Updates from the 4.30pm GMT game at AnfieldBurnley 2-1 Leicester | Live scoreboardGet in touch! Email Simon or tweet him 6.42pm GMT Hereīs David Hytnerīs match report from Anfield:For Manchester United fans, it is the hope that kills them. The hope that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer can find the answers, that the flickers of promise from his tenure can morph into meaningful momentum, that the romance inherent in his appointment can somehow over-ride the problems and the drift at the top of the club.This was a game in which Liverpoolīs superiority was so pronounced for most of the first half and the early part of the second that it would have been no surprise had they led by five or six. The intensity of their football coupled with the surgical nature of their incisions were enough to take the breath. It certainly seemed to take that of United. During the period, it felt like the latest reality check for Solskjaer and his players. And yet at the end, the very end, after United had loaded men into the Liverpool area for an all-or-nothing corner, there was Mohamed Salah racing onto Alissonīs clearance, holding off Daniel James and finally giving Liverpool the breathing space they had craved. Related: Van Dijk and Salah goals take dominant Liverpool past Manchester United 6.40pm GMT Virgil van Dijk talks to Jamie Carragher, first about his goal:We tried to find the near post and it worked. Fantastic delivery and the timing was there. Itīs never easy, set pieces. For us Iīve always been marked by the strongest defensive header guys. Today it was two opponents. Itīs always difficult, but I think if the timing is right itīs a big chance.I didnīt jump with my hands up. Itīs difficult to say. But if the VAR gives it, you have to just accept it. I thought it was no foul, but you have to accept it. Thatīs the rules these days. But we had many more opportunities to score goals today and make it look easy. We had two, three, maybe four clear-cut chances. You have to find a way, and ...
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