Indomitable Lions of Cameroon star forward Bryan Mbeumo was on target as Harry Maguire’s late strike earned Manchester United a 2-1 win against rivals Liverpool at Anfield in Sunday’s Premier League tie.
Liverpool lost a fourth successive game for the first time since November 2014 and a first home league game for 400 days.
It was United’s first win at Anfield in almost a decade and gave manager Ruben Amorim back-to-back league victories for the first time in his tenure.
The defeat means Liverpool are fourth on 15 points while United now occupy ninth position on 13 points in the league table.
It was not the best of starts for Liverpool as Mbeumo opened the scoring just two minutes into the contest.
Mbeumo sped past Virgil van Dijk with ease before firing past Giorgi Mamardashvili from Amad Diallo’s pass.
Cody Gakpo should have equalised for Liverpool when he hit the post from Mohamed Salah’s through ball in Liverpool’s one flowing move of the first half.
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Bruno Fernandes then missed a big opportunity to double United’s lead when he hit the outside of the post when unmarked from the edge of the area.
A Gakpo deflected cross then came back off the post and the Netherlands international rattled the woodwork for a third time early in the second half.
Liverpool eventually drew level on 78 minutes when Federico Chiesa drilled in a low cross that Gakpo converted from point blank range.
Yet, their defensive frailties meant parity only lasted six minutes as Maguire was left unmarked to head in Fernandes’s looping cross.
Gakpo should still have rescued a point when he headed wide with the goal gaping from Jeremie Frimpong’s inviting delivery.
