Man Utd (Rooney 12'; Mata 40' & Van Persie 71')
Manchester United increased the pressure on
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers as they
capitalised on some poor defending to run out
comfortable victors at Old Trafford.
Rodgers – who dropped struggling goalkeeper Simon
Mignolet for Brad Jones – can point to a succession of
brilliant saves from United's David De Gea and a
controversial second goal from Juan Mata as
significant factors in defeat. This, however, will do
little to ease the growing concerns for Rodgers and
Liverpool, with the memory of their thrilling 3-0 win
here in March – in a sequence that almost took them to
their first title in 24 years – seeming an age away.
United captain Wayne Rooney gave them an early lead
and Liverpool had every right to feel aggrieved when
Mata headed in from a clearly offside position to take
the game away from them just before half-time. Even
before United took the lead, De Gea made an
important save from Raheem Sterling, denying the
England youngster on four occasions as well as
producing three vital contributions to stop Liverpool
substitute Mario Balotelli getting his first Premier
League goal for the club.
Robin van Persie's third for United at the end of a
lightning counter-attack only added to Liverpool's
pain and gave the scoreline a lopsided look given the
amount of work done by De Gea. United's sixth
successive league win continued United's resurgence
under manager Louis van Gaal and put Liverpool's
decline since they came so close to winning the
Premier League into even sharper relief. Liverpool
now trail third-placed United by 10 points.
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