MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Long balls in the air to a big strong centre forward, crunching tackles, speed and physicality -- Manchester United beat Liverpool on Saturday the old-fashioned way. Both the goals scored by Marcus Rashford in the opening 24 minutes came from long balls towards the head of United's Belgian target man Romelu Lukaku. Liverpool's Croatian central defender Dejan Lovren couldn't compete with Lukaku in the air and that was something United knew before the game. It wasn't only the use of long balls that gave the game the feeling of an encounter from earlier times. "In the first half, the game gave us the opportunity to be direct, fast and score goals," he said.

Source: The Star March 10, 2018 16:52 UTC