DBasia.news – The defeated curse at Old Trafford is still unable to be stopped by Liverpool. In the ninth match of the Premier League against Manchester United, Sunday (10/20), Liverpool must end with a 1-1 draw.
Manchester United took the lead on the 36th minute through a goal scored by Marcus Rashford. In the second half, the Reds equalized through Adam Lallana’s goal in the 85th minute. The draw did not change Liverpool’s position at the top of the standings.
Liverpool won 25 points, six points adrift of Manchester City in second place in the standings. While Man United is in 13th place of the standings and two points adrift of the inhabitants of the relegation zone, Newcastle United.
A series of interesting facts were created after the match. Summarized from various sources, here are a series of facts:
1. Manchester United kept the unbeaten record (never losing) to six home games in the Premier League against Liverpool (winning three times and drawing three).
2. 11 of 31 Premier League goals from Marcus Rashford were born from their matches against the big six teams (35 percent) – three of which were created against Liverpool.
3. For the first time since November 2001, the team’s second goal scorer at the North West Derby was an English player. Before Rashford and Lallana there were Michael Owen and David Beckham in 2001.
4. Jurgen Klopp has played more than once against Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team in the Premier League and failed to win (drawn twice).
5. Manchester United recorded the lowest possession in home Premier League matches since the 2003-04 season (32.1 percent). The second worst after 32.06 percent against Liverpool in March 2018.
6. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stopped Liverpool’s winning trend at number 17 – just one win from Manchester City’s record.
7. Jurgen Klopp has never won a match at Old Trafford with the results: 1-1, 1-1, 1-2, 0-0 and 1-1.
8. Adam Lallana scored the first goal in the Premier League since May 2017. His goal was the second goal at Old Trafford.