Manchester United scored all three goals in their 2-1 win over Liverpool today, but unfortunately they scored one of those goals for the other team. United defender Eric Bailly scored an own goal in the 66′ to go along with Marcus Rashford’s bagging a brace. Bailly, making his first league start since November, actually had a phenomenal game other than this tremendous blunder, which of course casts a tremendous shadow over everything else he did on the pitch today.
Here’s the footage, watch below as Bailly got himself into some trouble on a cross into the box and accidentally flicked a back-footed a volley past his own goalkeeper David de Gea.
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Prior to this match, Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren told the media that his side would be in all out attacking mode, and that he expected United to park the bus. Lovren didn’t hold back his words, saying Liverpool would play exciting football today and the Red Devils wold bore us.
Well, so much for that as the Reds just didn’t bring their exciting style of play to the park at all. You saw the Reds struggling and sputtering around with five yard passes on Saturday, getting hardly any chances beyond Virgil van Dijk’s effort which went awry.
Right now Lovren is a top trending term nationally on Twitter and not in a good way. Lovren is currently getting lit up by supporters of both sides.
I don't think there's too much to moan about. We lost, but I'm already at peace with it. Gutted with the result, but the players gave their all and on another day we'd have got a penalty and drawn. Our teenage RB made a mistake or two, and Lovren didn't help much. It happens.
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) March 10, 2018
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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp blamed the loss today on the errors his own side committed. Klopp told Sky Sports after the game:
“I have no explanation for that because it’s clear, really clear, that they played a lot of long balls and Lukaku is on the pitch then it’s around him. We were not there.” (transcript ESPN FC)
“It happens in football. If you don’t make mistakes then the other team cannot score. I said the second ball was the one thing, but I think it was the first from Rashford when he cuts back, we need to be there, 100 percent.
“We [were] then chasing the game. In these two decisive moments, we were not good. We have to defend these situations better.
“We have to protect these situations better. We were not around. You can always lose a header and challenge with Lukaku, of course. There’s a gap in behind and we need to close that,” the German continued.
“In these situations, we were not there. So they could score the two goals and that made the game not easy.”
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