Liverpool looked raring to go ahead of Arne Slot’s debut season as Liverpool manager, as the Reds hammered rivals Manchester United 3-0 in front of 77,559 fans at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday.
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Each side has just one more exhibition remaining before the Premier League kicks off in two weeks’ time. Liverpool will wrap up preseason against Sevilla at Anfield next Sunday, Aug. 11. Manchester United will face rivals and four-time reigning PL champions Manchester City in the FA Community Shield at Wembley Stadium next Saturday.
It didn’t take Liverpool long to get on the board in this one, as Fabio Carvalho danced himself free and hit a bouncing strike just inside the far post in the 10th minute for his second goal in two games. Mohamed Salah found Curtis Jones with a well-placed cross in the 36th minute, and Kostas Tsimikas was in the right place at the right time to clean up Andre Onana’s back-post spillage in the 61st.
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Liverpool vs Manchester United final score: 3-0
Goalscorers: Fabio Carvalho (10'), Curtis Jones (36'), Kostas Tsimikas (61')
Below you’ll find lineups, video highlights, and live updates from the Liverpool vs Manchester United preseason friendly in Columbia.
Soccer is alive and well in the South.
Mohamed Salah was perhaps offside in the build-up, but video review is not in use tonight. Salah played Conor Bradley in behind, Bradley found Diogo Jota whose strike wasn’t quite pure, and the ball bounced aimlessly to Kostas Tsimikas at the back post.
Too easy for Liverpool as the play around the left side of Man United’s defense.
Mo Salah ➡️ Curtis Jones to double Liverpool's lead 👏 pic.twitter.com/pFft9andKY
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 4, 2024
Two goals in two games for the 21-year-old Portuguese winger.
Fabio Carvalho might just have a place in Liverpool’s first-team squad this season after starting the first three games of preseason and scoring in the last two now. There should be plenty of minutes to go around for Mohamed Salah, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Carvalho.
Fabio Carvalho with a STUNNING finish to put Liverpool ahead of Man United 🔥 pic.twitter.com/MVHnoiDtv7
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) August 3, 2024
The sight lines and camera angles are… interesting, but Williams-Brice Stadium is electric.
We’ll likely see most starters play 60-70 minutes tonight, as each side has just one more outing before the Premier League kicks off in two weeks.
Liverpool will also head back to England after this game, with one more friendly on tap at Anfield.
- Liverpool 1-0 Real Betis - July 26
- Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal - July 31
- Liverpool vs Man United - Aug. 3
- Liverpool vs Sevilla - Aug. 11 (Anfield)
Man United will head back to England after tonight’s game; Community Shield next weekend.
- Man United 0-1 Rosenborg - July 15
- Man United 2-0 Rangers - July 20
- Man United 1-2 Arsenal - July 27
- Man United 3-2 Real Betis - July 31
- Man United vs Liverpool - Aug. 3
- Man United vs Man City - Aug. 10 (Wembley Stadium - FA Community Shield)
Erik ten Hag’s side was already a little light in numbers… before the injuries started stacking up.
- Rasmus Hojlund (hamstring) is expected to miss six weeks
- Leny Yoro (broken foot) is expected to miss three months
- Harry Maguire (muscular) remains unavailable
- Tyrell Malacia (knee) is still rehabbing the knee injury that cost him all of last season
Mohamed Salah and Fabio Carvalho start again after scoring last time out against Arsenal.
Kelleher - Bradley, Konate, Quansah, Tsimikas - Gravenberch, Jones, Elliott - Salah, Carvalho, Jota
Subs: Jaros, Chambers, Phillips, Van den Berg, Stephenson, Bajcetic, Nyoni, Morton, Endo, Doak, Blair
Jadon Sancho starts for Erik ten Hag, with a real need to impress ahead of the new season.
Onana - Wan-Bissaka, Evans, Lindelof, Amass - Casemiro, Collyer, Mount - Amad, Sancho, Rashford
Subs: Vitek, Heaton, Bennett, Murray, Fish, Eriksen, Mejbri, Fletcher, Oyedele, McTominay, Antony, Wheatley, Scanlon, Mather