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Man Utd draw felt like a defeat for Liverpool

I think naturally there was a lot of disappointment among Liverpool fans (and players) after the game against Manchester United on Sunday, and understandably so.

United, clearly, are not in a great place right now, and so much about the game, and the occasion, pointed to a Liverpool win, so it will have felt like a defeat in many ways for Jurgen Klopp’s side.

But they only have themselves to blame. Whatever their thoughts on United’s approach, they were the ones who failed to produce the quality required. They dominated in terms of statistics - shots, corners, possession, expected goals, territory - but there was a lack of composure and clarity in much of what they did. They peppered the United goal with 34 efforts, but many of them were speculative. Andre Onana made eight saves, but none of them were anything out of the ordinary.

None of Klopp’s key attacking players - Mo Salah, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Dominik Szoboszlai, Trent Alexander-Arnold - played particularly well. Diaz and Nunez in particular struggled, and for once the bench was unable to bail the Reds out.