United Suspended by Pogba Hand
Senin, 16 Januari 2017 - 02:06 WIB
United Suspended by Pogba Hand
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MANCHESTER - Zlatan Ibrahimovic's late equaliser earned Manchester United (MU) a point they fully deserved after a typically thunderous encounter with Liverpool at Old Trafford.
Liverpool led through James Milner's 27th minute penalty, awarded after Paul Pogba inexplicably handled a corner as he went up to challenge with Dejan Lovren.
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was Liverpool's hero with superb first-half saves from Ibrahimovic's free-kick and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as Jurgen Klopp's side put up stern resistance and threatened on the break.
It looked like the visitors were going to hold on and move back to second in the Premier League, but United finally forced the goal they merited when Antonio Valencia reacted first when substitute Marouane Fellaini's header came back off the post, crossing for Ibrahimovic to head home off the bar. And score 1-1 keep until the match finished.
Liverpool are now in third place, seven points adrift of top-flight leaders Chelsea, while United - whose nine-match winning run in all competitions came to an end - are now 12 points off the top.
Meanwhile, Pogba's career has been a slow-burner but he has come into his own throughout United's recent run of victories.
This, however, will be a game he will surely want to forget as quickly as possible as the £89m man endured a nightmare from first to last.
Pogba revealed his own emoji before the game, but he will have wanted to keep his profile as low as possible after needlessly conceding a penalty and missing a clear chance when he raced through earlier in the first half.
The 23 year old France midfielder is a player of undoubted quality but this was not his finest 90 minutes.
Liverpool led through James Milner's 27th minute penalty, awarded after Paul Pogba inexplicably handled a corner as he went up to challenge with Dejan Lovren.
Goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was Liverpool's hero with superb first-half saves from Ibrahimovic's free-kick and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, as Jurgen Klopp's side put up stern resistance and threatened on the break.
It looked like the visitors were going to hold on and move back to second in the Premier League, but United finally forced the goal they merited when Antonio Valencia reacted first when substitute Marouane Fellaini's header came back off the post, crossing for Ibrahimovic to head home off the bar. And score 1-1 keep until the match finished.
Liverpool are now in third place, seven points adrift of top-flight leaders Chelsea, while United - whose nine-match winning run in all competitions came to an end - are now 12 points off the top.
Meanwhile, Pogba's career has been a slow-burner but he has come into his own throughout United's recent run of victories.
This, however, will be a game he will surely want to forget as quickly as possible as the £89m man endured a nightmare from first to last.
Pogba revealed his own emoji before the game, but he will have wanted to keep his profile as low as possible after needlessly conceding a penalty and missing a clear chance when he raced through earlier in the first half.
The 23 year old France midfielder is a player of undoubted quality but this was not his finest 90 minutes.
(rnz)
