Sunday, 16 December 2018

Shaqiri double sees off Man United

There was nothing lucky about this win for Liverpool. Jose Mourinho had made his jibe; Jurgen Klopp took the points with Liverpool returning to the top of the Premier League table through two second-half goals from Anfield’s new super-sub: Xherdan Shaqiri.

It also means United are 19 points – that is NINETEEN – ahead of sixth place United who, surely, have little hope now of even finishing in the top four. It is that much of an embarrassing shambles for them.

Is Mourinho also finished? His team worked but this felt like damage-limitation, about holding on in there and trying to claim a draw rather than even attempting to go toe-for-toe in a game they surely could not afford to lose. In the end they were simply overwhelmed by far, far superior opposition.

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