Salah’s equaliser from the penalty spot was his sixth Premier League goal at Old Trafford against United
Salah’s equaliser from the penalty spot was his sixth Premier League goal at Old Trafford against United, the most of any visiting player in the competition’s history.
All seven of Liverpool’s last Premier League penalties against United have been at Old Trafford, with Salah’s the first to score from the spot in this fixture since James Milner in January 2017.
In fact, 25 per cent of the penalty goals scored against United at Old Trafford in the Premier League have been scored by Liverpool, and Klopp will not have wanted anyone other than Salah to be stood over the ball.
However, the Reds might well look at this as an opportunity lost. With seven matches left, they are on the same points as Arsenal, but behind the league leaders on goal difference, while City sit just a point behind in third.
Garnacho (19 years old), Willy Kambwala (19) and Mainoo (18) all started for United, the first time the Red Devils have begun with three teenagers in a Premier League match against Liverpool.
They stepped up, too, especially after the break following a tricky first half in which the hosts struggled to get a foothold.
Mainoo became the first 18-year-old to net a Premier League goal against Liverpool since Cesc Fabregas for Arsenal in May 2005, while he is also the youngest ever United scorer against Liverpool in the competition.
Bruno Fernandes scored his 50th Premier League goal from Manchester United’s very first shot of the match against Liverpool in the 50th minute.
Man Utd failed to record a single shot in the first half of a Premier League match for the first time since April 2022, which was also against Liverpool, and for only the second time on record (from 2003/04) at Old Trafford in the competition, after October 2015 v Man City.
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah has scored six Premier League goals at Old Trafford, the most of any visiting player in the competition’s history, overtaking Steven Gerrard’s five.