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Rashford double fires Manchester United to victory over Liverpool
Marcus Rashford marked his first Premier League start this year with two brilliant goals at Old Trafford.
The 20-year-old netted on 14 and 24 minutes as Manchester United moved five points clear of Liverpool in second place. with a 2-1 win.
Rashford took the 20th meeting between these two bitter rivals by the scruff of its neck after Romelu Lukaku beat Dejan Lovren to a header and he beat Trent Alexander-Arnold with a deft turn and fierce shot across Loris Karius and into the corner.
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Ten minutes later, Lukaku once again dominated Lovren in the air and the ball broke to Rashford to smash home again from almost the same position, the ball taking a small flick off Alexander-Arnold.
The second goal came seconds after Virgil Van Dijk set a close range header wide from a corner when left unmarked.
But on 38 minutes Juan Mata should have added a third following a perfect Alexis Sanchez cross. Mata was unmarked six yards from goal and could have taken a touch but instead scissor-kicked his shot past the post.
After the break, Liverpool completely overran the home side for the first 15 minutes.
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They were denied a clear penalty when Mo Salah was held back by Eric Bailly and then a possible penalty when Andy Robertson’s cross struck Antonio Valencia’s arm.
But Liverpool were gifted a lifeline in the 67th minute when Sadio Mane’s cross was horribly turned into his own net by Bailly, only the seventh goal conceded at home by United this season.
After the goal, Rashford was taken off for Marouane Fellaini, a substitution that home fans greeted with jeers.
Liverpool continued to look dangerous, especially at set pieces, and looked the more likely to score. Roberto Firmino opted to try and flick the ball to Mane with ten minutes left when he should have gone for goal.
So dominant were the away side that it took United 83 minutes to earn their first corner.
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There were six minutes of stoppage time for Liverpool to rescue a point and they continued to pour forward as United looked increasingly nervous.
De Gea saved well from Mane in the 94th minute and United dealt with the resulting corner.
There was still time for two more Liverpool corners and Salah blazed the final chance over from 12 yards when he finally found some space.
Key Opta stats
Manchester United defeated Liverpool for the 68th time in league competition; this is the most defeats that Liverpool have suffered against a single side.
Manchester United have won four of their eight games against fellow ‘big six’ sides in the Premier League this season (W4 D1 L3), twice as many as they managed in the whole of last season (W2 D4 L4).
Liverpool have won only one of their seven Premier League games on the weekends immediately following playing a Champions League game this season (W1 D4 L2).
Manchester United have won 20 of their 30 Premier League games this season, already surpassing their totals in both 2016-17 (18) and 2015-16 (19) and equalling their number of league wins in 2014-15 (20).
Only Manchester United (67) have profited from more own goals in the Premier League than Liverpool (58).
Manchester United had just two shots on target in this match – both of which were scored by Marcus Rashford (13:34 and 23:37).
Marcus Rashford has scored with 29% of his shots in the Premier League against ‘big six’ clubs, compared to a 10% ratio against the other teams.
Marcus Rashford has scored seven of his 16 Premier League goals against teams in the ‘big six’ (44%).
Romelu Lukaku now has seven Premier League assists this season; more than he has in any previous campaign.
