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Liverpool vs Manchester United - Highlights and reaction as Arne Slot reveals new injury

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We still created many opportunities to score but the reality is that we lost."It is an interesting time because we have to stick together, not just us as players but as a club and the fans who want us to win."Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool during the Premier League match against Manchester United at Anfield (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)19:51Paul WheelockMore Arne Slot reactionThe Liverpool head coach has also been speaking to Sky Sports:If you play a United side that comes with a low block and comes with a long balls and you know it is going to be difficult. Liverpool may well be pondering that question after a worrying run became a full-blown reason for genuine concern.A dismal defeat to Manchester United sent the Reds tumbling to a fourth successive loss for the first time since November 2014.Read Ian Doyle's snap analysis in full HERE.Arne Slot, head coach of Liverpool, looks dejected his side's defeat to Manchester United (Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)18:59Paul WheelockNo punches pulled from former ECHO reporter18:57KEY EVENTPlayer ratings as new signings 4/10 and 5/10 in Man United lossGiorgi Mamardashvili 5Should have done better with Cunha opener, dropped one cross but two good saves in quick succession before interval.



Far too excitable when pressing forward.Ian Doyle's full ratings HERE.18:37Mark JonesTough one to takeThere's absolute delirium in that away end right now, as Manchester United fans celebrate winning at a ground where they hadn't won since 2016.It's a tough one for Liverpool to take, and while there was a large slice of bad luck about it - see Cody Gakpo hitting the woodwork three times - it was also another hugely disjointed display.18:30KEY EVENTFull timeFull time: Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United.A first United win at Anfield for nine years condemns the Premier League champions to a fourth straight defeat and this is now a big crisis for Arne Slot to arrest. There's three United players unmarked at the back post.

Liverpool 1-1 Manchester United (Gakpo)It's there!18:02Paul GorstSubChiesa on. 17:47Ian DoyleAnfield ponderingsThere is a suggestion United probably won't get any better than they played in the first half, which wasn't exactly great given the amount of chances they coughed agaisnt a spluttering Liverpool attack.The Reds, though, can clearly play better than in the first half and already have shown a bit more about them.17:47Paul GorstDramatic turnIt might sound dramatic to say Liverpool have 35 minutes to turn their season around but another defeat here means the Reds have lost three quarters of their L column for last season already by mid-October if they are beaten here.