Marcos Rojo starts as United host Liverpool

Ibrahimovic forced a late equaliser after James Milner’s first-half penalty, but Pogba, the world’s most expensive player, was rather bad – as detailed in 16 Conclusions.

The draw put Liverpool into third spot, alongside second-placed Tottenham on 45 points, but left Chelsea seven points ahead of the pack after 21 games, while United, who saw the end of their nine-match winning streak, remain sixth with 40 points.

Ibrahimovic has now scored 19 goals from 29 appearances this season.

This performance comes in the wake of Pogba being decidedly unimpressive at Anfield when these two teams played earlier in the season, looking more like a passenger than a core player.

“I hear it in your questions, I hear it when I talk to different people”, he told his pre-game press conference. “We just need to win and keep going like we’re doing, we’ve got great confidence”.

United’s PR team might have went a little too far by purchasing a #Pogba hashtag campaign, complete with a custom emoji on Twitter, and promoting it at Old Trafford.

“We didn’t reflect the qualities we have and Liverpool have but it was very emotional, intense, aggressive”.

Vidic said he has been impressed by Mourinho’s men but believes their target should be the top three, not the title.

Man United fought back well in the second half, however, and eventually tied things up in the 84th minute with a Zlatan Ibrahimovic header, but couldn’t press on and pick up three points.

“If we’d had a bit more time who knows, we might have got the victor”.

“Zlatan is ill so I think no problem, I think he will be fine (for Liverpool)”, the United manager added. “I came here to play football”.

Rooney stepped out of the spotlight and played a supporting role in Manchester United’s victorious 2007-08 Champions League campaign – leading to Ronaldo’s first Ballon d’Or.

“It was quiet crude from Manchester United, their efforts to first of all retrieve the deficit and them maybe get the victor which they didn’t get”.

Having recently returned from a lengthy period of injury, Jones was happy to be back playing in big games for the Reds.

Yet it was Liverpool who were six minutes from victory, Liverpool who forced United to alter their tactics, Liverpool who should derive satisfaction from more of their players’ performances.