Manchester United surprises Liverpool with its first defeat at Anfield since 2014
Manchester United achieved an exciting 2-1 victory over its host Liverpool, in the match hosted by Anfield Stadium, within the framework of the English Premier League competitions for the 2024-2025 season.
The visitors quickly opened the scoring through Brian Mbuimu 62 seconds after the start of the match, giving Manchester the lead. United scored one of the fastest goals in the history of the confrontation.
Cody Jacobo returned with the equalizer for his team, Liverpool, in the second half in the 78th minute, before Harry Maguire snatched the winning goal with a decisive header in the 84th minute.
This result is an important achievement for Manchester United, who have not achieved a victory over Liverpool at the stadium. Anfield has been in the English Premier League since 2016, which breaks a series of years of lack of victories on the opponent’s soil.
The match witnessed controversy over the early goal and the way the medical staff dealt with an injury that occurred immediately before the goal, in addition to refereeing discussions that appeared in media comments after the match, and was accompanied by offensive pressure from Liverpool in the last minutes, but their attempts were in vain. Feasibility.
With this result, Liverpool’s score froze at 15 points in third place, while Manchester United raised its score to 13 points in ninth place.
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