Overview

• Manchester United beat Liverpool 2-1 at Anfield, with Bryan Mbeumo scoring inside 63 seconds, Cody Gakpo equalising, and Harry Maguire heading the winner from Bruno Fernandes’ volleyed delivery past Giorgi Mamardashvili.
• Bruno Fernandes cautioned that the dressing room must turn the result into momentum, warning that failure to win next week would bring back a “dark cloud.”
• Roy Keane, who had labeled Maguire a pre-match “weak link,” later praised Fernandes’ control and cross for the decisive goal, while Paul Scholes’ doubts over Maguire’s athleticism were thrown into question.
• Matthijs de Ligt said United’s plan targeted Liverpool full-backs Milos Kerkez and Conor Bradley, a focus he described as exploiting identified weaknesses.
• The result ended a nine-year league drought at Anfield, moved United to ninth and two points behind Liverpool, marked Ruben Amorim’s first back-to-back league wins, and came as Maguire noted he is in the final year of his contract.