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Reuben Amorim Anfield will always be there. A regime that has reduced many people to historic lows has finally yielded the right kind of historic results. As Manchester United The Portuguese led the side to back-to-back league wins, winning at Liverpool’s home ground for the first time in almost a decade. The last United manager to take three points here, Louis van Gaal, was sacked after four months, so there’s no guarantee Amorim will get three years, as Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants, but both the result and the manner of it felt auspicious indeed.
and that’s what happened Arne Slott Who was left to contemplate a decline of unexpectedly seismic proportions and who was steeped in ineffective statistics. This is the first Liverpool team to lose four matches in a row since 2014, which is not a good look for a team undergoing a £450m makeover. They were defeated at Anfield Premier League For the first time in 13 months. Scoring late goals has been the story of Liverpool’s season, but now they are sorry for it. He also started accepting soon. He did both: trailing Brian Mbumo after 62 seconds, he was defeated Harry MaguireDecisive in the 84th minute.
So Maguire, who almost got the winner at Anfield in January, scored a winner nine months later. The centre-back’s late heroics have been one of the most uplifting features of Amorim’s tenure. The second has been United’s ability to prove motivated underdogs and raise their game against the best. United have won very few games under the Portuguese, but they have now beaten Liverpool, Chelsea, Manchester City and Arsenal, including in penalty shootouts.
Sure, it was the best. “I think it was the biggest win of my time at Manchester United,” Amorim said. On the one hand, he also made self-criticism. “I haven’t won much in Manchester,” he said.
Nor, arguably, did he have enough opportunities to get both team selection and strategy right, but he did; In fact, Maguire was recalled and was named player of the match. Amorim’s blueprint worked brilliantly, with United defending deep and counter-attacking with pace and cutting. Their side also had character: six minutes after conceding the equalizing goal Cody AgateAnd while they could have been overwhelmed by waves of Liverpool attacks, United held on to win. Their chest-thumping celebration shows how much it means. Watching Mathias Cunha sink into the wet ground from exhaustion after running many miles was an indication of how much he had given. “If you have passion, you can win any game,” Amorim said. That’s why his side won.
Liverpool had a different inclination. “If they come out playing those long balls with a low block, the last thing you want is to be down 1-0,” Slott said. “If you had told me we would create eight, nine or 10 chances, I would have said that is not possible.” Cody Gakpo hit the woodwork three times, equalized once and should have done so again, somehow heading wide after 87 minutes.
But United had the cohesion that Liverpool lacked. They were too disjointed. And if there was something compelling in the vision of them going for an all-out attack, overloading the slots with forwards, it probably meant they had very few defensive-minded personnel left on the pitch. So when Bruno Fernandes lofted a cross at the far post, Maguire was able to lunge past Ibrahima Konate and head on. It was a great moment for a much-maligned man. “He’s a great example of what he’s been through,” Amorim said. Among other things, Maguire is an honest speaker. His reaction to finally achieving consecutive victories was instructive. “This is not a situation we should be talking about because it is a shameful situation,” he said.
Maguire was, in more ways than one, the rock at the center of the rearguard. Amorim’s 3-4-3 was more of a 5-4-1, but it allowed United space to move forward. He dropped his target man, Benjamin Cesco, but the elusive Cunha succeeded as a false nine in a fluid forward line. Diogo Dalot was deployed on the left side of the defense and excelled against Mohamed Salah, who was ineffective apart from making two excellent passes to Gakpo. But the boldest choice was choosing Amad Diallo at right wing-back: if that gamble was one reason why Gakpo, their immediate rivals, were so dominant, it also gave Milos Kerkez his latest miserable afternoon at left-back. Amad was the provider when Fernandes almost doubled United’s lead and when Mbuyomo put them ahead barely a minute into the proceedings. Kerkez had given Amad too much space. Liverpool were aggrieved that Alexis McAllister was inadvertently tackled by Virgil van Dijk, requiring four stitches and a bandage. Slote nevertheless admitted, “That’s no excuse for conceding the goal.”
While his side were in chaos at the back, Mason Mount also had two opportunities to put United two up. Liverpool had Gakpo, the lowest profile and most dangerous of their forwards. His curler bounced back off the post, his cross deflected off Fernandes, hit the bar, his shot went wide of the upright. He equalized with a tap-in from a center by Federico Chiesa, which was again a catalytic substitute.
The players signed to become Liverpool’s talismans were cool. Florian Wirtz spent the first hour on the bench. Alexandre Issac started and finally registered a shot on target for Liverpool in the Premier League, but he was denied a goal as Sane Lammens saved it well. In just his second appearance for United, the Belgian showed a presence, an authority. “That was really important,” Amorim said. “But two shots at the post can change the story.”
It was a way in which he talked about winning and defying expectations. “Forget about the top four, top six,” Amorim said. “We need to try to win three games in a row.” And Liverpool’s aim is not to lose five matches in a row.