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It was a Red blood rivalry It was more than just a game Not only for the 3 points but bragging rights have to be maintained It was a must win for both teams as they keep eyes on different records. The only EPL matchday on Matchday 9 was against the two most decorated clubs in England. Liverpool has been having a cool ride after 8 weeks and they hope to continue this against archrivals Manchester United. Liverpool has to play without star Mo'Salah as Origi stepped up to fill his position as Klopp maintain his 4-3-3 formation. On the other side Manchester United surprisingly had David De Gea return to the starting lineup as Romero was left again on the bench. Paul Pogba, Nemanja Matić, Jesse Lingard, Luke Shaw were all missing from the squad. Formation: The Red Devil's surprising pop up with a 3-4-2-1 formation with Rojo, Lindelof and Maguire holding the back 3 while Rashford was the lone striker. But few minutes into the game a 3-4-3 formation was observed. With James, Rashford and Pereira leading the attacking line. Despised the absence of Mo'Salah Liverpool maintained their 4-3-3 formation. The form change to 4-4-2 as Oxlade-Chamberlain came into the game. __________________________________ ✓Manchester United took full advantage of the only clear scoring moment in the first half to take the lead. Liverpool were a little slow in the first half with no record of a corner kick or any creative moment. Sane Mane saw his goal disqualified by VAR decision for handball. ✓The first corner kick of the game was recorded by Manchester United at the 20 minute. ✓Manchester United recorded first shot on target 25' into the game. ✓Manchester United draw the first blood at the 36' of the game through Marco Rashford with assist from Daniel James after a debatable foul on Origi happened. ✓Manchester United couldn't hang on until the end of the game as substitute Adam Lallana tapped in an easy one at the 85' to take the match to a 1-1 stalemate with assist from Andy Robertson. ✓The equalling goal was Lallana's first goal since May 2017. ✓It has been a stalemate for the 5th time in 7 meetings between both teams. ✓Liverpool fail to record their 17th premier league game in a row against Manchester United as they pursue to break Manchester City 18 game winning streak record. _________________________________ Highlight My Take Ole Solskjaer made an appointing move by substituting Marco Rashford for Anthony Martial. Rashford was the only player the only player that got Liverpool's defense busy and distracted and by the time he was pull off the pressure pushed in. He needed to substitute Fred for Martial. Manchester United were quite unlucky today and Liverpool didn't play enough to get a point from this game so Manchester United should blame themselves for such a cheap give away. Fred had actually been given some freedom as he tour around the midfield and he really had an improve performance. __________________________________ Substitutions Manchester United make their first substitution late in the game as Anthony Martial came in to replace goal scorer Rashford at the 84'. 90+3' Andreas Pereira was replaced by Williams. Liverpool: Origin was replaced by Oxlade-Chamberlain at the 59' 71' Henderson was replaced by Adam Lallana 82' Wijnaldum was replaced by Naby Keita __________________________________ What Next? Manchester United Europa League Thursday, 24/10 Partizan vs Man United Epl Matchday 10 Sunday, 27/10 Norwich City vs Man United Liverpool UEFA Champions League: 23/10 Genk vs Liverpool EPL Matchday 10: 27/10 Liverpool vs Tottenham Hope this match will give them energy to push up the table. Thank you for staying tuned. All photos was snapped while watching it live on Supersport3.