United were rocked by the goal and with Anfield

The second goal came about in comical circumstances and will surely haunt Rodgers for some time to come. Marouane Fellaini acted as the deep-lying playmaker (yeah, we weren’t sure either) and sent a brilliant ball through to Di Maria. The Argentine’s shot was deflected by Mignolet before Rooney’s follow-up was blocked by Skrtel and came back off  Fifa 17 Coins the bar. Unfortunately for the Reds the ball rebounded to Young, who calmly pounced and slotted the ball into the bottom corner.One of the interesting caveats of the game was the sheer number of yellow cards that United picked up, with Van Gaal clearly instructing his team to try and disrupt Liverpool’s play.

No fewer than six players were booked across the course of the game with a number of those players lucky not to receive their marching orders, demonstrating the need for a strong hand when it comes to refereeing this particular fixture.After half-time Liverpool clearly came out with renewed purpose but, unfortunately for them, they were about to make a crucial mistake. In order to prevent Rooney from dancing through the defence, the defenders sat off the United captain.

He immediately punished them as, just two minutes into the second half, he curled in a beautiful effort from the edge of the box.Given the good chances that Liverpool had already wasted in the game there was nothing but sheer bewilderment around Anfield as they scored their first goal. Sterling played through Adam Lallana and the midfielder pushed forward through into the box. Antonio Valencia was the man tracking Lallana yet for Fifa Coins  some reason he seemed reluctant to clear the ball.

This led to a comical own goal as the ball bounced off Valencia and David De Gea into the net.The Spaniard, who up until that point had just been a spectator, was clearly furious with the way his team conceded and rightly berated Valencia for his role in the own goal.

United were rocked by the goal and with Anfield at full throat they clearly sensed the possibility of a sensational comeback albeit unlikely.They started to push forward and as Gerrard made his entrance to try and change the game United responded by sending on Mata and Adnan Januzaj.However, in the end it was left to the captain to have the final stamp on the game. After another clumsy challenge Rooney was left with the opportunity to Fifa 17 Points Account finish the game from a free-kick.