Liverpool’s great performance explained against MU

Liverpool smashed Manchester United according to statistics and famously converted the chances

United conceded already in the 5th minute: Salah easily ran down the flank and shot at Diaz – the Colombian did not miss. The Mancunians without Cristiano Ronaldo (he had grief in the family) completely failed in attack – and Liverpool quickly scored the second. At the 22nd minute, Mane touched down a pass to Salah – Mo accepted and shot past De Gea with a second touch. In the second half, Manchester United became a little more active – they even scored a couple of shots (there were none at all in the first half). But Liverpool still brought the score to a rout: Diaz’s cross and Mane’s goal – the Colombian famously joined Jurgen Klopp’s team! According to statistics, United failed: 2:12 on shots (1:5 on target) and 29% to 71% in possession. In terms of history, everything is also sad: Manchester United conceded 76 goals from Liverpool – more than from other rivals in the history of the Premier League. Manchester United received nine unanswered goals from Liverpool in the 2021/22 season, and from Gary Neville – a new batch of criticism. “The failure today and the whole season is alarming. These are the easiest matches in the league at the moment. I’ve been watching Manchester United games for 42 years, it just doesn’t get any worse. This command is just empty space.Players in front of De Gea are hopeless. Manchester United are ready physically, but they’re just walking, brisk walking at best. Look at the gaps between attack and defense, it’s incredible,” said the former United defender.

One of the heroes of the match is Mo Salah, who did not score 8 games in a row

For Salah, a top performance against Man United is especially valuable – he scored for Liverpool for only the second (and third!) time in 11 matches – before that he scored against Brighton (2-0) from the penalty spot.

• Plus ended a sad streak without goals as Mo hadn’t scored in 8 consecutive games for club and country before. For Liverpool, the Egyptian could not distinguish himself in games against Arsenal (2:0), Watford (2:0), and also twice in matches with Benfica (3:1 and 3:3) and Manchester City (2:2 and 3:2).
• In addition, Salah did not score for Egypt in the 2022 World Cup qualification against Senegal (1-0 and 0-1, 1-3 on penalties). In the second game of World Cup qualification, Mo did not convert a penalty at all in the post-match series. Salah has caught a clear slump lately – especially given his star status.
• • But Klopp believed in Moe and expected goals from him ahead of the meeting with Manchester United. “This period [without goals] is the norm. We’ve been talking about the physics requirements he’s been facing in recent months, so it’s completely normal. I really enjoyed the game against Manchester City, it was a very good match.