Liverpool will rightly feel it was two points dropped against an admittedly markedly improved Manchester United side at Anfield. The Merseysiders no doubt helped to instil a sense of confidence in the visitors with their poor performance in the opening half and some questionable defending in the second.

When Ruben Amorim was offered the Manchester United job he said he was told by the club it was “now or never”. There must have been times in the past two months when “never” has seemed a more attractive proposition.

Ruben Amorim could make one small tactical change to his Manchester United team when they face arch-rivals Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday. That is the recommendation of Jamie Carragher with United heading to Anfield having lost five of their last six league games,