Man Utd’s ‘gameplan worked brilliantly’

Harry Maguire’s late header secured Manchester United’s first win at Anfield in nearly a decade and inflicted Liverpool’s fourth successive defeat.

It was a statement victory for Ruben Amorim’s side against their biggest rivals and the manager described it as “the biggest win in my time at Manchester United”.

Monday’s newspaper back pages convey the magnitude of the result, which also gave United their first consecutive Premier League wins under the Portuguese.

“Amorim has come under a lot of pressure, but now it is back-to-back wins and they have beaten Liverpool,” said Clinton Morrison on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily podcast. “It’s a big win for United and it puts them right up there in the league.

“United’s front three had a lot of pace. They wanted to cause Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate problems, and they did. It was probably one of the only games that I thought Van Dijk looked rattled in the first half.

“That is because United’s gameplan worked brilliantly. They were defending in their numbers and good on the counter-attack.

“They always turn up against the big teams – we saw this last season – so now they need to turn up against Brighton next week.

“Whether they can remains a big question mark.”

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