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| Manchester United secured the lead in the EPL with a draw on Liverpool. © AFP=News1 |
The match between Liverpool and Manchester United, which was currently the No. 1 match against the English Premier League (hereinafter referred to as EPL) defending champion and was a traditional rival, ended in a scoreless draw. Away team Manchester Utd secured the lead by scoring points in the burdensome inner field.
On the morning of the 18th (Korean time), Manchester United recorded a 0-0 draw in an away game against Liverpool in the EPL round 19 of the 2020-2021 season held at An Field in Liverpool, England.
Manchester United, who won 11 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses by a draw that day, maintained the first place with 37 points. Liverpool, who were able to retake the lead when they won, fell to fourth place with 34 points (9 wins, 7 draws, 2 losses). The second and third place are Manchester City and Leicester City, which are scoring 35 points side by side.
Overall, it was in the position of pursuing Manchester United, and Liverpool, who played in the home, was taking the lead with increased ball share. But overall, it is a game in which they compete with each other carefully.
Manchester United, which has continued its high 9 wins and 2 draws in the last 11 games, had to maintain a minimum undefeated trend, and Liverpool are in the slump of 2 draws and 1 loss in 3 EPL matches, so they had to avoid the worst of their rivals.
If you win, it would be the best to win, but because it was the worst to lose, it was close to a ‘empty battle’ that was not very challenging and did not have much income.
On this day, Liverpool tried 18 shots, but only 3 shots were effective. Manchester United had only seven shooting attempts. De Gea Manchester United goalkeeper and Alisson Liverpool goalkeeper save, and the two teams seldom opened the opposing goal.
In the end, the two teams that focused on keeping the game closer to the end of the game had to be content with a 0-0 draw and 1 victory point each without scoring a goal in the end.