{"id":12645,"date":"2019-10-21T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=12645"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:32:41","slug":"daniel-james-needs-to-bulk-up-or-get-bullied-marcus-rashford-cant-just-be-a-big-game-player-and-liverpool-must-buy-to-replace-divock-origi-10-things-we-learned-from-united-1-1-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/10\/21\/daniel-james-needs-to-bulk-up-or-get-bullied-marcus-rashford-cant-just-be-a-big-game-player-and-liverpool-must-buy-to-replace-divock-origi-10-things-we-learned-from-united-1-1-liverpool\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel James needs to bulk up or get bullied, Marcus Rashford can&#8217;t just be a big-game player and Liverpool must buy to replace Divock Origi &#8211; 10 things we learned from United 1-1 Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Liverpool scored late on to salvage a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Jurgen Klopp made a difference with all three of his substitutes at Old Trafford<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>United may think about bulking Dan James up before he gets seriously injured<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Divock Origi again struggled and was a peripheral figure for most of the game<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Liverpool were denied a record-equalling 18th straight Premier League win by rivals Manchester United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side needed a late equaliser from Adam Lallana to rescue a point after Marcus Rashford opened the scoring in a game dominated by VAR controversy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Here, <span class=\"mol-style-italic\">Sportsmail <\/span>runs through 10 things we learned from the stalemate at Old Trafford&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-dbbfa9c0cc0b7499\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19982984-7595817-image-a-48_1571648735842.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Lallana scored a late equaliser to salvage a point for Liverpool at Manchester United\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Adam Lallana scored a late equaliser to salvage a point for Liverpool at Manchester United<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-4995528622535822600\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col sport\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">1)<\/span>\u00a0Liverpool manager Klopp has been accused of being too slow with his changes in the past. But on Sunday, all of Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Lallana made a difference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In fact, Lallana&#8217;s goal was the first by a Liverpool replacement since the Champions League final, when Divock Origi secured No 6 in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">2)<\/span>\u00a0First it was Virgil van Dijk, then Fabinho. Both used their superior size to crunch Daniel James and remind him of the physical realities of top-level football. A week earlier he had been left in a heap during Wales&#8217;s clash with Croatia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">His fine assist for Rashford&#8217;s goal ensured James repaid Solskjaer&#8217;s faith once more. But United may think about protecting him &#8211; or bulking him up &#8211; before he is seriously hurt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-49a3500eb9aa98ef\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983022-7595817-image-a-49_1571648799634.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel James (left, pictured bloodied on the turf) needs to bulk up or face being bullied\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Daniel James (left, pictured bloodied on the turf) needs to bulk up or face being bullied<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">3)<\/span>\u00a0Not many teams force Klopp to change tack. His teams are easy to predict: even when injuries occur, he rarely strays from 4-3-3 and backs his trusted core group to outplay any side. And why wouldn&#8217;t he?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Old Trafford seems to have a hold over him, though. Last year he dropped Trent Alexander-Arnold following his struggles against Rashford and this year an injury to Mo Salah prompted him to push Jordan Henderson out to the right in a more 4-2-3-1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4ea8ac0f96c87a9c\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983040-7595817-image-a-50_1571648840723.jpg\" alt=\"Old Trafford seems to have a hold over Jurgen Klopp, as he's forced to switch his team around\" width=\"634\" height=\"451\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Old Trafford seems to have a hold over Jurgen Klopp, as he&#8217;s forced to switch his team around<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mol-602c2340-f3e0-11e9-8717-a543635dfeee\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox sport floatRHS\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7595817\/James-needs-bulk-Rashford-just-big-game-player-10-things-learned.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">MATCH FACTS<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Manchester United (3-5-2)<\/b><\/span><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">:<\/span>\u00a0De Gea; Maguire, Lindelof, Rojo; Young, Fred, McTominay, Pereira (Williams 90+4), Wan-Bisakka; James, Rashford (Martial 84)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Subs not used:<\/span>\u00a0Garner, Greenwood, Mata, Rojo, Romero<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Booked:<\/span>\u00a0N\/A<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Goals:<\/span>\u00a0Rashford (37)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Manager:<\/span>\u00a0Ole Gunnar Solskjaer<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Liverpool (4-3-3):<\/span>\u00a0Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Matip, van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Fabinho, Wijnaldum (Keita 82); Mane, Firmino, Origi (Oxlade-Chamberlain 60)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Subs not used:<\/span>\u00a0Gomez, Lallana, Lovren, Milner, Adrian<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Booked:<\/span>\u00a0Fabinho<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Goals:<\/span>\u00a0Lallana (85)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Manager:<\/span>\u00a0Jurgen Klopp<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Referee:<\/span>\u00a0Martin Atkinson<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Stadium:<\/span>\u00a0Old Trafford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"socialContainer-1Yly1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">4)<\/span>\u00a0Solskjaer also tried something new and the United boss must be praised for bravely mixing up his tactics when so much was at stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Given United&#8217;s current plight, it was a huge call to go for three at the back for the first time this season &#8211; and in such a crucial game. The result may not have gone their way, but Solskjaer has not lost any of his self-belief and in large parts his was a gamble that paid off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">5)<\/span> Football fans loathe to be told what their sport can learn from rugby. But hear me out. This year&#8217;s Rugby World Cup has been dominated by referee&#8217;s interpretations of high tackles and the clarity provided by hearing conversations between officials, the TMO and players is a world away from the confusion that followed United&#8217;s opener. It&#8217;s something football must look at if VAR is to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">6)<\/span>\u00a0United and Solskjaer were rightly praised for the way they changed system to nullify a lot of Liverpool&#8217;s threat &#8211; and stifle the forward work of their full-backs. But still Andy Robertson provided the crucial assist for Lallana&#8217;s late equaliser.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Scot now has 14 Premier League assists since the start of last season. Alexander-Arnold is the only defender who can match him. How do you stop them?<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-91c5af91e41f3eca\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983382-7595817-image-a-51_1571649416850.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Robertson now has 14 assists since the start of last season and is in wonderful form\" width=\"634\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Andy Robertson now has 14 assists since the start of last season and is in wonderful form<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">7)<\/span>\u00a0Is Marcus Rashford a big-game player, or simply a horses for courses striker? After five club games without a goal, he broke his duck against of the division&#8217;s joint-tightest defence, meaning eleven of his 31 Premier League goals have come against the &#8216;Big Six&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">More than anything, that suggests he&#8217;s at his best when United don&#8217;t have to break down deep defences, when he has more space in behind. But it&#8217;s games against the lesser teams that will define United&#8217;s season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-d747c6fc7999fb86\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983422-7595817-image-a-52_1571649462418.jpg\" alt=\"Marcus Rashford, who netted for United, must prove that he's not just a big-game player\" width=\"634\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Marcus Rashford, who netted for United, must prove that he&#8217;s not just a big-game player<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">8)<\/span>\u00a0His heroics against Barcelona and Tottenham mean Divock Origi&#8217;s place in Liverpool folklore is safe. His performance on Sunday, however, was more befitting of what fans have come to expect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Belgian, replacing Mo Salah, was a peripheral figure for most of the game and when he was involved, he often slowed down Liverpool&#8217;s attacks. Come January or the summer Klopp shouldn&#8217;t let romance get in the way of improving his attacking options.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-60e4c727041aaf79\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983430-7595817-image-a-53_1571649483610.jpg\" alt=\"Divock Origi will go down in Liverpool history for past heroics, but he was a peripheral figure\" width=\"634\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Divock Origi will go down in Liverpool history for past heroics, but he was a peripheral figure<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">9)<\/span>\u00a0No Premier League team has dropped more than the eight points Manchester United have squandered from winning positions this season. It&#8217;s a puzzling statistic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Solskjaer has supposedly built a team designed to kill teams on the counter. But when they give themselves a lead &#8211; and the platform to flourish &#8211; they seem to go into their shell.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-3b4e872755a7fdad\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/10\/21\/10\/19983488-7595817-image-a-54_1571649544011.jpg\" alt=\"Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team seem to go into their shell when they have built themselves a lead\" width=\"634\" height=\"406\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s team seem to go into their shell when they have built themselves a lead<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold mol-style-medium\">10)<\/span>\u00a0His words must be taken with a pinch of salt, or two. But did Klopp have a point when he said United are interested only in defending against his side? The statistics certainly don&#8217;t make pretty reading.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">United managed only 32.1 per cent possession on Sunday, their second lowest figure in a home league game since 2003-04. The only time they have enjoyed less of the ball (32.06 per cent) in that time was against Liverpool in 2018. It&#8217;s working, I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool scored late on to salvage a 1-1 draw at Manchester United on Sunday Jurgen Klopp made a difference with all three of his substitutes at Old Trafford United may think about bulking Dan James up before he gets seriously injured Divock Origi again struggled and was a peripheral figure for most of the game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6409],"tags":[11261,3375,3364,11394,641,1911,7593,8678,84,3352,9478,3368,9026,3370,5247,11638,3355,7090,4773,3360,2118,9246,11111,11525,11294,6654,7031,6286,3372,3874,3353,197,3430,10634,3373,5460,12791,11252,115,5292,507,7448,3361,8126,3365,3356,3374,816,12187,12345,170,190,3371,3357,8386,13256,267,114,3359,3367,3362,3354,7385,3363,8505,3741,12871,328,5470,7333,7419,723,3366,4275,1254,3358,3369,3954,10415,36,5248,594,5140],"class_list":["post-12645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-accused","tag-adrian","tag-alisson-alexander-arnold","tag-attacks","tag-barcelona","tag-champions-league","tag-controversy","tag-croatia","tag-de-gea","tag-de-gea-maguire","tag-dropped","tag-fabinho","tag-fans","tag-firmino","tag-football","tag-forced","tag-fred","tag-games","tag-gea","tag-greenwood","tag-henderson","tag-improving","tag-injured","tag-injuries","tag-injury","tag-jordan","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-klopp","tag-lallana","tag-lead","tag-lindelof","tag-liverpool","tag-liverpool-4-3-3-alisson-alexander-arnold","tag-lost","tag-lovren","tag-maguire","tag-manager","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united","tag-mane","tag-marcus-rashford","tag-martial","tag-mata","tag-match","tag-matip","tag-mctominay","tag-milner","tag-mo-salah","tag-n","tag-nullify","tag-old-trafford","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-origi-oxlade-chamberlain-60-subs-not-used-gomez","tag-pereira-williams-904","tag-platform","tag-players","tag-premier-league","tag-rashford","tag-rashford-martial-84-subs-not-used-garner","tag-robertson-henderson","tag-rojo","tag-rojo-young","tag-romance","tag-romero","tag-rugby","tag-rugby-world-cup","tag-salah","tag-shell","tag-space","tag-summer","tag-the-game","tag-tottenham","tag-van-dijk","tag-virgil-van-dijk","tag-wales","tag-wan-bisakka-james","tag-wijnaldum-keita-82-mane","tag-will","tag-work","tag-world","tag-world-cup","tag-who","tag-young"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51665,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12645\/revisions\/51665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}