Mohamed Salah scored a late equaliser from a penalty kick as Liverpool escaped Old Trafford with a single point in a 2-2 draw with Manchester United to climb to even on points with Premier League leader Arsenal.
Salah stroked home in the 84th minute for his sixth league goal at Old Trafford, the most of any visiting player in the league’s history, overtaking Steven Gerrard’s five.
With seven games remaining in the neck-and-neck title race, Liverpool and Arsenal have 71 points with the Gunners leading on goal difference. Holder Manchester City is third on 70 points, while United is sixth.
Luis Diaz got Liverpool on the scoreboard in the 23rd minute when Dominik Szoboszlai swung in a corner that Darwin Nunez headed to the unmarked Colombian who hooked in a volley from close range.
But Bruno Fernandes scored a wild goal -- the United skipper’s 50th league goal for the side -- with its first shot on target in the 50th minute when he latched on to a loose Liverpool pass and lobbed the ball from the centre circle past keeper Caoimhin Kelleher.
Kobbie Mainoo had the Old Trafford faithful roaring with his rocket from just inside the 18-yard box that sailed into the far top corner in the 67th minute. The 18-year-old sprinted to the corner flag to salute the crowd.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling to score my first Old Trafford goal and to do it in this fixture was even more special,” Mainoo told Sky Sports, adding that he was disappointed about the result.
“We didn’t get the three points and that’s the main thing. I think we performed really well in the second half. The lads made minor mistakes and if we iron them out then we win the game,” he said.
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Liverpool was awarded its penalty when Harvey Elliott was taken down in the box.
It was the second time in recent weeks that Erik ten Hag’s team had struck a blow against Liverpool, dispatching it from the FA Cup with a dramatic 4-3 quarter-final home win in extra time last month.
The match marked the first time Liverpool had failed to win a league game in which it held a lead since October against Brighton.
“We should have won the game, that is clear,” Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp told Sky Sports.
“We should have had other goals in the first half already. As far as I’m concerned, we have a point more than we did before. They put an extra shift in, that’s how it is. We don’t have many home games left. The team who wins the league in the end should deserve it. We are in the race and I’m absolutely fine with it,” he said.
Liverpool dominated with 62.1% possession and 28 shots to the home side’s nine. It kept United to zero shots on target in the first half of a league match for the first time since April 2022.
Alejandro Garnacho briefly had the United crowd on their feet with a goal in the second minute but it was chalked off for offside.
United has won just one of its past 12 Premier League games against Liverpool.
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