Fernandes and Amorim swam with United after impressive draw at Liverpool | Football News

Frustrated Bruno Fernandes has said that if Manchester United can perform at Anfield, they “must do it everywhere” after the crisis-hit side were assured. The leader of the Premier League drew 2:2 with “Liverpool”. on sunday.

Cody Gakpo canceled out Lisandro Martinez’s shock opener for United on Sunday before Mohamed Salah put Liverpool ahead from the penalty spot, but Amad Diallo scored a late equaliser.

United finished the match the stronger, with defender Harry Maguire denying a last-gasp chance to win the game by firing over the post from Joshua Zirkzee’s square pass.

The point for Liverpool puts them six ahead of second-placed Arsenal with a game in hand. United are 13th, but at least it’s over their four-game losing streak.

“We’ve been criticized and fair enough,” United captain Fernandes told Sky Sports. “Our position in the table says everything. We lost a lot of points. We can’t be happy with a single point today. We need points and could have won the game in the end, but it’s a fair result. Both teams played good football.

“I am quite upset. If we are showing this level at Liverpool, top of the league, why can’t we do it everywhere? It hurts me. Also, I finally gave a proper performance. We said we need more from ourselves to get more out of this season.”

The midfielder said next week’s FA Cup at Arsenal will be tough for the hosts but “we want to get to the final again”.

“We know how difficult it is to play against Liverpool,” he said. “Today we made a real effort for the game. Playing with a bit of passion and heart will give you something from the game. You have to make an effort and that’s why we took something from today.

“You can’t stop here. We have to carry this frustration to the next game, which should be this level. “If we can do it at Anfield, we should do it everywhere.”

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said it could have been worse for his team if Maguire had converted a late chance. “I’m definitely disappointed to lose points at home, but it’s there and we have to keep going and we will,” he said.

“We found the 2-1 and it’s about trying to control the game and keep the ball longer than three and four passes. Sometimes we lost the ball too easily and then we were more open than we should have been. We are not perfect. We are still learning and we have to learn from this.”

The defender says Liverpool are underestimating United despite their opponents’ struggles this season.

“It’s all media, media talk,” he said. “It has nothing to do with us. As we saw today, we prepared for a very difficult game. We didn’t think of any of that.”

United manager Ruben Amorim has had a poor start to his tenure at Old Trafford, with the club slumping to six defeats in September and ending a four-match losing streak.

“We are in a difficult moment,” Amorim told Sky Sports. “If you play against Liverpool every day, we’re going to recover those kinds of positions. But if you play against any opponent, we’ve got to do it. We’ve proven we can do it. The way we’re really competitive is we’ve got to go forward.

“It’s not just the players, it’s the whole staff at the club. I’m happy about the performance, not the results. But I’m really mad for the other games,” Amorim continued, United slumping to a fourth straight defeat and sixth in December against Newcastle on Monday.

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“Of course we’ll improve in training, but it’s not training, it’s the way we approach the game,” he said. “You can ask any fan – how we fight, how we fight, how we fight for the ball. That much is clear.

“Today I feel that the players really wanted it. The important thing is not to rest tomorrow and return to the same performances. I will do everything so that the players understand that they have to suffer in a game. I’m really working on the basics and we have to move on.

“Congratulations for the performance, but not the result. Everyone will say that the players did everything right, so I am allowed to be upset today (with them for other results).