Maguire goal hands Liverpool 4th straight loss

Harry Maguire's precocious header secured Manchester United's archetypal triumph astatine Anfield successful astir a decennary and gave caput manager Ruben Amorim back-to-back league victories for the archetypal clip successful his tenure.

The effect heaps much misery connected a Liverpool broadside which has present mislaid their past 4 games successful each competitions.

The visitors looked to person been denied by Cody Gakpo's 78th-minute equaliser, but centre-back Maguire became the latest subordinate to exposure Liverpool's weakness astatine set-pieces with a almighty header.

United had ridden their luck aft Bryan Mbeumo scored the quickest Premier League extremity connected this crushed betwixt the 2 sides -- conscionable 62 seconds successful -- with Gakpo hitting the framework of the extremity 3 times. The Dutchman's astir glaring miss came with 3 minutes to spell erstwhile helium planted a close-range header wide of an unfastened goal.

While United, present lone 2 points down their arch rivals, volition consciousness they person turned a country with perchance the standout effect of Amorim's tenure, Arne Slot is near to see what has gone incorrect with his misfiring side.

Liverpool mislaid a 4th successive lucifer for the archetypal clip since November 2014 and a archetypal location league crippled for 400 days.