Liverpool confidently brought an end to their eight-game winless run against Manchester United with dominant 3-1 home victory on Sunday.
The win was their biggest at Anfield in a Premier League meeting between the pair since March 2011 and condemned Jose Mourinho to his first league loss at the venue since January 2007.
While it was not all straightforward for Liverpool after Sadio Mane s opener Alisson s error allowing Jesse Lingard to restore parity Xherdan Shaqiri s twin strikes ensured a one-sided stat sheet was reflected by the final scoreline.
Here, we illustrate the gulf between the teams with the best of the Opta data from another troubling outing for Jose Mourinho.
19 Liverpool s triumph took them 19 points clear of Mourinho s men a…
Paulo Fonseca is happy with Milan s acquisitions in the transfer window but warns that players will be leaving the club as they begin their Serie A campaign at home to Torino on Saturday.
The new Portuguese coach confirmed the signing of French midfielder Youssouf Fofana from Monaco is nearly complete, with no other recruitment planned.
He would join striker Alvaro Morata, and defenders Emerson Royal and Strahinja Pavlovic, who signed for Milan earlier in the window.
After his [Fofana s] arrival, our incomings will be completed, we will need to focus on outgoings, Fonseca told reporters on Friday.
Some players must leave now. We have many, and it s not easy to work with a lot of players.
We work and play to aim for the top, we cannot say that w…
Manchester United s FA Cup campaign started in underwhelming fashion as they drew 0-0 with Wolves in a dire third-round meeting at Molineux.
In a repeat of last season s quarter-final – which finished 2-1 to Wolves – the encounter did not come alive until Marcus Rashford hit the crossbar moments after coming on in the second half.
Sergio Romero has been the busiest of the goalkeepers prior to Rashford s chance, though United believed they should have had a penalty when Leander Dendoncker bundled into Brandon Williams.
Having been let off the hook when Rashford s effort hit the woodwork, Wolves upped the pressure late on but, though Matt Doherty had a goal rightly disallowed and Raul Jimenez hit the woodwork, the tie will have to be settled in a replay at Ol…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he was tasked with restoring Manchester United s style of play and a positive mood around the club when he was hired as caretaker manager.
The former forward was named as United boss on an interim basis in December after Jose Mourinho was sacked following the 3-1 Premier League defeat to Liverpool at Anfield.
United have won nine and drawn one of 10 matches in all competitions under Solskjaer, while a renewed focus on attacking football has allowed players such as Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford to flourish.
Indeed, Solskjaer and Rashford won January s manager and player of the month, the first time United have achieved such a double since Alex Ferguson and Dimitar Berbatov in January 2011.
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Gerard Pique says he almost s*** myself when he found himself the target of a Roy Keane rant during his time at Manchester United.
A product of La Masia, Pique moved to Old Trafford in 2004 before returning to Barcelona in 2008, the Spain international becoming one of the world s finest defenders during his decade at Camp Nou.
But before heading to Catalonia, Pique provoked ire from famously fiery Irishman Keane after leaving his mobile phone on in the dressing room before a match.
One of my very first matches at Old Trafford, we were in the dressing room getting ready, and I was nervous as hell, Pique wrote in The Players Tribune.
Imagine it I m 18 years old, and I m sitting in that little dressing room putting on my socks next to Ruud van Nistelrooy…
According to a recent report from Bild, Philippe Coutinho has confirmed that he is happy to stay at Bayern Munich and sign on a permanent basis during next summer’s transfer window. At this moment in time he is currently on loan from Barcelona, but his move can be made permanent to the tune of £100 million – depending on whether or not Bayern are willing to stump up the cash.
If it was up to Coutinho himself then he’d made the deal become a reality, but of course, there are plenty of variables involved in that too. His form between now and the end of the season will play a huge role in determining what the future is going to hold for the Brazilian as he continues to try and make a name for himself within the realms of European football.
He’s a notable name,…
Chelsea lost N Golo Kante and Callum Hudson-Odoi to injury as they missed an opportunity to go third in the Premier League in an entertaining 2-2 draw against Burnley at Stamford Bridge on Monday.
Maurizio Sarri s men were hoping to bounce back from a 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in their previous top-flight outing but they dropped points once again and could be facing key games against Manchester United and Eintracht Frankfurt without Kante.
Burnley – still yet to confirm their survival – went ahead through Jeff Hendrick early on, and although Kante and Gonzalo Higuain saw Chelsea turn things around in the space of two minutes, Ashley Barnes pegged them back in an enthralling first half.
Chelsea did much of the attacking after the interval but Sarri – who was r…
Cristiano Ronaldo has dismissed claims his poor form in front of goal has left him disgruntled with life at Real Madrid.
Since moving to the Spanish capital in 2009 the Portugal international has scored at least 25 LaLiga goals each season – including a phenomenal 48 in 2014-15.
This season his profile form has deserted him, though, Ronaldo scoring just once in seven league appearances as third-placed Madrid have slipped eight points behind leaders Barcelona.
Some reports have suggested Ronaldo s form is linked to his mood at the club and that he is unhappy, but the Portugal superstar insists he is feeling good in the Spanish capital.
I don t agree with what people are saying about me, Ronaldo told an interview with L Equipe.
People don t know…
Mikel Arteta admits he has concerns about Arsenal s attacking play and not only the goalscoring drought of captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
The Gunners have lost back-to-back Premier League games 1-0 to Manchester City and Leicester City and have failed to score more than twice in any of their previous eight matches in all competitions.
After having an Alexandre Lacazette goal disallowed early in the first half, Arsenal attempted just one shot in the second period against Leicester before Jamie Vardy s 80th-minute winner.
This season, Arsenal are averaging just 8.8 shots per match in the league – their lowest such figure since at least 1997-98 – and 1.3 goals per game, their worst rate in 25 years.
Aubameyang has scored just once in six league games…
Danny Ings gave in-form Southampton sweet revenge over Leicester City and Manchester United hammered bottom side Norwich City in the Premier League on Saturday.
Leicester consigned the Saints to a record-equalling 9-0 defeat in October, but the second-placed Foxes – who had three goals ruled out – were beaten 2-1 at the King Power Stadium less than three months later.
Ings 10th goal in his last 10 top-flight starts sealed all three points for a Southampton side who have now won three and drawn one of their last four Premier League matches.
Manchester United replaced Sheffield United in fifth spot with a 4-0 drubbing of Norwich at Old Trafford, Marcus Rashford scoring twice, after Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored and was sent off in Arsenal s 1-1 draw at …