There's something undeniably beautiful about a game like this, which lasts nearly two hours and ends in chaotic, sometimes spectacular, often slapstick play that leaves both teams disappointed.
All three games between these historic rivals this season have been positively entertaining, but maybe we've saved the best for last? How Liverpool got through this season without winning a single game in three games against Manchester United is absolutely mind-boggling. About how they repeated so much nonsense in the FA Cup match That's completely ridiculous.
For a while, it seemed like this might be that game, and even more so. The first half was a near-caricature of these two teams and their weaknesses. United are forcing teams to take a million shots and not allowing themselves to take a single shot. Liverpool stoically refuse to take any such chances to avoid the game becoming routine. definitely not in their vocabulary.
But even at 1-0, Liverpool will always need something special to pull off a win against a United side so moribund. It is no exaggeration to say that Liverpool have been successful.
Based on the statistical circumstances of the game, United's almost inevitable equalizer was nothing short of hilarious, but it would have taken a brave man to predict it would be as entertaining as it was.
The sight of Caoihin Kelleher backpedaling as hard as he could from outside the area, trying to save Bruno Fernandes' brilliant first-time dive to send himself off due to Jarrell Quansah's complacent negligence, is almost unimprovable. This may be the only definitive image of that part. Barclays.
However, United are second. Let's talk about United's second goal. It might actually be better. Coby Mainu's praise of Federico Macheda was spot on, but let's not forget that it all started with Casemiro's overhead kick. He spent the rest of the match walking around looking lost, confused, and tired.
There's a strong argument that it was the most absurd moment in an absurd game, and that's saying something. Where on earth did he find all that energy and athleticism? A man who otherwise couldn't muster the effort needed to drive a clearance beyond the confines of United's penalty area?
There was literally no point in United taking the lead at this point. The only halfway decent explanation for how it happened is that Gary Neville used his powers for evil and reverse-jinxed it through the medium of FanZone Plus' co-commentary. was.
The extent of Liverpool's conceded goal in about 10 minutes was extreme. But really very understandable. Any title race is tough, but this three-way battle is especially so. The margins are so tight and the margin for error so small that if Liverpool can experience what they're experiencing here without having their head at least temporarily travel to Mars, it'll just keep the blood flowing through their bodies.
Now it was United's turn to fight back, and Aaron Wan-Bissaka's go-go gadget legs let him down once. For most players, even attempting a tackle on Harvey Elliott would have been laughable. But if there is one player in the league who could take on such an impossible challenge, it is Wan-Bissaka. Alas, it turned out that even he was beyond.
Soccer is soccer, and the internet is now saying that the awarding of this very straightforward penalty is evidence of some dark conspiracy, rather than a very simple application, which is the least confusing of all the ways penalties can be awarded. It's full of Man United fans who believe in it. And he made concessions.
But at least that ensured a packed afternoon of nonsense that left everyone involved less than happy, at least not directly.
