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Manchester United journey to Anfield tomorrow to tackle Liverpool, aiming to cease a 4 recreation shedding run.
The Crimson Devils and Liverpool is the most important recreation on the English soccer calendar and United will probably be searching for revenge after shedding 0-3 at Previous Trafford in September.
The 2 sides have performed towards each other a mammoth 243 times in historical past with the Previous Trafford facet successful on 91 events and Liverpool 82 instances.
There have been 70 attracts between the 2 North-West giants.
Listed here are three plotlines to look out for earlier than the massive conflict.
United dream of overcoming horrendous league type vs Liverpool
The Nineties and first decade of the 2000s noticed United dominate their rivals however the final decade has undoubtedly belonged to Liverpool.
In response to the BBC, “Liverpool’s solely defeat of their final 13 Premier League video games towards Manchester United was a 2-1 loss at Previous Trafford in August 2022.”
They’ve received seven and drawn 5 of the opposite matches as United have struggled to put a glove on their largest rival.
What’s extra, there have been some thrashings for United over the previous couple of years as they misplaced 0-5 at Previous Trafford in 2021 and 0-7 at Anfield in 2023.
To compound issues, “Man Utd’s run of eight away league video games with out a victory at Liverpool is their longest since a sequence of 9 winless video games at Anfield between 1970 and 1979.”
The final time United followers tasted victory at Anfield was a 1-0 victory in January 2016 when Wayne Rooney scored a second-half winner beneath Louis van Gaal.
United no less than want to finish goalless streak at Anfield
The Crimson Devils naturally have discovered targets exhausting to come back by at Anfield when you think about their latest document there.
Nevertheless, it’s mind-boggling that they haven’t scored a aim there for the reason that days of Jose Mourinho.
That aim recreation in a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool in December 2018 when Jesse Lingard fired house for the Crimson Devils.
In reality, the final time United managed greater than a aim at Anfield was in March 2015 when Juan Mata scored a splendid double to beat Liverpool 2-1.
The statistics are much more painful studying contemplating the relative ease Liverpool have had scoring at Previous Trafford within the latest years and is one thing that should quickly be put proper.
United aiming to finish rut in league type
A scarcely plausible run has seen Ruben Amorim’s facet lose six video games within the month of December, essentially the most they’ve in any month since 1930.
“The Crimson Devils need to keep away from shedding 4 league video games in a row in the identical season since 1979. They final suffered 4 defeats in a row with out scoring again in 1909.”
Many followers are sympathetic to the challenges Amorim has confronted and can proceed to come across over the following few weeks and months.
Nonetheless, this inexcusable run of type has to cease and what higher method than placing Liverpool to the sword at Anfield.
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