Liverpool must learn these lessons from Man Utd draw or risk letting their title grip slip
Liverpool must learn these lessons from Man Utd draw or risk letting their title grip slip
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A below-par showing from the Reds might not be overly costly this time, but they must not make the same mistakes as the title race intensifies. The medium-term focus at Liverpool has been split now for some time, given that off the pitch, there’s the lingering prospect of arguably the club’s three biggest talents leaving on free transfers in summer.
![[Mohamed Salah fires home from the penalty spot]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/05/18/1d95e12e-1362-4dcd-a478-f00a4cb5832f.jpg)
Ahead of the visit of Machester United, the biggest focus from that trio was inevitably on Trent Alexander-Arnold, given Real Madrid’s not-so-subtle interest in his signature. Yet ask most supporters around Anfield and it’s the other two they might be most anxious to sort out: Virgil van Dijk is captain, but also the best centre-back in the Premier League, perhaps on the planet. Arguably the best performer on the sodden park on Sunday evening, he served a reminder of why it will be so important to keep him around.
![[Salah looked to have won the game for Liverpool]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/05/18/81702e306c1fb008fe30d4e1a6fef8caY29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzM2MTg4ODU0-2.78622594.jpg)
And in Mohamed Salah, Liverpool have the finest all-round attacker in the top flight, again quite possibly in the world, certainly on recent form and productivity – while not his best performance here, he still notched another goal from the penalty spot.
![[Amad Diallo slots United’s equaliser through Andrew Robertson’s legs]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/05/18/2191970728.jpg)
Yet it wasn’t enough for the three points and the eventual result, 2-2, perhaps serves as an important reminder that, in the more immediate term, on the pitch it’s the chase for points and prizes which means most, more than keeping any individual in place.
![[Amad’s late goal snatched a point for the visitors]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/05/18/GettyImages-2192525080.jpg)
