The red Monday ended boring for Liverpool and Manchester United fans after the two teams failed to register a goal in a match that ended 0-0, second goalless draw in the two clubs history.
Manchester United failed to take the lead when record signing man, Paul Pogba, produced a classic pass to find the Swedes but unfortunately his header was not on target.
David De Gea could not accept to be ashamed as he dived thrice to deny The Reds their on Target strikes, even overstretching to punch Coutinho’s far post curved shot.
Speaking after the game, Manchester United midfielder, Herrera, warned his teammates against drawing or losing to big clubs if they got a dream in either Champions or English Premier League title race.
“For us, I think it’s a fair draw. Both teams didn’t deserve to lose. We can take a lot of things from this game but know we have to win matches. We want to be champions – we have to win matches,” said Herrera
“We just try to win every duel, every battle, every ball. We knew in advance it was going to be a big fight. We can be proud. Of course, we want to win. We are Man United and we want to win always.
“We’re a big team, we’re going to fight for everything. Personally, I’m very proud of every team-mate.”
A victory would have lifted Jurgen Klopp’s in-form Liverpool level with leaders Manchester City and Arsenal, but they remain fourth after seeing a five-game winning streak come to an end at Anfield.
Klopp verdict after the game
“They didn’t create chances, maybe two in the second half, and De Gea made two or three great saves, but in the end our performance was not what it should be,” said Liverpool manager Klopp.
“We weren’t calm enough. That is not the way we want to play, but I accept it. We got a point. There are worse things in the world.”
Jose Mourinho satisfied with the one po
“I think was a positive performance,” Mourinho said.
“The reaction from their crowd was permanent disappointment. People expected us to come here and be really in trouble, which we were not.”
“I suppose a good performance. A difficult match for them and us. We controlled the game tactically and emotionally which is not easy to do. The result is acceptable, we wanted more.”
“For long periods in the game we thought it could be possible, but we didn’t score. It was a very good performance.”