Harry Maguire’s late header secured a 2-1 win for Manchester United over Liverpool on Sunday, giving them their first victory at Anfield in almost a decade and giving coach Ruben Amorim back-to-back league victories for the first time in his tenure.
The result heaps more misery on a Liverpool side that has now lost their past four games in all competitions.
The visitors’ efforts to secure the win appeared to be denied following Cody Gakpo’s 78th-minute equalizer, but center back Maguire became the latest player to expose Liverpool’s weakness on set pieces with a powerful header.
Harry Maguire handed Man United all three points at Liverpool.
Photo by Carl Recine/Getty Images
United had ridden their luck after Bryan Mbeumo scored the quickest Premier League goal on this ground between the two sides — just 62 seconds in — while Gakpo hit the frame of the goal three times. The Dutchman’s most glaring miss came with three minutes to go when he planted a close-range header wide of an open goal.
While United, now only two points behind their archrivals, will feel they have turned a corner with possibly the standout result of Amorim’s tenure, Arne Slot is left to consider what has gone wrong with his misfiring side.
Liverpool lost a fourth successive match for the first time since November 2014 and their first home league game in 400 days.
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