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title: "Liverpool Player Ratings: Manchester United (A)"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ste Hoare"
section: "Liverpool Match Reports"
published: "2017-01-15T21:01:36Z"
modified: "2017-01-15T21:01:36Z"
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# Liverpool Player Ratings: Manchester United (A)

Liverpool went to Old Trafford and returned with a point, but it was so close to being three.

Jurgen Klopp had a few defensive selection issues to deal with after the debacle over Joel Matip’s availability and an injury to Nathaniel Clyne. As expected, Ragnar Klavan started at centre half and perhaps more surprisingly, Trent Alexander-Arnold got the nod at right back.

Phillipe Coutinho started on the bench but Jordan Henderson was able to be included in the starting line up for the first time since going off injured against Manchester City.

Liverpool took a first half lead via a James Milner penalty after Paul Pogba’s handball and for a long, long time that looked like it’d be the winner.

Both sides spurned chances to score before Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s neat header got the hosts level about six minutes from time.

The result saw Liverpool move back into third place, leapfrogging Arsenal.

Here are my player ratings from the game: