Jurgen Klopp commended three Manchester United players following Liverpool’s draw at Old Trafford on Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool dominated the early stages of the match and took a deserving lead at halftime when Luis Diaz netted unmarked from a corner. Despite their dominance, they failed to capitalize further due to some wasteful finishing and solid defensive work from United.
However, after the break, they were punished as Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo scored stunning goals. Liverpool managed to salvage a point late on when Mohamed Salah converted a penalty following a reckless foul from Aaron Wan-Bissaka.
Klopp was pleased with his team’s overall performance and specifically praised goalkeeper Andre Onana for his excellent saves, along with the two United goal scorers for their impressive strikes.
“Happy with a lot of parts of the game, being 1-0 up at Old Trafford and having a 15-0 shooting stat is incredible,” he told reporters after the match. “One exceptional save from Dominik Szoboszlai, besides that we should have been calmer in moments but 1-0 up fine. Still controlling the game but the give the ball away, these mistakes happen and will do again, it is not a problem.
“Exceptional finish from Bruno. Mood lift in stadium and we control the game again, got the penalty and scored and could have scored more, we played really good in so many moments, we had 5-10 minute period when they score and after that we were in charge. We should have won the game that’s clear. They had no shots at all. We made mistakes, great goal from Bruno. Another screamer (from Mainoo).
“Now you can say with that much dominance in parts of the game we should win but you are all long enough that that doesn’t mean you will win, but that you should. 2-2, I am not over the moon, I don’t think it is the best result I have ever seen but I am fine and will recover and play Atalanta.”
