If there’s one former player who would’ve relished the opportunity to get stuck into the Liverpool squad and dampen their manager’s farewell tour in the process, it’s Nemanja Vidic.
The Manchester United hero, who won five league titles across his illustrious Old Trafford career, joined Premier League productions in analysing the rivals’ clash on Sunday evening.
Of course, both sides were made to settle for a point apiece by the full-time whistle. Liverpool scored the first and final goals of the game, but it was two moments of magic in between from Bruno Fernandes and Kobbie Mainoo that had United just moments away from inflicting a serious title upset.
The team can, however, take solace in the fact that the result will – and already has – had substantial ramifications on the race for this season’s top spot; the Merseyside outfit entered the fixture in first place but dropped to second after the spoils were shared.
Vidic rues defending for Liverpool opener
Vidic highlighted one passage of play that should’ve been defended significantly better, and it came during the corner which ultimately led to Luis Diaz’s opener.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka was beaten to the initial header by Darwin Nunez, whose flick-on was swiftly knocked in by Diaz at the back post.
“You see Wan-Bissaka here with a player. You have five players in a line,” the ex-stalwart centre-half explained.
“Casemiro, he didn’t attack the ball. He should be taking the responsibility for that position. He is late then, obviously, Nunez gets the better of Wan-Bissaka.”
