Jamie Carragher has praised Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim for silencing the Anfield crowd, with the former Liverpool defender detailing how the Reds struggled with the Portuguese’s system.

Liverpool missed the chance to go eight points clear at the top of the Premier League on Sunday after being held to a 2-2 draw by its great rival. A far cry from their usual performances under Arne Slot this season, the Reds were noticeably under-par as they were fortunate to come away with a point in the end.

Having gone into the game as massive underdogs, with Liverpool tipped by a number of pundits to run riot, United managed to defy its form under its new boss as they frustrated the Reds, with Amorim winning plenty of plaudits for finally managing to get a tune out of his side.

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The former Sporting CP boss had faced questions over his system, having refused to back down from the three-at-the-back formation that brought him success in Portugal, but analyzing the game on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football, Carragher feels it was the deciding factor in the game.

“We’ve all been there as players, when you play against a different system and you don’t really match them up, and you can know early on,” Carragher said. “When you start to close people down, you’re not quite sure if I should be going there or there, and that’s where Liverpool found themselves in the game.

“Listen, Liverpool probably should have still won the game, when you look at the xG, they still had huge numbers, but what they never did was get Man United on the rack and get the Anfield crowd going because they couldn’t press, they were always caught in between.

“That was down to the system and the movement of the players, and also the work they’ve [United] done on the training pitch, and fair play to the manager, he said you give me time on the training pitch with this system, and I will make it work.”

It’s a view that Slot seemingly agrees with, having admitted his side struggled against Amorim’s system straight after the game.

“It’s not so easy to take control if the other team plays every ball into your last line, then the ball is constantly in the air and there’s constantly duels,” Slot said.

““That is, I think, what makes it difficult. We couldn’t control it completely because every time we had control, we had a shot on target, [Andre] Onana put the ball on the ground and hit it long towards our half. Then the ball is open.

“Of course, we had to do much better in the two goals we conceded, but that’s what every manager says, probably – [Ruben] Amorim will tell you they had to do better in the two goals we scored. Taking control against a team that plays almost every ball into your last line is not as easy as [against] another playing style.”