Much improved United earn point at Anfield

Talk of the Devils: The Athletic FC's Manchester United show

The Athletic

Sports, Soccer,

4.6 • 639 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A committed showing in an entertaining contest at the league leaders; how refreshing was that! It was certainly a pleasant surprise relative to our gloomy expectations.

The return of Ugarte and Mainoo helped midfield, as did that of a resurgent Bruno Fernandes, but there were positive performances across the defence, from Diogo Dalot against Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Garnacho off the bench as well. The only big question was why they haven't been able to produce this before now.

Marcus Rashford was not included in the squad; an expected move after Ruben Amorim said his training had been limited by illness, but Laurie shed a little light on the wider situation for Rashford with an article earlier in the weekend.

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC Podcast Network
0:04.1	Martinis
0:12.1	Fernandez by Fernandez
0:16.7	again from Garnacho
0:19.7	Garnatchos cross
0:21.6	Amat!
0:24.9	Well that shakes it up again.
0:31.7	Manchester United are not going away.
0:42.6	The United are not going away. This is Talk of the Devils, the Athletics podcast dedicated to Manchester United.
0:48.0	Andreas, you asked for a commentary intro on the last podcast and you got it.
0:53.0	It wasn't a victory at Amfield, but it was certainly a turn-up for the books with Manchester
0:57.1	United showing some real pride and fight in that two-all draw, showing the type of things
1:02.1	that have been missing from their performances in recent weeks.
1:05.1	We're going to pour over every single detail of that game and that performance.
1:09.4	What a game it was in the second half, to be fair.
1:11.6	We've got Andy Mitten here.
1:12.7	We've got Carl Anker here.
1:14.3	Laurie, like me, is also here battling our way through leftover snow, sludge and scousers
1:19.3	to get back home to record this podcast.
1:22.0	Laurie, far more like it, that, wasn't it?
1:24.0	I thought that was a much more encouraging performance from Manchester United.
1:29.1	And I thought it was an absolutely thrilling game, a brilliant occasion to be there in
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