The titles can often be skewed toward the eccentric and the clever. Because of their own carelessness and, regrettably, a blunder by their youthful defender Jarell Quansah, Liverpool was unable to defeat Manchester United.
Still, United needed two miraculous moments to salvage a point and hurt Liverpool’s title hopes.
Liverpool, who were supposed to be well ahead of the game at halftime and will be perplexed by their lack of success, also had some poor finishing.
Bruno Fernandes scored a wonderfully opportune goal to level the score for United after latching onto a wayward pass from Quansah.
The 21-year-old failed to look for Virgil van Dijk as he attempted to find the ball.
Despite this, Fernandes decided to beat Caoimhin Kelleher, who was left alone outside the penalty area, with a first-time shot from inside the center circle.
An incredible goal by Kobbie Mainoo surpassed what seemed to be the most incredible moment of the match at that very moment.
The midfielder set up and completed the move that gave United an improbable lead, curving a beautiful shot beyond Kelleher’s grasp, all in front of England assistant manager Steve Holland.
It was nearly identical to the iconic goal scored by another United teenager, Federico Macheda, and threw the home fans inside Old Trafford into a frenzy; it was scored four days before the 15th anniversary of that momentous event. Luis Diaz volleyed Darwin Nunez’s flick-on from a corner past Andre Onana, giving Liverpool a justifiable lead, but the Reds should have scored more. Onana saved a shot from Dominik Szoboszlai, who went on to miss the target, while Mohamed Salah and Nunez both missed their targets.
After Mainoo scored, Nunez missed and Salah missed shortly after, giving Liverpool a chance to lose. However, they kept pressing and were rightfully awarded a penalty after Aaron Wan-Bissaka rushed aggressively at substitute Harvey Elliott.
After United’s loss, Salah scored from the penalty spot to jump ahead of Alan Shearer and become the Premier League’s top scorer with eleven goals.
However, Liverpool still behind Arsenal in the league standings due to goal differential, therefore their performance was insufficient to regain top spot. Deep into injury time, Diaz smashed a shot from inside the six-yard box far over the crossbar, summing both their profligacy and the frustration they will feel at not winning.
