Manchester United added to Liverpool’s woes as Bruno Fernandes’s pinpoint free kick earned his facet a 3-2 win in a blockbuster FA Cup fourth-round conflict at Old Trafford on Sunday.
The Portuguese, on as an alternative, stepped as much as bend a right-footed strike past Alisson within the 78th minute to e-book a last-16 tie for his facet in opposition to West Ham United.
Mohamed Salah scored each of Liverpool’s objectives, the primary to provide his facet an 18th-minute lead earlier than Mason Greenwood levelled, after which once more within the 58th minute after the excellent Marcus Rashford had slotted United forward.
A much-improved Liverpool regarded the extra seemingly winners but it surely was Fernandes, so usually United’s attacking spark, who sealed it together with his twenty eighth objective in all competitions for the membership since his debut final February.
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The tie proved an absorbing tussle, in marked distinction to the turgid 0-0 stalemate between the perimeters at Anfield within the Premier League final weekend.But that was of scant comfort for Liverpool who’ve now gained solely as soon as in seven video games in all competitions.
United, however, are using the crest of a purple wave and have been overwhelmed solely as soon as since going out of the Champions League to RB Leipzig in early December, a run which has put them on the high of the Premier League.
“We played some really good stuff, good goals, we have to defend well against them and we managed to react well,” United supervisor Ole Gunnar Solskjaer mentioned.
Liverpool, taking part in of their unfamiliar blue away equipment, regarded way more like their outdated selves as their misfiring ahead line clicked again into gear.
They went forward within the 18th minute in tried and examined model — Roberto Firmino slicing open United’s defence with an outstanding cross to Salah who dinked a cool end over Dean Henderson.
United took solely eighth minutes to reply, although. Paul Pogba gained a sort out on the sting of his personal field, Rashford superior earlier than delivering a ‘quarterback style’ cross that Liverpool’s James Milner failed to chop out.
The ball arrived at Greenwood who took a contact earlier than burying his shot previous Alisson.
Another Rashford raid simply earlier than the break resulted in Pogba flashing a shot simply vast when he ought to have hit the goal.United had been forward shortly after the restart when Greenwood slid in Rashford who guided his shot previous Allison.
Back got here Liverpool with Milner losing a wonderful likelihood to attain earlier than, a minute later, Edinson Cavani sloppily gave away possession in a harmful space and Firmino’s ball in was dummied by Milner with Salah snaffling the prospect.
Both sides hunted the winner however when Cavani was fouled on the sting of the world, Fernandes meted out punishment.
“When you leave him out like I did today, he stayed about 45 minutes after training yesterday shooting free kicks so I was pretty confident he could score one if he got the chance,” Solskjaer mentioned.
