Manchester United's Marcos Rojo and Liverpool's Roberto Firmino vie for action on the Sport cover for the January 16, 2017 edition for The National
The sides played to a 1-1 draw, an encouraging result for a Liverpool side down many players
Richard Jolly wrote from Old Trafford:
“Liverpool were depleted, not defeated, minus Sadio Mane, Joel Matip and Nathaniel Clyne, only benefiting from Philippe Coutinho’s presence for the final half-hour. They confounded many a prediction. They pleased their manager. ‘Our performance was nice,’ said Klopp.
“Normally it is the team that score a late leveller who emerge feeling triumphant. Not on this occasion.”
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