In pictures | Liverpool beat Man Utd 2-0

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Sunday result

Liverpool 2  Man Utd 0


Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah scored as Liverpool maintained their unbeaten run with a 2-0 home victory over arch-rivals Manchester United at Anfield.

Here is a collection of pictures from Sunday's match . . .

This was the mood outside Anfield stadium as football fans let off flares ahead of Sunday's match

Red smoke filled the air as the Manchester United team coach arrived at Anfield

The home fans cheered as the Liverpool players' coach made appearance at the stadium

Meanwhile, Liverpool's US owner John W. Henry and his wife Linda Pizzuti were in the stands

Outside, a tour guide directed a group of tourists from Thailand ahead of kickoff

Liverpool's German manager Jurgen Klopp was keen to see his side maintain an impressive unbeaten record in the campaign

Klopp was surely delighted to witness his boys take the lead through Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk 14 minutes into the game

Manchester United were without their key striker Marcus Rashford. For that matter, much of the attention was on their French striker Anthony Martial to produce the upset at Anfield

United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was understandably restless on the sidelines

Liverpool's Brazilian midfielder Roberto Firmino thought he had scored in the 24th minute, only for his goal to be disallowed after VAR review for a foul in the buildup

Referee Craig Pawson booked United's Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea for dissent during the game

Solskjaer called for calm . . .

Manchester United's Belgian-born Brazilian midfielder Andreas Pereira came under pressure from Liverpool's Senegalese striker Sadio Mane as United searched for an equaliser

Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah also battled for the ball with United's English defender Luke Shaw

Sadio Mane challenged Manchester United's Swedish defender Victor Lindelof as the game wore on

Salah sealed yet another victory for Liverpool with a stoppage time strike