LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - Saturday, October 14, 2017: Liverpool's Georginio Wijnaldum and Manchester United's Phil Jones during the FA Premier League match between Liverpool and Manchester United at Anfield. (Pic by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

“Excellent performance, mediocre result” – Fans react to Liverpool 0-0 Man United

Liverpool returned from international break to record an encouraging 0-0 draw with Man United at Anfield, held by Jose Mourinho’s negative tactics.

Liverpool 0-0 Man United

Premier League, Anfield
October 14, 2017


Liverpool were without Sadio Mane, who picked up a hamstring injury while on international duty with Senegal.

Manchester United were also missing key man Paul Pogba but both teams still named strong starting lineups.

Philippe Coutinho started on the left-hand side of the front three, while Jordan Henderson, Emre Can and Georginio Wijnaldum all lined up in midfield.

Mohamed Salah, Joel Matip and Romelu Lukaku all had chances to score in the first half but neither team dominated the game.

It was a quiet start to the second half though Can had a great chance to put Liverpool ahead following a cross from Joe Gomez, but his header went flying over the bar.

Firmino saw lots of the ball but was unable to create any goalscoring opportunities before Jose Mourinho introduced Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard to the frame.

Daniel Sturridge and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaced Coutinho and Salah as Liverpool searched for a winner but neither team were able to break the deadlock.

Here are all the reactions from Liverpool supporters throughout the match.

 

Fans were nervous before kickoff but there was plenty of optimism…

https://twitter.com/RamboFYI/status/919160266541223937

 

And supporters couldn’t believe it when Salah didn’t score…

“Da Gea will always make the difference.”

Lucas on the forums.

 

They were getting frustrated at the lack of refereeing decisions…

“Atkinson needs to start waving the card, United players taking the biscuit now”

Der Kaiser on Facebook.

 

And when Can missed his chance, fans couldn’t believe it!

“Wow Emre Can, just wow!”

Bm K on the forums.

 

Fans were questioning Klopp’s substitutions as Coutinho and Salah went off…

 

And there were mixed emotions at full-time as it finished 0-0…

“Thought this year Man Utd and Mourinho had the players to play football again he comes to Anfield and parks the bus.”

Vishnu Saran on Facebook.

https://twitter.com/Eathen_1892/status/919191011586400256

https://twitter.com/TomHolmes19/status/919191067471294465

“Clean sheet at long last at least!”

J Powell on the forums.

“Almost there. not today, but sure we will be there. well played guys. It will click some day. YNWA.”

Avnish Tiwary on Facebook.

“Impressive. Klopp simply destroyed Liverpool’s chances of victory with three substitutions”

J Sculder on the forums.

https://twitter.com/JamesTPower/status/919191727981957122

“The Mancs came for a draw, job done for them. Klopp should have maybe been braver with his subs.”

Resurrect on the forums.

https://twitter.com/Josh_1892/status/919191549417807872

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