90' Liverpool have a corner late, late, in and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will take it. There will be three minutes of added on time... the Ox's delivery is rubbish, but he'll get a second bite it...
89' Ashley Young went into the book a while earlier for a wild lunge on Moreno and he invites more hatred from the home crowd by mucking about wasting time...
86' Henderson almost nicks the ball off Matic and Anfield roars in appreciation of their captain's hard running... there is, though, an undercurrent of frustration that they don't have anything to show for all their endevaour
84' Liverpool, as they have all game, come roaring back as Can rips open United's defence with a searing run into the box, but his ball back into the middle is smothered well by De Gea
81' Darmian goes in high on Can - nobody gets hurt thankfully and there was absolutely no force behind it, but Klopp is bemused by Atkinson's decision not to give the foul to Liverpool
79' This has been an incredibly frustrating afternoon out for Lukaku... and Liverpool are simply not letting United have the ball. Oxlade-Chamberlain attempts to pick out Sturridge, but it's well cut out by Jones
77' Rashford and Gomez go shoulder-to-shoulder but Atkinson feels he's used excessive force, and that's another chance for Liverpool to press United back
72' Lingard hassles and harries Matip into giving away a throw-in but the home side recover possession soon enough only to give away a cheap foul in their own half
71' OH MY LORD! WHAT A MOVE LIVERPOOL! Coutinho picks out Firmino in acres of space in the United box, who then picks out a lovely ball that just evades a flying Mo Salah's noggin'.
68' Wijnaldum does superbly to intercept a Matic pass and get Firmino away - but the Brazilian is shadowed well by Smalling and his cross can only find De Gea
66' Liverpool pass the ball around United's box with remarkable calm, before Salah injects some urgency into proceedings - dancing past Herrera and toe-poking a powerful shot well wide of De Gea's goal
61' The corner is rubbish, but Liverpool maintain possession and continue to strangle United's bix. Coutinho dances past three challenges before falling over the fourth, Atkinson doesn't even raise an eyebrow. Anfield rises to their feet as their team continue the pressure deep in United's half, but Henderson's reckless challenge sees them release their own pressure
60' Mkhitaryan gets mobbed by Wijnaldum and Coutinho and Liverpool are off on the counter like a streak of lightning. The Dutchman releases Salah into the box, where Darmian puts in an excellent last ditch challenge to stop the Egyptian
59' Matic finds Martial with a lovely crossfield ball... the Frenchman teases Moreno and lefts the ball lazily into the box but Matip heads clear. He tries again, but this time Lovren gets it away
57' OH MY GOOD LORD! That would have been such a calamitous mistake. From the throw-in, Liverpool work the ball along onto the other wing and Salah picks out Can's superb run with a lovely dink. All alone five ards out, with naught but keeper to beat, Can belts it into the Kop
56' Smalling and Herrera suffer an atrocious communications background that ends with the Englishman smashing the ball into the Spaniards shins and out for a throw
55' Coutinho has a pop from distance but he's closed down by Matic and Jones and the ball deflects off the latter and into the path of Wijnaldum, but under pressure from Smalling, the Dutchman can only find row Z in the Kop
53' OH FIRMINO! Coutinho is growing into this game and beginning to look deadly dangerous. He picks open the grey fort with a lovely dink into the box but Firmino's strayed offside... De Gea saved the Brazilian's shot anyway.
52' Liverpool are not giving United a moment of peace... everytime United nick the ball back and try to counter, they nick it right back and counter the counter
50' Liverpool just keep coming back in droves - Firmino tries a shot, it's blocked by Smalling. Gomez tries a cross, it's thumped away by Jones. Coutinho tries a dribble, he's crowded out by Valencia.
49' Liverpool come haring back, Coutinho skipping past Herrera as if the latter were not there before playing in Firmino. The Liverpudlian striker smashes it toward the near post but it deflects off Vvelancia for a corner.
47' OH JONES! CHANCE FOR LIVERPOOL! Jones plays the ball to Firmino who gratefully accepts it and releases Coutinho forward but the Brazilian's cut back to his compatriot finds the latter offside.
46' United start the second hafd like they did the first, releasing Young down the right-hand side but Moreno and Henderson do enough between them to force United back into their own half
A see-saw match that oscillated from mind-numbingly boring to breathlessly exciting in the space of a few minutes, we have David De Gea's incredible reflexes and Romelu Lukaku's lax finishing to thank for this being goalless.
Expect more of the same from both sides. Be back in a few, got to make myself some tea.
44' Mo Salah leads Liverpool's counter, shimmying past Darmian and cutting in - before laying it off to Coutinho, but an excellent Jones tackle puts an end to thatt
43' OH LUKAKU! OH LUKAKU! Stunning football from United as Martial and Mkhitaryan exchange slick passes for the former to release Lukaku into the box... a shrug later, he's past Moreno and has smashed the ball at goal, but it's straight at Mignolet! WHAT A CHANCE!
42' Coutinho dances around four, FOUR, United players.... before racing into the box and trying to pick out someone in the box; but Valencia closes him down well and that's that
41' WOOF SALAH! Liverpool ping the ball around sharply and work the ball to Salah in the box. Fresh of leading Egypt to their first world cup in 28 years, Salah is full of confidence and he takes the snapshot on... there's plenty of power, but it's straight at De Gea
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