Liverpool vs Man United live: Score and updates from Premier League clash

GOAL! A staggering start at Anfield! United find themselves ahead before either side had any time to settle.

It’s a good goal too, with Fernandes sweeping the ball wide to Amad, who isolates Kerkez before finding Mbeumo on the overlap. The Cameroon winger is 1-v-1 with Mamardashvili and squeezes a finish past the Georgian to open the scoring!

We’re underway at Anfield!

Both sides are in the tunnel at Anfield now, so we should be underway soon in this one!

Can Liverpool move back within touching distance of Arsenal? Can United produce a decent performance at Anfield? Could they even win back-to-back league games for the first time under Amorim? We’re about to find out.

A reminder that Liverpool need three points today to keep within a point of leaders Arsenal, with a win taking them back into second with 18 points.

United currently sit in 12th with 10 points, and a win could take them into ninth.

Only Arsenal (56) and Newcastle (62) have faced fewer shots than Manchester United (64) in the Premier League this season, but despite this, the Red Devils have the fourth-highest expected goals against figure in the division (10.1). Indeed, their average xG per shot faced of 0.16 is the highest of any Premier League side in 2025/26.

In his pre-match conference, Amorim pointed to “maybe the expectations” as a reason why his side tend to perform better against the better sides.

“When you have to win and the responsibility of winning, it’s so much harder to play like that. That’s why when you play in big clubs, you need to win every match, especially when people are expecting you to win. And we have some difficulties, sometimes, to deal with that.

“When people, and you guys, expect Manchester United not to win that game, maybe it’s easier for the players to perform, and we need to change that. But to change that, we need to have confidence to win more games, to have more points, to feel more free to play the game. So, I think that is the main reason,” he added.

Mo Salah has more goals (13) and goal involvements (19 – 13 goals, 6 assists) against Man Utd than any other player in Premier League history. Only five players have recorded 20+ goal involvements against a single opponent in the competition: Les Ferdinand (20 v Everton), Alan Shearer (21 v Everton, 21 v Leeds), Frank Lampard (21 v Bolton), Harry Kane (22 v Leicester), and Wayne Rooney (23 v Newcastle).

Arne Slot has pinpointed Liverpool’s vulnerability from crosses as a key part of their recent losing streak.

The Reds boss has discussed what his side can do to improve their form and keep pace in the Premier League title race after three consecutive defeats.

Liverpool have lost both of their last two Premier League games, after winning their first five of the season beforehand; it wasn’t until their 31st league match of last season that they suffered their second defeat. The Reds could lose three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since February 2021 (4).

Manchester United are winless in their last eight Premier League away games (D2 L6) since beating Leicester City 3-0 in March. The Red Devils last went longer without a league win on the road in September 1989 under Alex Ferguson (11).

This will be the 193rd match between these two rivals, with United having won 73 in the past compared to Liverpool’s 65. 54 have ended as draws.

Last season, Liverpool demolished United 3-0 in one of Arne Slot’s first major victories at Old Trafford in early September, but the return fixture was more even as United came away from Anfield with a well-earned 2-2 draw.