As Ive said, the media are obsessed with Liverpool fc.
FA W FA Cup 4th Round
Manchester United 3:2 Liverpool
Post-match discussion
Sun, 24 January 2021
So why didnt the ref or BBC pull Liverpool up for retaking a free kick at least 8 feet away from the original? They had to retake the kick because the ball was moving, but when they did retake it it was still moving!
We held the ball in midfield much better than in the last game. Mc T and Pogba took players on and didn't try the first pass they could see, or attempt a killer pass before carving out a bit of space for themselves. Much braver on the ball
Not even the referee could help them this time 
Keen to see it again yeah. I think Cavani would’ve been through on goal if he weren’t fouled .
Still buzzing.
The game was never in doubt. Even at a goal down I was confident. It just seemed we had this. The scoreline makes it seem closer than it actually was.
"Only just, Only just..."
The game was never in doubt. Even at a goal down I was confident. It just seemed we had this. The scoreline makes it seem closer than it actually was.
Congrats and congrats mate. Now you have to renew your vows everytime a day before we play this lot.
"But you admitted, you admitted Manchester United deserved to go through!"
Don Hutchinson?! You can hear the volume in his voice start to rise as he gets riled up.
Listening to these ex-Liverpool players clutching for straws right now is very funny.
Can a loss be a win..?
"Only just, Only just..."
I saw a tweet where Duncan Castle said it was a definite yellow if he hadn’t already received a yellow earlier! I hate that mindset by refs. If it’s a yellow card offense, give the yellow!!
Has ended up a great day for the Glazers - Buccaneers through to the Superbowl.
Pogba's never getting to Milner there to be fair. Not sure why he stopped running unless he was hoping for a counter but he's not getting across to block the pass even if he's at full sprint.
That whole goal was a mess. I don't know why Lindelof feels the need to come so far over in the first place as that's what creates the space. He could have just held his position and he's still got more than enough time to get across if the Liverpool player does run towards goal, but he just panics all the time fecking time. He also could have easily prevented the first goal by just staying in line with our other defenders but again seemed to panic. Teams always get chances by playing off Lindelof far too easily.
It was a weird game actually as I was generally very pleased with how we played but we had a couple of spells where we just seemed to go a bit to pieces and play without any common sense...and yet our first and third goals also came during these spells and then settled us down again.
But you know, if this game happened this time last year we'd have sat on the edge of our box for 90 minutes and hoped to nick it on the break. Now we're starting to believe we can take teams like Liverpool on, which will lead to the odd mistake but its encouraging we can do it and actually win.
correct. The League game 1st half was all Liverpool's attack, but not the FA 1st half (or both half).
I watched the whole game, it was more open, more relax perhaps, and both side taking punches. In fact, if it wasn't 4x defending mistakes on both sides scoreline might have been 0-0 until 80th. But I guess this is also what the Coach and fans want, gloves off and attack, even if we conceded or lost. Ole should have played Telles, as Shaw was responsible for the 1st goal, IMO anyway.
And always have been.
Because he's a colossal bellend of biblical proportions and is long overdue chinning.Never noticed but why is Robertson screaming at Greenwood when he took his shot - did he really believe that would work ?
I thought he lost the ball a lot of times and was careless in possession at times. If we'd been facing a team in better form than Liverpool, we could've been punished by one of the many mistakes he made and it'd be a different story.
Cocaine, its a hell of a drug.
Ole's at the wheel.. Tell me how good does it feel... We've got Cavani.. Paul Pogba and Fred.. Marcus Rashford is Manc born & bred.. Duh du.. du du du du du.. Duh du.. du du du du du.. The greatest of English football.. We've won it all...
I know they had injuries but surely it's illegal to play David Luiz.
GET IN!
We are evolving. Love this team.
Great character. Love how this team is developing.
There are a lot of high ratings for Pogba. He played well once the subs came on, Bruno and Fred. But the evidence is pretty damning, he really cannot play as part of a two man pivot against a counter pressing team. Too many giveaways. And yet, his tackle started the counter that led to the Mason goal.
It’s just too risky. I thought Donny would occupy that spot with Pogba at the 10.
There are a lot of high ratings for Pogba. He played well once the subs came on, Bruno and Fred. But the evidence is pretty damning, he really cannot play as part of a two man pivot against a counter pressing team. Too many giveaways. And yet, his tackle started the counter that led to the Mason goal.
It’s just too risky. I thought Donny would occupy that spot with Pogba at the 10.
Excellent win.
Great win. Defensively we've been all over the place all season, but we've been pretty good scoring goals.
If we fix the defence, we're golden.
If we fix the defence, we're golden.
Lets go, great win !!
That draw last week gave confidence to our guys that this Liverpool is nothing special and we gave them too much respect.
Ole picked a good attacking lineup while resting Bruno.
Pogba played well again
Rashford is world class
Greenwood needs to stop being selfish
Shaw needs to defend
Thought Hendo could have done better for the first goal
Awb was great
How the hell that was not a second yellow
We have the best midfield in the league.
Fred Mctominay Pogba Bruno - class
Ole picked a good attacking lineup while resting Bruno.
Pogba played well again
Rashford is world class
Greenwood needs to stop being selfish
Shaw needs to defend
Thought Hendo could have done better for the first goal
Awb was great
How the hell that was not a second yellow
We have the best midfield in the league.
Fred Mctominay Pogba Bruno - class
Great result and played some really good football, we should have had a go at them like that in the league.
It was nice to have DVB play, the lad really needs consistent minutes. Even though he didn't do much in the game, still impresses me on how he doesn't mess about with the ball and wants to keep it moving, knows his next pass before he receives the ball, and rarely losses possession. I think we'll see the best of Donny if or when start to consistently move the ball quicker.
The result should give the lads more confidence going forward against the "big" teams.
It was nice to have DVB play, the lad really needs consistent minutes. Even though he didn't do much in the game, still impresses me on how he doesn't mess about with the ball and wants to keep it moving, knows his next pass before he receives the ball, and rarely losses possession. I think we'll see the best of Donny if or when start to consistently move the ball quicker.
The result should give the lads more confidence going forward against the "big" teams.
It just shows that when we as fans have such high confidence, how high the confidence of the players is! Their mentality has been transformed and also transferred to us.Still buzzing.
The game was never in doubt. Even at a goal down I was confident. It just seemed we had this. The scoreline makes it seem closer than it actually was.
Congrats and congrats mate. Now you have to renew your vows everytime a day before we play this lot.
"But you admitted, you admitted Manchester United deserved to go through!"
"Only just, Only just..."
Anyone else saw RVP posting a photo of him in the park with his family with the caption "A walk in the park" right after the full time whistle?
Rashford won that round of rock paper scissors..
My exact thoughts. The roof would have come off when the freekick flew in.
I wanted them replaced for two seasons, 5 good games for Pogba won’t and should not change that.
Sentimentality should not get in the way of progression and I’m glad Ole is like that because I believe he’s incredibly ruthless.
I hope Pogba and Martial can play well until the end of the season and then take their inconsistencies to another club.
Viva united.
fecking aye, congratulations my man !! A truly special day eh
It's a bizarre season and it continues to be so. I think the game was pretty even, however we looked more dangerous than they did in an attacking sense. They played into our hands.
It was an excellent cup tie, and I do not agree that this was some great performance and we were much better. We were at home remember, and I fear what will happen when this counter-attack ploy gets muddled (if we go a couple of goes down and have to chase a game for example..)
Pogba (when playing well..) and Cavani are making a huge difference to our team, because they bring undoubted pedigree, ability, experience and resilience to the team. Our 'shape' is now clearer, more defined when they play, even if we do not perform well. No other player(s) we have exhibit those qualities and have that affect. Bruno elevates us with his technique magic, simple.
We still have too many players who we have little idea how they will perform and we remain a v nervous team, because our manager is still, v nervous, cautious, reticent. He need to change that.
Rashford is key for this style of play. He has the (growing) intelligence to take a defensive situation and turn into attack and his decision making is improving Look at the first goal for example. He is a massively important player for Man Utd. Greenwood is class, just needs ongoing guidance. A beautiful, natural footballer.
So many good things, but I still, still feel we are pretty fragile as a team.
It was an excellent cup tie, and I do not agree that this was some great performance and we were much better. We were at home remember, and I fear what will happen when this counter-attack ploy gets muddled (if we go a couple of goes down and have to chase a game for example..)
Pogba (when playing well..) and Cavani are making a huge difference to our team, because they bring undoubted pedigree, ability, experience and resilience to the team. Our 'shape' is now clearer, more defined when they play, even if we do not perform well. No other player(s) we have exhibit those qualities and have that affect. Bruno elevates us with his technique magic, simple.
We still have too many players who we have little idea how they will perform and we remain a v nervous team, because our manager is still, v nervous, cautious, reticent. He need to change that.
Rashford is key for this style of play. He has the (growing) intelligence to take a defensive situation and turn into attack and his decision making is improving Look at the first goal for example. He is a massively important player for Man Utd. Greenwood is class, just needs ongoing guidance. A beautiful, natural footballer.
So many good things, but I still, still feel we are pretty fragile as a team.
Even Mane on Fred was pretty bad. Could have been a red on another day I thought.
Perhaps a slightly unusual one as he scored a cracking header from a bouncy ball.
It was pretty much the same as the Shaw challenge a few weeks ago where we had an opposition player potentially being sent off until they bought it back for the Shaw foul earlier. Both are rightfully yellow cards, but considering how many people were ridiculously saying that Shaw should have been sent off I'm surprised we aren't hearing more of the same for this one.
Why was Fabinho not sent off for his foul on Greenwood? Greenwood was going to be clean through on goal if not for the foul.
That's ridiculous. Clearly trying to paint some sort of narrative eh. We had chances before the Salah goal. Funny enough I was kind of relaxed when we conceded first. "Meh, not the first time this season. Now we'll go on to win."
Didn't even celebrate Rashford's goal that much. Kind of expected it.
I thought the game was pretty even all told. United is just so clinical on the counter. Defensive errors on both sides leading to goals. Bruno with an amazing game winning free kick.
Really wish Cavani would have nailed that wide open header to put the bow on the win.
Still not a fan of pushing Pogba out on RW after Fred came on for Greenwood. He doesn't have the pace to operate out there and doesn't look comfortable.
Really wish Cavani would have nailed that wide open header to put the bow on the win.
Still not a fan of pushing Pogba out on RW after Fred came on for Greenwood. He doesn't have the pace to operate out there and doesn't look comfortable.
Player Ratings
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Compiled from 389 ratings.
Score Predictions
167,34,13
- Man Utd win
- Liverpool win
- Draw
Detailed Results
- 27% Man Utd 2:1 Liverpool
- 22% Man Utd 1:0 Liverpool
- 17% Man Utd 2:0 Liverpool
- 7% Man Utd 1:2 Liverpool
- 7% Man Utd 3:1 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 0:1 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 0:2 Liverpool
- 4% Man Utd 1:1 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 3:2 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 2:2 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 5:0 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 0:0 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 4:1 Liverpool
- 1% Man Utd 3:0 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 1:3 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 4:0 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 0:5 Liverpool
- 0% Man Utd 4:2 Liverpool
Match Stats
- Man Utd
- Liverpool
- Possession
- 42% 58%
- Shots
- 14 14
- Shots on Target
- 6 6
- Corners
- 4 5
- Fouls
- 8 9
Referee
Craig Pawson
Man Utd Lineup
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replaced by Bruno Fernandes
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replaced by Anthony Martial
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replaced by Fred
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