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Jürgen Klopp has won against José Mourinho for the first time since the Portuguese coach Liverpool's arch-rivals Manchester United. With a 3-1 draw against United, Liverpool remain at the top of the league table. Sadio Mané's opening goal (24th minute) was equalized by Jesse Lingard after 33 minutes. But substitute Xherdan Shaqiri scored twice (73rd, 80th) for the first league win over the champions in eight matches.

While Klopp sparred the ailing James Milner, Mourinho put his star Paul Pogba on the bench without giving any reason. The absence of the world champion helped United get little access to the midfield center. So also in 1: 0: The ball was played from the left side to the center. There Fabinho could play a chipball behind the defensive chain without adversary pressure. Mané picked up the ball with his chest and shot past David de Gea with a left-foot shot into the goal.

Somewhat surprisingly, the compensation fell a little later. He was due to a goalkeeper error by Alisson. The keeper could not hold on to a low cross from Romelu Lukaku, Lingard dusted off. Shortly after the restart, de Gea parried a shot by Roberto Firmino. Liverpool had more than 30 degrees, but not all of them were so dangerous. And so during the second half, the guests ventured more and more to hope to succeed with their defensive tactics.

But then Klopp changed Shaqiri. The Swiss scored only 3 minutes after his substitution to 2: 1. Ashley Young faked the shot, Shaqiri had come after a defense de Geas to the ball. In the 80th minute Shaqiri made another goal with another goal - and again the ball was deflected, this time by Éric Bailly.

Liverpool will travel to the next match at Wolverhampton Wanderers on Friday, United having to play at Cardiff City a day later. By then, the gap to rivals Liverpool could have grown to more than 20 points. Currently there are 19 meters.

Liverpool - Manchester United 3: 1 (1: 1)
1: 0 Mané (24.)
1: 1 Lingard (33rd)
2: 1 Shaqiri (73.)
3: 1 Shaqiri (80.)
Liverpool: Alisson - Clyne, Lovren, Virgil, Robertson - Wijnaldum, Fabinho, Keita (70th Shaqiri) - Salah, Firmino, Mane (84th Henderson)
Manchester United: de Gea - Darmian, Bailly, Lindelöf - Dalot (46th Fellaini), Lingard (85th Mata), Matic, Herrera (79th Martial), Young - Rashford, Lukaku
Yellow cards: - / Dalot, Lukaku
Referee: Atkinson