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Liverpool 2-0 Manchester United: Five talking points

Liverpool marched on at the top of the Premier League as goals from Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah earned a 2-0 win over Manchester United on Sunday.

Jürgen Klopp’s side were in charge for large spells of the latest showdown with their rivals yet also had to dig in during a frantic second half, having had two efforts disallowed and struck the woodwork via Jordan Henderson.

But Alisson Becker’s quick thinking set up Salah to finally put the game to bed in stoppage-time and provide an ecstatic release for those inside Anfield.

Here are five talking points from the match…

A special celebration

Liverpool’s play deserved more than the narrow lead produced from a dominant hour of football, with Roberto Firmino and Georginio Wijnaldum both seeing strikes chalked off and Henderson a rasping drive tipped onto the post by David de Gea.