Finally, Manchester United find a result no one saw coming
By the end of the siege of Anfield, Liverpool had amassed 34 shots. And Manchester United – browbeaten, beleaguered, butt-of-the-jokes Manchester United – had become the first team to deny them victory on Merseyside this season. It was the rearguard action that no one saw coming, the day when United, who have spent the season confounding expectations, did so by discovering a spine and some spirit.
They did so with a team that could form the basis of a quiz question in years to come, with the rookies and scarcely envisaged selecting it in the summer, when he was willing to sell , who instead captained United at Anfield.
