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Casemiro stinker, Arne Slot does a Paisley, MUFC only team NOT to score in GW3 & more- Talking Points from Man Utd v Liverpool

Casemiro vs LFC 24-25

The big game of the weekend in the Premier League was the one at Old Trafford between great rivals Manchester United and Liverpool. It turned out to be a rather tame one-sided affair, with Liverpool coasting to victory and scoring 3 unanswered goals in the process. Here are our talking points from the fixture.

Casemiro has a stinker; Colyer-Mainoo in the centre of the park in the second half

Casemiro had an absolute shocker of a first half for United, and two of his mistakes directly led to first-half goals for Liverpool. The Brazilian midfielder was one of the best in the world at Real Madrid, but has looked like a pale shadow of his former self at Old Trafford, and his performance on Sunday was so bad that manager Erik Ten Hag was forced to sub him off at half-time, and bring 20-year-old Toby Collyer (on Premier League debut) in midfield alongside teenager Kobbie Mainoo.

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xG Man Utd vs Liverpool 2024 Attendance 73,738 | Expected Goals Stats MUFC 0-3 LFC

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Man U vs Liverpool (Official attendance of 73,738 at Old Trafford on 1 September, 2024). A comfortable 3-0 win for Liverpool as they capitalised on United errors in midfield

xG Man United 0.72- 1.06 Liverpool shots map (Actual score MU 0-3 LFC)

0-1 Diaz header goal vs Man United xG 0.35
0-2 Diaz second goal vs MU xG 0.08
0-3 Salah goal vs MUFC xG 0.11

xG Manchester United vs Liverpool 2024

Not much for United in terms of chances on xG apart from one Zirkzee header (63rd minute) from close range that was saved by Alisson. The chance accounted for most of United’s xG- the rest of the ones weren’t really high percentage opportunities.

United had only two shots in the first half (both to Mazraoui), and their first shot came after half an hour.

Liverpool also had a first half Trent Alexander Arnold goal disallowed for Salah being offside.

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Lawro, Merson, Shearer & Co predictions for Man Utd vs Liverpool- What do the pundits think?

The Dutch manager derby between Arne Slot and Erik ten Hag takes place later this afternoon at Old Trafford as Manchester United host arch rivals Liverpool. The Reds are the only team left in the table not to have conceded a goal after Arsenal let in one against Brighton yesterday.

Here is what the big pundits have predicted for this GW3 clash.

Paul Merson

Merson says Man Utd were decent but unlucky against Brighton. Adds that Liverpool have started well under Slot and have done some excellent business in acquiring Chiesa, who according to him would be worth “£40m if he was English”

Thinks there’ll be plenty of goals in this clash and has gone for a 2-2 draw.

Merson also thinks it’ll be a “routine win” for Chelsea in their London derby clash against Palace on the same day and has tipped them to win 3-0.

Alan Shearer

Shearer says United often “produce their best performances against the big hitters”, and says this game against Liverpool could be one of them. Thinks United must avoid defensive lapses that proved to be their undoing against Brighton, and has gone for a draw with both teams scoring.

For the Chelsea-Palace game, Shearer reckons CFC will be full of confidence after thrashing Wolves last weekend, and that should mean a home win for the Blues.

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