MANCHESTER United secured their first English Premier League victory at Liverpool in almost 10 years today, with Harry Maguire netting late to earn a 2-1 win.
The result also means Ruben Amorim won two Premier League matches in a row for the first time since replacing Erik ten Hag in November.
It is also Liverpool’s fourth successive defeat in all competitions.
Cody Gakpo’s strike with 12 minutes left looked it would end Liverpool’s losing streak, only for Maguire to head beyond Liverpool keeper Giorgi Mamardashvili six minutes from time.
Gapko scored from close range after earlier hitting the woodwork three times, but Amorim’s side continued to press forward, with Maguire providing a dramatic finale.
United stunned Liverpool by taking the lead inside two minutes, although it was a moment shrouded in controversy, referee Michael Oliver letting the play go on even though Alexis Mac Allister was lying prone with a head injury after being accidentally elbowed by team-mate Virgil van Dijk.
Mbeumo was not waiting around, applying the finish past Mamardashvili, deputising for the injured Alisson.
In an end-to-end encounter, United captain Bruno Fernandes wasted an opportunity to doubled their lead, shooting wide with the goal at his mercy, while Liverpool’s fortunes were summed up by Gakpo hitting the woodwork twice before the break and once more in the second half in front of The Kop.
And the Dutchman headed wide late on, when he looked certain to equalise for a second time.
United’s new Belgian keeper Senne Lammens distinguished himself by saving from Alexander Isak when he raced clear.
The second half was action-packed, with Maguire’s late intervention giving United their first Anfield win since January 2016, while Liverpool lost four games in a row for the first time since November 2014 under Brendan Rodgers.
Liverpool dropped to fourth spot after the defeat, four points behind leaders Arsenal, with United ninth, two points further adrift.