Liverpool vs Man Utd

Venue: Anfield 

Date: Monday 17th October 

Attendance: 52769

Referee: Anthony Taylor

Man of the match: Ander Herrera

Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw by a Manchester United in Monday night's Premier League clash at Anfield. David de Gea made two fine second-half saves from Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho to deny Liverpool the chance to move joint top of the Premier League.

Utd missed a good chance to take all three points when Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed a simple second-half header.But the draw meant neither side would move up the Premier League table with Liverpool fourth and United down in seventh.  Georginio Wijnaldum missed out through injury and Adam Lallana was only fit enough to make the bench, which meant Can and Daniel Sturridge were given a chance to impress.  For United Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard dropped out of the United team with Marouane Fellaini included in midfield and Ashley Young also included in the starting 11 for the first time sunce January .Marcus Rashford starting on the right, avoided an early booking for a late challenge on James Milner and while the fans at the newly-expanded Anfield roared their anger at the foul, they soon quietened through frustration as their side was stifled throughout the first 45 minutes United defended deep but consistently threatened on the counter attack almost carving out an opening when Rashford beat Milner and forced Loris Karius to push away his low cross with Ibrahimovic lurking.Roberto Firmino's 29th-minute header from Jordan Henderson's diagonal ball warmed the palms of De Gea, but that was as close as either side got to a goal before the break.Liverpool's nerves were frayed shortly after the interval when 23-year-old Karius sloppily kicked a back-pass straight to the feet of Paul Pogba on the edge of the area. He passed straight to Ibrahimovic and the linesman's flag spared the goalkeeper's blushes.And minutes later Ibrahimovic spurned his side's best chance of the night when he failed to head Pogba's inch-perfect cross on target with the goal at his mercy.De Gea was called into serious action for the first time on 59 minutes when Can bulldozed into the penalty area and shot through a crowd from 12 yards, forcing the United goalkeeper to push smartly away to his right. And he made an even better save 19 minutes from the end when he threw himself to his left to push away a superb 30-yard strike out of nowhere from Coutinho. Antonio Valencia's brilliant late tackle to deny  Firmino the brazilian maestro perfectly summed up a frustrating night for Liverpool.

                       Liverpool vs Watford      

Venue: Anfield                                                                                    Date: 6th November

Attendence: 53163

Referee: Michael Oliver

Man of the match: Philippe Coutinho 

Liverpool went top of the Premier League on 26 points and extended their unbeaten run to 12 games on by beating Watford 6-1 at Anfield. Klopps team were rampant in front of their own fans and broke the deadlock in the 27th minute when Sadio Mane headed home.Philippe Coutinho doubled the hosts' lead moments later before Emre Can made it 3-0 shortly before half-time.After the break, Roberto Firmino tapped home the fourth in the 57th minute and Mane netted his second on the hour-mark before Daryl Janmaat pulled one back for Watford with 15 minutes to play but Georginio Wijnaldum rounded off a sublime performance from Liverpool on the stroke of full-time to fire the Reds top of the table heading into the international break.

 Liverpool had a plethora of chances before making the breakthrough, with the first coming after nine minutes when Adam Lallana's cross found Firmino in the box, but his header was well saved by Heurelho Gomes.The Watford stopper was in action again eight minutes later as he got down low to keep out a header from Lucas before Coutinho shot wide from six yards. Sadio Mane surged forward on the left-hand side before playing in his team-mate and after taking a touch to round the defenders, shot agonisingly wide of the upright.Firmino also skewed a shot wide in the 24th minute after Coutinho slipped him into the box but Mane eventually found the breakthrough three minutes later. The Senegal international met a cross from Coutinho from the left flank, following a short corner with James Milner, with a header which powered into the back of the net.That opened the floodgates for Jurgen Klopp's men as Coutinho added his name to the scoresheet three minutes later. It was a brilliant flowing attack as Lallana played in Firmino at the top of the box, who in turn found his countryman to his left. Coutinho's touch was again sublime as he made his way through the defenders surrounding him before firing home through the legs of Younes Kaboul.Gomes injured his knee during the goal and was replaced by Costel Pantilimon but the Romanian was not able to stop the rampant Reds with Can added the third in the 43rd minute. Coutinho played in Lallana on the right of the box, whose cross found the German at the back post - having got away from Nordin Amrabat - and he slotted home to give Liverpool a commanding half-time lead.Despite the scoreline, it was an even start to the second period, with Coutinho going close in the opening five minutes as his effort from the top of the box just went over the crossbaThe fourth goal eventually came for Liverpool in the 57th minute as Firmino completed the scoring for the front three. Lallana was the man to turn provider once again as he flashed the ball across goal and it found the Brazilian who tapped home past Pantilimon at point blank range.Mane nabbed his second three minutes later to make it 5-0 with another tap in from Firmino's low cross after the forward had been played though by Milner.Watford had a decent spell of pressure after the fifth, as Loris Karius was called into action twice in quick succession, keeping out Etienne Capoue with a fine low save before doing so again to deny Odion Igahlo.Janmaat eventually beat the German from the edge of the box after Amrabat had got away from Milner on the right-hand side and picked out the full-backDaniel Sturridge made a 20 minute substitute appearance and was twice denied by the woodwork, Pantilimon making a fantastic fingertip save to push his shot onto the post in the 89th minute.Wijnaldum made it six late on when another save from a Sturridge shot fell into the Dutchman's path and he slid home to seal a superb victory for Klopp's side, who are a point clear at the top of the table.