Late Rooney Goal Gives Man Utd Victory Over Liverpool

However, various sources indicate that a number of players at United still harbour aspirations of winning the title.

Manchester United held Liverpool till the 78th minute before snatching a late goal to pip their rivals 1-0 at Anfield.

De Gea – who came close to joining Real Madrid in August – kept United in the game up until Rooney’s victor and Smalling hailed the Spaniard’s influence on the defence this season.

Beating Liverpool “is always important”, the Dutchman added, but it became even more so after “our competitors lost points, and when the gap is like this, we can overturn that”.

They got the three points and they’ll look at where they sit in the table and feel if they get a run of eight, nine, ten wins they can be in with a great chance,”Rodgers was quoted as saying by goal.com”.

“I know we didn’t score a goal”.

“We have started the year very well, with a lot of wins, and I think this game will give a big boost to everyone in the environment of Manchester United”.

The Jamaican sprint king has regularly spoken of his dream to play at Old Trafford but fears the managerial style of Louis van Gaal might cramp his style. “I didn’t see too many chances for Manchester United and we didn’t take ours”, reflected Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp.

“That’s not so easy, and we have seen that also today, but we can do it because we show every week that we can do it”.

“When the disappointment goes away and we actually analyse the performance there were a lot of good things in the game but we just couldn’t take our chances and lived to regret that later in the game”.

“I scored the winning goal at Anfield it has been a long time since that happened for me – my first year at United – so I will be a bit selfish today and enjoy that more than most”.

In between those chances, Anthony Martial finally got in behind Liverpool’s defense and flashed a left-foot shot just past the far post – United’s first genuine effort.

“Sometimes you play well and lose, sometimes you play not so good and you win”. Henderson does not accept Champions League qualification is beyond Klopp’s team this season, only that they “are not in the mix” but “have to keep going right until the very end”.

“So at this moment, it is only frustration, but we have to carry on, and we will”.