Football Talk
·25 January 2021
Football Talk
·25 January 2021
These two teams last met each other in the fourth round of the FA cup in January 2012 where Liverpool stole the victory with a 2-1 win against Manchester United at Anfield. Now, 9 years later, Man Utd have sought revenge as they move into the fifth round of the FA Cup, knocking out Liverpool with a huge 3-2 win at Old Trafford.
The cup tie was exciting from start to finish, with both teams creating chances and capitalising on big moments. None more so than Man United’s ‘Portuguese Magnifico’ Bruno Fernandes who was subbed on in the 66th minute, only to score an outstanding free kick 12-minutes later, which ended up being the match-winner.
When asked about his big moment in a post-match interview, Fernandes is quoted by ManUtd.com as saying: “Edi [Edinson Cavani] before the free kick told me: ‘try a hard one on the side of the keeper’. I tried it and it went in”. It is coming up to the one-year anniversary of the day Fernandes joined Man United and he had some special words to say about his experience as a Man United player so far, describing it as a ‘dream’ to play for the club in the Premier League.
Man United’s manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also commented on the Portuguese midfielder’s stunning free kick in his post-match interview, “I think he [Bruno] stayed about 45 minutes after training yesterday shooting free kicks, so I was quite confident he was going to hit the target”.
Jurgen Klopp, speaking to reporters in his post-match interview commented on his team’s defeat saying, “there was a lot of good things and some mistakes around the goals. If you want to win here, you have to be absolutely top and we were not.”.
First half:
At half time, the score remains level at 1-1.
Second half:
At full time, Man United have won the FA Cup fourth round tie with a 3-2 win over Liverpool.
(Man United stats are shown first, followed by Liverpool).
General: Possession: 42% – 58%.
Total passes: 40% – 57%.
Attacking:
Total shots: 14 – 14.
Chances created: 10 – 7.
Shots on target: 6 – 6.
Defensive:
Total tackles: 9 – 8.
Duels won: 35 – 28.
Interceptions: 8 – 6.
Total saves: 4 – 2.