Manchester United Draw At Liverpool

Javier Hernan­dez

Manchester United held fel­low title con­tenders Liv­er­pool to a 1–1 draw at Anfield Road on Sat­urday. A fero­cious free kick from Liv­er­pool cap­tain Steven Ger­rard in the 68th minute of the derby match put the home side ahead before Manchester United for­ward Javier Her­nadez lev­elled the sco­reline when he con­ver­ted a tricky corner from Por­tugal winger Nani with only nine minutes remain­ing on the referee´s clock.

Although Sir Alex Fer­guson dropped Javier Hernan­dez, Nani and Wayne Rooney to the bench against Liv­er­pool, Manchester United star­ted on a bright note and they should have taken the lead on 15 minutes when a Patrice Evra cross was met by Phil Jones but the sum­mer sign­ing from Black­burn Rovers headed wide. In the 33rd minute of play, Luis Suarez tried his luck only to see his effort saved by Manchester United goal­tender David de Gea. The Liv­er­pool sup­port­ers screamed for a pen­alty kick just five minutes into the second period when a header from Dirk Kuyt struck the arm of North­ern Ire­land player Jonny Evans but ref­eree Andre Mar­riner just waved play on. In the 68th minute of the encounter, a pretty wild chal­lenge by Rio Ferdin­and on former Black­pool mid­fielder Charlie Adam res­ul­ted in a free kick which Eng­land inter­na­tional Steven Ger­rard slot­ted through the Manchester United wall to put Kenny Dalglish´s Liv­er­pool team ahead. After 81 minutes, how­ever, the vis­it­ing side finally pulled them­selves back on to equal terms when a clever flag kick from Nani allowed goal poacher supreme Javier Hernan­dez to head home from close range. Even though Manchester United man­aged to main­tain their unbeaten run, they are now two points behind The Abu Dhabi Group Eleven.

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