Honours even on Red Monday

Liverpool were held to a 0-0 draw by a stubborn Manchester United in Monday night’s Premier League clash at Anfield.

Goalkeeper David de Gea made two fine second-half saves from Emre Can and Philippe Coutinho to deny Liverpool the chance to move joint top of the Premier League.

It was dubbed ‘Red Monday’, but the game was largely controlled by the away side playing in blue – and they missed a good chance to take all three points when Zlatan Ibrahimovic missed a simple second-half header.

But the draw meant neither side would move up the Premier League table with Liverpool fourth and United down in seventh.

Jurgen Klopp’s attacking options were limited from the start as Georginio Wijnaldum missed out through injury and Adam Lallana was only fit enough to make the bench, which meant Can and Daniel Sturridge were given a chance to impress.

Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard dropped out of the United team with Marouane Fellaini included in midfield and Ashley Young – starting a league game for the first time since January – given the nod as the left-sided attacker. Wayne Rooney was again kept in reserve.

Marcus Rashford, starting on the right, avoided an early booking for a late challenge on James Milner and while the fans at the …

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