Arne Slot error proves costly as Liverpool and Man Utd reality clear - 5 talking points
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Liverpool came from two goals down against Manchester United with Dominik Szoboszlai and Cody Gakpo canceling out Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko strikes. This is what we spotted.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)OLD TRAFFORD, MANCHESTER // Liverpool fought back from two goals down against Manchester United, only to lose to a Kobbie Mainoo strike after a game of two halves.Within 15 minutes, Manchester United had sailed into a two-goal lead thanks to goals from Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko, the latter potentially controversial thanks to a possible handball offense.
In reality, though, Liverpool was very much second best.Adam Diallo gifted the ball to Dominik Szoboszlai early in the second half and he cut the deficit to one before Senne Lammens helped with Cody Gakpo's effort and the Reds' second. Here are the five things Liverpool.com spotted as the game unfolded, with Mainoo finding a winner with a low strike.READ MORE: Man Utd vs Liverpool LIVE: Goal updates from Old Trafford as Sir Alex Ferguson rushed to hospitalREAD MORE: Why Man Utd vs Liverpool kick off was moved as Reds eye Champions League boostMichael Carrick vs Arne SlotThis game was more about Michael Carrick and Arne Slot than Manchester United vs Liverpool, Gary Neville said earlier this week.
Within a quarter of the action, he had picked two goals out of his net, though he recovered from those setbacks very well.Alisson Becker may well be back by the time the Reds take on Chelsea — there was a chance he could have been here — and if so, Woodman will have quite the trio of appearances, Everton, Anfield, and Old Trafford. That might be his likeliest avenue to being in the team as often as he has been of late.Here, he struggled to cope with Matheus Cunha to begin with — a possibility for anyone, let alone a makeshift right-back — and was unable to get a grip of the build-up play in the same way that he can at his best.He improved after the interval but Cunha had moved elsewhere.