Man Utd are a low quality team, they put everybody behind the ball at Anfield. It’s a tactic that relegation battlers employ. Liverpool weren’t at their best but still far more likely to win than Man Utd.
Ten Hag probably didn't expect to win the match, he only targets for a draw. That's why Man United play defensively in Anfield, they tried to minimize the chance for Liverpool players to score goals. However, applying this tactic is no longer popular in the modern football. It is because this tactic even makes the opponent to have many chances for shot attempts. It really happened in the match Liverpool vs Man United, Liverpool could make 34 shot attempts. Luckily, Man United could defense well, there are no goals in the match.
Well, if we look at the stats, it is true that Man United was like a small team in EPL. It is a bit shameful that a big team like Man United applied a defensive tactic in the match.
We must improve vs Arsenal at the weekend but there will be more space to play as Arsenal don’t park the bus.
Next match, Liverpool will play against Arsenal in Anfield. This match should be more interesting than the match against Man United. But Liverpool can expect to play very offensively in this match. Arsenal is also a great team in attacking, they have many quality attackers.