Jürgen Klopp’s side could not make their superiority count as they missed dozens of chances, threw away a lead, and could only rescue a point late on at Old Trafford. Our Manchester United vs Liverpool stats page brings you all the numbers you need from a breathless game that could have a huge say on the title race.
Manchester United vs Liverpool Post-Match Opta Facts
- Liverpool failed to win a Premier League game in which they had a led for the first time since October against Brighton (2-2), ending their 16-game winning run when going ahead in the competition.
- Manchester United faced 28 shots against Liverpool, their most on record (from 2003-04) in a Premier League game at Old Trafford. Indeed, home and away, they faced 62 shots in their two league meetings with Liverpool this season (34 Anfield, 28 Old Trafford), the joint-most by any side against another in a season on record in the competition.
- This was the ninth time in 15 Premier League home games this season that Manchester United fell 1-0 behind; only in 2013-14 (10) have they conceded first in more separate matches at Old Trafford in a single campaign in the competition.
- Manchester United failed to record a single shot in the first half of a Premier League game for the first time since April 2022, which was also against Liverpool, and for only the second time on record (from 2003-04) at Old Trafford in the competition, after October 2015 v Man City.
- Bruno Fernandes scored his 50th Premier League goal from Manchester United’s very first shot of this match against Liverpool in the 50th minute.
- Kobbie Mainoo was the first 18-year-old to score a Premier League goal against Liverpool since Cesc Fàbregas for Arsenal in May 2005, and was Manchester United’s youngest-ever goalscorer against Liverpool in the competition.
- Liverpool’s Mo Salah has scored six Premier League goals at Old Trafford, the most of any visiting player in the competition’s history, overtaking Steven Gerrard’s five.
- No player has provided more assists for Premier League clubs in all competitions this season than Darwin Núñez (13). His assist for Luis Díaz’s opener was his 50th goal involvement in his Liverpool career in all competitions (33 goals, 17 assists).
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