Manchester United end Liverpool’s long winning run in Premier League

Liverpools Premier League winning run was ended one short of Manchester Citys record of 18 as they drew 1-1 at Manchester United.Jurgen Klopps dropped points for the first time since the derby draw at Everton on March 3 and here, the PA news agency looks back over their run.The gamesThe run started with Roberto Firmino, left, and Sadio Mane scoring twice apiece against Burnley (Anthony Devlin/PA)Liverpool 4 Burnley 2, March 10Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane scored twice apiece to set the ball rolling.Fulham 1 Liverpool 2, March 17James Milners penalty won it after Manes opener was cancelled out by Ryan Babel.Liverpool 2 Tottenham 1, March 31Toby Alderweireld, right, scores an unlucky own goal to hand Liverpool victory (Martin Rickett/PA)It took a late Toby Alderweireld own goal to keep the Reds on track after Firmino and Lucas Moura traded goals.Southampton 1 Liverpool 3, April 5Naby Keita, Mohamed Salah and Jordan Henderson overhauled Shane Longs early opener.Liverpool 2 Chelsea 0, April 14Mane and Salah kept the run going.Cardiff 0 Liverpool 2, April 2110 of James Milner's last 12 #PL goals for Liverpool have come from the penalty spot, 9 of those coming away from home pic.twitter.com/OzHv9mlK23 Premier League (@premierleague) April 22, 2019Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring and Milners spot-kick made sure.Liverpool 5 Huddersfield 0, April 24Keita opened the scoring before Mane and Salah scored twice apiece in the most emphatic of the 17 wins.Newcastle 2 Liverpool 3, May 4The Magpies levelled twice after goals from Virgil Van Dijk and Salah, but Divock Origi popped up with a late winner to keep the title race alive.Liverpool 2 Wolves 0, May 12Liverpool did their bit thanks to Manes double but Citys win at Brighton meant it was to no avail.Victory over Wolves was not enough for Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA)Liverpool 4 Norwich 1, August 9Liverpool began the new season exactly as they left off, building on Grant Hanleys early own goal with strikes from Salah, Van Dijk and Origi.Southampton 1 Liverpool 2, August 17Mane and Firmino did the damage before Adrians error gifted Danny Ings a consolation.Liverpool 3 Arsenal 1, August 24WWWWWWWWWWWW 12 consecutive @premierleague wins a new club record! pic.twitter.com/7oJZYVsncf Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 24, 2019Joel Matips header and Salahs brace were enough despite Lucas Torreiras late reply as Liverpool set a new club record.Burnley 0 Liverpool 3, August 31Trent Alexander-Arnolds deflected strike was ruled a Chris Wood own goal, before Mane and Firmino made the game safe.Liverpool 3 Newcastle 1, September 14Liverpool fell behind early to Jetro Willems cracker but Manes brace and a third from Salah turned the game round.Chelsea 1 Liverpool 2, September 22 Relentless Reds pic.twitter.com/3YZbL5yIFp Liverpool FC (@LFC) September 22, 2019Alexander-Arnold got his goal, added to by Firmino, but there were nervy moments as NGolo Kante halved the lead and Cesar Azpilicueta was denied by VAR.Sheffield United 0 Liverpool 1, September 28Wijnaldums shot squirmed through goalkeeper Dean Hendersons grasp as Liverpool won ugly.Liverpool 2 Leicester 1, October 5Another tense game was settled by Milners stoppage-time penalty after James Maddison cancelled out Manes opener.Manchester United 1 Liverpool 1, October 20Marcus Rashfords first-half goal proved enough to end the run despite Adam Lallanas late equaliser.The playersVirgil Van Dijk, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, l-r, were ever-present in Liverpools winning run (Peter Byrne/PA)Four players were ever-present for Liverpools winning sequence, including three of the back four.Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson all started every game, with Joel Matip playing 13 games in the other centre-back spot but occasionally replaced by Dejan Lovren or Joe Gomez.Salah was the other ever-present before missing the draw with United and, with nine goals, trailed only Mane with 13 as Liverpools leading scorer in that time.Firmino scored six goals as the other member of the regular front three, with Origi also contributing.Wijnaldum missed only one game in an otherwise much-changed midfield, with Henderson and Fabinho both regulars while Keita played a handful of games and Milner made only three starts but 11 appearances as a substitute.Another 3 points Well take em gladly #YNWA #LIVLEI pic.twitter.com/rHCKLynPuz Gini Wijnaldum (@GWijnaldum) October 5, 2019With Adrian deputising in goal this season for the injured Alisson Becker, 21 players were used in total with all bar Xherdan Shaqiri starting at least one game.Eleven different Liverpool players scored in the run, in addition to three own goals from opposing players.(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
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