They are 19 points off the top and one statistic in particular stood out: 36 shots for Liverpool, their most in any league fixture for two years. Liverpool v Manchester United: Premier League – live! Pep Guardiola made this point when City visited Anfield earlier in the season: Liverpool can swamp opponents when the game is this frenetic. If Liverpool had kept a clean sheet, they would have established a record for the 17-game mark of the Premier League era. It finished with Klopp pumping his fists on the pitch, United 11 points off the top four and Mourinho sounding increasingly desperate.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2018 18:15 UTC