Man United Stay Atop Premier League Table

• Hold Liverpool 0-0 at Anfield

The pattern of the ‘Big Six’ match-ups in the Premier League not living up to expectations this season continued on Sunday as Manchester United’s visit to Anfield for their clash with champions Liverpool relived that disappointing trend.

Billed as the biggest clash in the title race to date, neither side displayed anything like the cutting edge required to break the deadlock, leaving Manchester City as perhaps the only winners from the 0-0 draw on Merseyside.

However, following this stalemate, United still did enough to maintain their three-point gap over their rivals from down the M62 with this feeling at Old Trafford that winning their 21st league title is achievable this season.

Though the visitors’ overall performance will hardly have left the likes of City quaking in their boots, they came as close as anyone to finally ending Liverpool’s almost four-year unbeaten league run in front of the Kop.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insisted pre-match that a win for United would still have been a ‘shock’ despite the form of the respective sides, and after weathering an early storm they almost came away celebrating what would have been the perfect away performance.

That United are feeling as if they did enough to move six points clear of their old rivals is testament to the progress made under Manager Solskjaer. But that will not limit the disappointment, particularly if the title race remains as tight as it is right now.

The Old Trafford Landlords remain winless against ‘Big Six’ sides this season. To prove they have what it takes to be champions, Solskjaer’s men will need to win all of those reverse fixtures. – With Goal.com reports

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