Man Utd news: ‘Gameplan worked brilliantly’ – reaction to beating Liverpool

Harry Maguire’s late header secured Manchester United’s first win at Anfield in practically a decade and inflicted Liverpool’s fourth successive defeat.

It was a press release victory for Ruben Amorim’s aspect in opposition to their greatest rivals and the supervisor described it as “the most important win in my time at Manchester United”.

Monday’s newspaper again pages convey the magnitude of the end result, which additionally gave United their first consecutive Premier League wins underneath the Portuguese.

“Amorim has come underneath a whole lot of strain, however now it’s back-to-back wins they usually have crushed Liverpool,” stated Clinton Morrison on BBC Radio 5 Stay’s Soccer Each day podcast. “It is a massive win for United and it places them proper up there within the league.

“United’s entrance three had a whole lot of tempo. They needed to trigger Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate issues, they usually did. It was in all probability one of many solely video games that I assumed Van Dijk appeared rattled within the first half.

“That’s as a result of United’s gameplan labored brilliantly. They had been defending of their numbers and good on the counter-attack.

“They at all times flip up in opposition to the massive groups – we noticed this final season – so now they should flip up in opposition to Brighton subsequent week.

“Whether or not they can stays an enormous query mark.”

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