is Slots first performance where I don’t think he had a solution and the only game I’ve felt they were second best. Liverpool looked a level above throughout the whole game but they lacked heart which is something that’s never questioned. Maybe this is a wake up call they needed to push on

[@ScottyT24]

You forgetting you lost to forest at anfield mate don’t give all that United are the only one to deal with wingers etc forest takes that one kid

[@ScottyT24]

Clean sheet against you aswell soo they obvs done it better

[@thefootballpunnedit]

Forest gave Liverpool fuck all 😂 this guy

[@Finnian49]

Point on the second goal, the ball was actually directed towards the back post tap-in, but it seems to have been deflected perfect to Diallo, so I think it was just unfortunate for Robertson in the end

[@danidezso3401]

What kind of sites do you recommend for analysing games, players and teams? More in depth and compearable coz I only have fotmob and its good to look at but I am looking for more

[@trile6243]

Sofascore is pretty decent but their grading system is a bit inconsistent sometimes

[@dominiclloyd6651]

fourfourtwo

[@ara-p7v]

Never expected Liverpool to hammer Man Utd. Man Utd had a great chance to win at the end. Just have to keep going with that performance.

[@priscahmomanyi]

If man u play like this consistently they can get somewhere

[@Catinhoooo]

At this rate they will relegate just let you know

[@habiladam6363]

​@@Catinhoooo Uhhh. Don't know what you watched mate...

[@usernamesbeentaken]

And if my grandmother had wheels

[@Catinhoooo]

@@habiladam6363 last 5 game 1 point

[@thomastruong8382]

@@Catinhoooo next they play Southampton. Maybe they can pick up all 3 points. Just saying.

[@timbo7762]

I'm with you on Hojlund "In the shadows"

[@Nicho213007]

I completely agree with James when it comes to Hojlund. I find it really odd that others can't see it he just needs that 5 percent more or so

[@dylanmikonowicz6021]

And hes only 21! We need someone else to take the pressure off him and give him time to grow, not just be the main #9 so early on. Darwin Nunez is 25... and Rasmus looks twice the player

[@mrgiraffe1577]

​@@dylanmikonowicz6021 At this level Hojlund has to be doing more for his 65 MILION price tag. Zirkzee was the cover for him and he looks awful aswell. Nothing but poor recruitment from united

[@ayaanlatif2296]

5 percent more are you having a laugh?😂😂😂😂 He’s complete and utter garbage offers nothing apart from shaking his backside on the defenders, people took the piss out of lukaku for his touch and hold up play when this guys is 1000x worse and at least big rom could score goals He’s only saying this because he called him the “new gyokeres” and if he backtracks it makes him look stupid

[@habiladam6363]

​@@ayaanlatif2296 1) Lukaku was much older and proven when he was bought, and as such, more was expected from him. Højlund is 21/22 years old, with no older role model to learn during games. Coaches can only do so much. 2) Højlund was bought to be for the future, not a solution of rn. We needed 2 strikers in that window, but we only got one. He had Martial to learn from, and Højlund was available for about 3 times the amount. 3) when we bought him from Atalanta, his way was and is channel play, as Statman Dave and other Tactical Analysts have said. This is the exact same role Gyokores had at Sporting; slipping through the defense, shoot and score. 4) you say Højlund's trash, but he had a better conversion rate than HAALAND last season (with a THIRD of the shots that Haaland had, making him the last or 2nd last striker fed across the league), so if you put him into MC's team last season, he would've scored MORE than Haaland, who was the Golden Boot winner.

[@Nicho213007]

@@ayaanlatif2296 gyokeres who oh you mean the guy that plays in a league that's not even in the top 5 in the world and that nobody knows the name of I mean for christ sake he came from Coventry

[@lukebennett.]

Trent was lazy.

[@harry_abel]

Information starts at 3:28

[@aystefan]

I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Bruno dropped a clinic after getting a rest but he was superb man, he’s had some good games in a United shirt but that was right up there.

[@matthewshepherd826]

I was at the United Bournemouth game and came to the realisation that Bruno has probably "wasted" the last few years of his career at us. He

[@Beh1ndtheculture]

Such an odd game because all the United players looked unreal having looked completely devoid of any ability for the whole season. Lisandro, Bruno, Mainoo, Ugarte and Dalot all looked unreal and it’s really messing with my head as to why. Go back to even the Newcastle game when they all looked hopeless

[@willgarford3463]

Disagree slightly on the penalty. The ball changes direction from a flick on, then hits De Ligt’s chest first, then onto his arm. Maybe it’s a penalty. Maybe his arm shouldn’t be as high as it is. But a penalty is such a harsh price for touching a ball that’s come off another part of your body from inches away onto your arm. Also no VAR check (or Sky replay) on a Liverpool handball from a cross from Amad after a corner.

[@JoshC_mufc]

I think we need a Gravenberch video, and I think you want to make one by the sounds of it. I remember wanting United to get him the Summer Liverpool got him but instead we got Mason Mount. A massive "What if" transfer if we went with him instead

[@nhanNguyen-wo8fy]

13:19 No Martinez was frustrating because Mainoo and Dalot just don't know what to do. Martinez acknowledge that half space the whole time. Martinez change quickly know how to cooperate with Bruno right away. Pass to Bruno and move to half space dragging the defender with him. 14:03 Mainoo still don't know what to do. He should have moved diagonaly to the inside, with martinez create a 2 vs 1. Bruno clearly want to pass to Mainoo, it's just Mainoo still don't know what was going on and was already walking in frustration. Then Martinez SNEAKILY MOVE UP. WHY? Martinez WAS NOT OFFSIDE AT ALL. SO WHY? It's clearly Martinez want to save that half space for later. HE KNOW! HE KNOW! Martinez is a libero use him as such. He is not suitable for CB in a long run.

[@PeterCarroll83]

James loves Trent so this will be interesting… I think Madrid are playing an elaborate April fools prank or they’ve lost their minds. Chap’s not even the best right back in the Liverpool squad and if you don’t let him have a mile of space and a year to pick out a pass, he invariably offers nothing. If he hasn’t been found out as a fraud already, take away Konate and Virgil covering him defensively and it’s time to get the popcorn.

[@seanmoynihan5875]

I thought VVD was gonna scrap TAA a couple times, he looked livid with him

[@Kloxxus]

Can we talk about how Darwin Nunez is allowed to completely smash into De Ligt without even thinking about the ball and not getting sent off? He did exactly the same in this fixture last year and somehow he gets away with it... Can we talk about how United never get that penalty? It's happened against us so many times and it's never given.. Literally proven in this game as the same situation happened just a few minutes before Liverpools penalty... Can we talk about how Maguire gets booked for a perfect tackle? Can we talk about how Trent is allowed to take a throw in 30 meters away from where it should be taken for Liverpools first goal? United were robbed. Refs and Michael Oliver clearly hate United...

[@ahmedomar5460]

I think it isn't a Trent thing it's more that Liverpool as a whole struggle against good 3 at the back 2 full backs teams, dalot was having acres upon acres of space which is hard for trent to cover, plus konate wasn't able to slot into his rcb position to cover for trent as that will just leave van dijk dealing with 3 forward players of united all alone as robo was stretched far out dealing with mazrawy, missing szobo in this game especially was big I think a mid of him and endo and gravenberch would've suited this game more, bradley should've started, i think the best approach was to set up as a 442, our normal back line but with bradley as a right back, play trent as an rm, szobo could function as an lm, gravenebech and endo to deal with ugarte and maino, and play darwin an salah as strikers with salah having the permission to roam around, but nonetheless we learned, what is more concerning is that we could face inter milan or atalanta, those teams are elite, and also opt for a similar system to man united's.

[@hepostclips5861]

Salah doesn't defend.the

[@bartholomewchukwumebuka]

All this game needed was szobo Jones literally didn't win any 2nd balls thus killing our counter which is our main weapon

[@ahmedomar5460]

@@bartholomewchukwumebuka true

[@bartholomewchukwumebuka]

@@ahmedomar5460 game would have been different lol Even without balanced midifield we still had good spells Just poor performances and not wanting it more Let's hope we bounce back properly

[@ahmedomar5460]

@bartholomewchukwumebuka yeah I know, just trying to assess the game's case, and yes, the players were so laid back, after the second goal.

[@LancsDW]

If it’s a handball then United should have had a pen for a similar situation, simple. It’s the consistency that sucks not the individual decisions

[@Zagreus_07]

If Ugarte keeps his original position Liverpool’s 1st goal doesn’t happen full stop.. He vacated the space for Gakpo to receive the ball and run into the box.

[@febian1529]

Amad, hojlund and garnacho need to bulk up, both of them have speed and skill but once Liverpool defender give them body charge they tend to lose the ball. Look at salah, he isnt tall but he is stocky and full of muscle, both Martinez and Dalot struggle to get the ball from salah especially when he is running

[@yorns1881]

I’ve always said Trent defensively is suspect, but this season he has improved a lot, but yesterday was embarrassing, he was walking at some points

[@Ammotive28]

I don’t think Zirkzee has any right to look at Maguire like that. There is no way Zirkzee could have put that away. The guy is an imposter.

[@Insigspecofdust]

Let me give my take. 1) Bruno has vision and stamina. He doesn't have the skill to beat a player or speed to outrun them or protect the ball. He will look good when defensive structure is holding and he doesnt need to remain disciplined and can roam around and have runners behind eg in fastbreak team (OGS, Ten Hag). We need someone to be a mix of Mainoo + Bruno next to Ugarte. Mainoo lacks vison for a through ball, Bruno lacks discipline to play as double Pivot and is not an efficient ball carrier. Amorim would have played him there had he been not ill disciplined. 2) For first goal actually the pass was on for Martinez off Mainoo, but Bruno held the ball. Had it not been a goal, I am pretty sure you would have criticised that. Both of our goals had an element of luck. 3) What actually changed was Dalot's advances created space for Bruno to have some time on the ball. In other games because Dalot was not moving forward the defenders and CM were able to shut down Bruno with ease. Leading to the return of frustrated Bruno. Final take Attack needs to click for team to defend better. At the moment the forward like looks out of sync.

[@RJWM1999]

Bruno's ball carrying yesterday was actually fantastic. He had a situation where he dribble through a field of like 4 players yesterday and progressed the ball in the second half. And it wasnt the only time. And t say both our goals come from luck is down right poor analysis. The first was an overload, good running, quality ball carrying, a devastating reverse pass and an emphatic finish. 2nd goal is one v one quality delivery and good finish. And in fact I'd argue Liverpool goals were more lucky than Uniteds. They got a penalty. But even then our goals weren't luck it was out repeated pressure on Liverpool that caused them to lose their shape and confidence in their positioning and system which created gaps. The goals came because we created some very good situations and put liverpool in doubt

[@MylesB93-]

Unreal performance from Bruno.

[@kidkaka1787]

Bruno is very underrated and over hated. Reason I want him at Arsenal. I feel like many utd fans give him way too much hate. He's very mis understood

[@johnwatson9803]

One way to beat utds system is sit back get their defenders up the pitch and counter,system worked for utd today.

[@sollykramer5672]

United did well not to allow Liverpool to control the game. Jones was also ghostly in this game 🧐

[@MichaelBlanksonGolf]

Why is everyone harping on about the chance at the end for United when, had it gone to VAR, Zirkzee would have been offside?

[@Lee-b5u]

No he wouldn’t have

[@MichaelBlanksonGolf]

@ they even mentioned it in the commentary. His head was leaning offside.

[@parksy1017]

@Lee-b5uhe was definitely offside

[@habiladam6363]

Apparently, Officially, he was on. If he had been off, they'd have called it back after Maguire skied the ball

[@MichaelBlanksonGolf]

@ it was the last kick of the game. There was no need to check, the game was done. But a freeze frame was done after he skied it and it was off.

[@98godofwar]

Bruno finally got to rest for a game and all of a sudden we saw a good performance. Coincidence? I think not!

[@harrypeters7109]

Anyone know what tactic board James uses?

[@LB-xw5ks]

even if konate should cover for trent there shouldn’t be any excuse for effortlessly jogging back when getting countered

[@WoolavyLeeWilliams]

No replay of the handball not given in favour of giving Utd a penalty, sky never showed it 🫤

[@CoconutJewce]

Weird how that works, huh? lol Every time.

[@kywong951]

Trent performance was poor. If not for the accurate crosses that he sometimes make, he has negative contribution. When he is playing, others like Gravenberch or Konate need to cover him. So I wonder if he is really that great. He is overated and defensively a weak link. Time to look for long term replacements for right & left back.

[@TacticaIity]

On the Martinez goal, I thought Trent was awful to be honest. Close your man down. It was so lackadaisical in a way that shouldn't happen in a top level game, let along Man United.

[@steliosp1770]

I ve had enough of Bruno as a united fan the last 18 months and united won win PL/UCL with him playing like he s done the last 2 years where he tries to do everything himself with 0 discipline and trying holywood balls 24/7 and giving away possession in our own half often BUT.. that was some prime Zidane shit at times in this game and fair play.

[@wiseian8473]

Too much is being make of MU denying LFC a win. That is because pundits were expecting LFC to smash MU. The reality is LFCdid not make the proper adjustments when they needed to do so.

[@1998ibra]

What kind of a watch is he wearing someone tell me please?

[@dandalf9090]

United didn't stop a dominant Liverpool, Trent did.

[@g-dough]

Liverpool fans thought they were facing another Erik ten Hag.

[@geewhizhk]

Amorim's claim of his rigidity of 3-4-3 was just a bluff then. He does change the plan if required.

[@shortznig2938]

Are you blind?

[@geewhizhk]

@@shortznig2938 no. but i take it you disagree with my comment.

[@hansluk]

0:35 seconds in the video, that Maguire chance, Zirkzee was offside ...

[@BasicallyVader]

There’s not really anything tactical to analyse, all they did was target Trent - and by their luck Trent was having the worst game of his life.

[@wa5x5on]

Pay attention when ppl who understand football constantly saying how important Szobo is...

[@Do27gg]

Liverpool didn’t turn up and United did. Nothing more to analyse

[@fredrikstyl5440]

What im struggling with is, did united play good or was liverpool bad

[@Zagreus_07]

United played good.. Watch the game.

[@Aung1988]

I blame Konate for the 2nd Man U goal. He was too passive.

[@fredsflintstone3702]

23:39 Bouncing isn't an excuse. Look at his technique it's awful.

[@punctualwizard]

Bruno with a weeks rest is a scary prospect

[@Horseman5143]

Think de ligt was sticking his arm up for offside on the guy behind him

[@ryanphelan6861]

the second goal was made by rasmus 10,000 th diagonal run and dragged defenders for amad to run onto garna great ball. whole team starter to subs played great bruno,ugarte with rest were brilliant . united deserve result i thought 2-1 but 3-2 would have been better. was a trap game it screamed it. liv rolling and united sruggling but lfc competition all dropped points , bruno and ugarte back rested with actual training time to mesh. with bruno its discipline and maturity issue never been ability hes marvelous player. never been leader though as he plays to level of competition its easy for him talent wise and why he frustrates . on national team or say squad like city or munich hes perfect addition to create danger from half chance. being steady leader who doesn't abandon team concept when frustrated has always been issue and deserved knock on him. now he has a coach who knows him his abilities and weaknesses well enough to demand more and get his attention . could be great from him and team because his talent is top of the top but mentality hasnt been but hes like modric physically he could perform well into 30s hes like a monk a true football junkie if his on field habits annd discipline match his off field he could really be immense. amorim to thank if so because every portugal fan or portuguese know his potential. onwards and upwards i hope!

[@Keegsx]

Liverpool fans wanting to beat United is an immutable fact. The players will always be under pressure to beat them. And the shitter United are the more pressure there will be.

[@ethancrane9030]

If de ligt was a penalty, which i am fine with it being, then why was van dijks not .. 21:11

[@benmitchell9293]

united should’ve had a penalty for the same offence 5 mins before liverpools

[@tonyhanssen5285]

strange how ppl talk about game like Manchrster United Won. They got lucky to get a point. Onana had his best game ever in United shirt

[@mbasydney7536]

Did u watch the same match I did Onana best game? 😂😂

[@Jmam82-sd9zq8dv9u]

I can sum this 31 minute video in one sentence and i haven't even watched it- because Trent is a bad defender and has no pace so dalot and garnacho can run past him with no effort.

[@hectorr6299]

Nope dont quite your day job!

[@muovi2463]

​@@hectorr6299 Trent today: 0/5 duels 0/6 crosses 3/13 long balls 0 tackles 2 dribbled past 27 posession lost Not saying he was the only reason why Liverpool lost but that is such a bad performance I think Bradley starts ahead of him now.

[@VyeSpree]

They got to play 11v10 all game while trent was on and played a back 7

[@peterspaulding5584]

Trent has one bad game, and everyone comes flying out to rake muck. Silly.

[@sjolson68]

Wasn't that close, so tired of all the narratives - oh the expectations were weighing on them, the contracts, blah blah. Even that last chance was almost surely blocked as there were 2 bodies and Alisson right there. They had 1 xG. Super amusing that PL claimed 3 big missed chances when they had only 1 xG full stop.

[@jaygee4569]

I forgot Jones even played today

[@Aloviya]

Man UTD had one game plan target Trent And they did that very well They were bombing that side dispite amad Playing on the right slot should've taken off Trent Half Time he was atrocious

[@panchittles182]

Lmao they played with a block of 6 defenders in the back 😂 please what tactics?

[@honourdc859]

I swr

[@jakobpienaar5727]

They hardly defended full on for 4 minutes. This was a transition football type of game. It was a midfield battle 😂😂

[@Greyhound32]

We don't want Trent at Madrid

[@Jordan-m3c]

If rashford played we would of lost

[@DillonHerbert]

W channel

[@stayhome2208]

The only team that "Stopped" Liverpool this season so far was Nottm Forest. Yall cant be that desperate for brownie points, can you? Oh wait, its been dark days since SAF left so I guess you'll count absolutely anything xD

[@sulongenjop7436]

MU was parking bus so well when Liverpool launched slow attacks. Of course slow attack is Liverpool legacy allowing its opponent to.park the bus more proper and still penetrated tightly parking buses!😂😂😂

[@jeromeoprescod4722]

James the rasmus shout and i was with you need to end bro. I thought he was awful today there were lil signs of good link up early in the game and he won some duels but he playing for man utd that isnt good enough. My biggest red flag and id be interested in your analysis of his movement only, especially where it counts in the box is not good enough and the type of stt he is can he learn quick enough at this level i personally have given up.

[@neildavies92]

Utd talking about a game like they won a trophy 🤣🤣🤣

[@AbhayKumar_9]

Tbf for them it’s big deal They are 14th and were able to draw and infact almost defeat league leaders. Pretty sure even they didn’t see that coming

[@simonmurphy1367]

Trent had a bad game and should have been substituted earlier