LFC have made 24 starting XI changes in the opening 7 PL games, more than any other side.
The Reds have conceded 12 goals in the last 7 games, their joint worst.
Klopp just lost once against Mourinho in 7 meetings (W3 D3).
2' Conceded two early corners... Gulp...
5' First free kick goes to LFC, 21 Herrera v 10 Coutinho.
13' Another free kick for LFC, in their own half, Young fouled Moreno.
15' Wijnaldum first shot on target, soft, slow, curl, into de Gea's gloves. 70%-30% possession!
17' Foul by Young, another free kick for the home side, Mourinho fuming to the fourth official. Salah goes down too easily, looking for contact, nothing given.
20' Liverpool on top, pushing, pressing, Salah omnipresent in & around the box, but missing that final touch/inch/boom.
22' First free kick for the Red Devils, Martial fouled. A couple of yards outside the left corner of the box. Cleared, LFC counter offside?!
24' Lukaku cross from the right finds no one, out wide for a throw-in.
26' Young fuming, free kick not given, Liverpool offside again.
27' Emre Can wins a free kick in his own half.
30' Matic shot high, but not far. Closest United have come so far. 5-3 shots, 3-0 on target.
34' Coutinho shot deflects out for a corner. De Gea kicks one chance away with his left boot stretched out, Matip's shot, Salah puts rebound just wide.
36' Ref has a word with Henderson & Lukaku, prior not happy with latter's felling down of his team mate. Tempers rising.
38' Free kick given against Salah, looked like a nice dive to me... Cleared.
40' Young wins a corner on the right. Cleared. Free kick to LFC. Offside? Foul.
41' Salah shot inside the box straight to de Gea.
42' Firmino wins a free kick just inside his own half. Coutinho with some lovely footwork through into the box, shoots to de Gea, who collects comfortably.
43' MIGNOLET SAVE punches away Lukaku's left-footed attempt. Closest United have come.
44' Lovren down, LFC kick ball out... Replays show Lukaku is just bigger, stronger... But did his foot kick/lash out afterwards?!
1 minute added on. HT 0-0, Possession: 63.4%-36.6%, Shots: 9-6, On target: 5-1, Corners: 1-3, Offsides: 2-1, Fouls: 2-6, Yellow cards: 0-0, Red cards: 0-0.
LFC team: 22 Mignolet; 12 Gomez, 32 Matip, 6 Lovren, 18 Moreno; 5 Wijnaldum, 14 Henderson (c), 23 Can; 11 Salah, 9 Firmino, 10 Coutinho. 4-3-3
Subs: 1 Karius, 7 Milner, 15 Sturridge, 17 Klavan, 21 Oxlade-Chamberlain, 29 Solanke, 66 Alexander-Arnold.
MUFC team: 1 De Gea; 25 Valencia (c), 12 Smalling, 4 Jones, 36 Darmian; 21 Herrera, 31 Matic; 18 Young, 22 Mkhitaryan, 11 Martial; 9 Lukaku. 4-2-3-1
Subs: 2 Lindelof, 8 Mata, 14 Lingard, 17 Blind, 19 Rashford, 20 Romero, 38 Tuanzebe.
All facts and stats were taken from the Sky Sports website and live match coverage.
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