With our partner Opta Sports, here are the main figures to remember following Manchester United’s victory once morest Liverpool (2-1).
● Each defeat of Jürgen Klopp with Liverpool once morest Manchester United has been once morest a different manager: Louis van Gaal (January 2016), José Mourinho (March 2018), Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (January 2021) and Erik ten Hag (August 2022 ).
● Liverpool failed to win their first three games of a Premier League season for the first time since 2012-13. The club was then coached by Brendan Rodgers.
● For the first time in their Premier League history, Liverpool have conceded the opening goal in seven games in a row. But in the previous six, Liverpool had avoided defeat (3 wins, 3 draws), which was not the case tonight once morest Manchester United.
● Erik ten Hag is the first Manchester United manager to claim his first-ever victory in official competition in a game once morest Liverpool.
● Before losing once morest Manchester United, Liverpool remained on a series of 21 matches without defeat in the Premier League (16 wins, 5 draws). The setback is also the Reds’ first league defeat in the 2022 calendar year.
● Liverpool have lost 29 Premier League games once morest Manchester United, eight more than any other team in the history of the competition.
● Away, Liverpool have lost more Premier League matches at Old Trafford than at any other stadium (17).
● In all competitions, Mohamed Salah is the Liverpool player who has scored the most goals once morest Manchester United (10).
● Marcus Rashford ended a 997-minute streak in all competitions for Manchester United. His last goal was in January once morest West Ham.
● Only once morest Leicester City (6) has Rashford scored more Premier League goals than once morest Liverpool (5).
● Only Wayne Rooney (6) has scored more Premier League goals once morest Liverpool for Manchester United than Marcus Rashford (5). All of Rashford’s goals once morest Liverpool have come at Old Trafford.
● Seven of Manchester United’s last eight Premier League goals once morest Liverpool have come from England (Sancho, Rashford x5, Lingard), compared to just seven of their previous 31 goals (excluding own goals).