"The first half's injury rate was 3-1 in favor of Manchester United," this joke makes fans imagine the necessary excessive determination in the match in the 27th round.
Both M.U and Liverpool wanted to win. Man United cannot afford to lose if they do not want to be kicked out of the Top 4 by Arsenal. Meanwhile, if they leave empty-handed, Liverpool, who are 7 points ahead of Man City, can experience the same feeling of not being champions as in the past 29 years.
Manchester United lost their two previous players, Mata and Herrera, due to injury. Subition Mata Lingard also only played for more than 10 minutes before being unable to continue playing. Before the match, Martial and Lingard were both injured in the 0-2 loss to PSG. Therefore, trying to brick Lingard's teeth and then suffer the consequences was a terrible thing for Ole Solskjaer.
On the other side of the front line, Liverpool's Firmino had to leave the pitch to make way for Sturridge. Both sides were stuck and temporarily held back. Liverpool lost an attack option, M.U did not dare to play hard because they had no right to change players and Rashford also had to play in a sedentary state.
Entering the second half, both sides were determined to win. The proof is that football stops are organized more. The team that dominated and had many situations was Manchester United. The ball was put into the Alisson net twice but M.U's spearheads were all offside.
Liverpool lost Firmino, but despite their great efforts to get on the ball, in decisive situations, The Kop could not find the key to opening the door to De Gea's goal.
Klopp was forced to replace Salah with Origi to find something new. This is the first time this season that the Egyptian star has not played a full match. Thus, in the last 4 times playing for M.U as a Liverpool player, Salah has not been able to score or assist.
The match ended in the final minutes, the score was 0-0 and no team changed it. The most successful person was De Gea when he had his 100th clean sheet in the Premier League.
1 point helped Liverpool reclaim the top spot of Man City with 1 point more. Meanwhile, a draw at home was not enough for M.U to maintain 4th place. The "Red Devils" dropped to 5th place, 1 point behind Arsenal and 2 points ahead of Chelsea.
Results of matches on February 24
Leicester City 1-4 Crystal Palace
Arsenal 2-0 Southampton